Student Chapter News

AGC Student chapters score victories at the AGC/ASC competitions recently
Roger Williams University and Wentworth Institute of Technology were winners in multiple competitions at the annual AGC/ASC Student Chapter competition in Las Vegas last month.  The national competition matches the best student teams from across the country.  These students have already won their regional competition. The teams are given a period of time to problem solve a scenario that can occur on a job site or within the preconstruction efforts.

This year Roger Williams University’s Design-Build team captured 3^rd place in its division.  The Heavy Highway team from RWU competed for the first time at the national level and had an exceptional showing. This was the sixth consecutive year that the RWU’s Design-Build team captured first place (and a national competition invitation) in its region.

Design-Build team includes three CM students and three Architecture students - Dana Niro, Danielle Dorsey (captain), Nicholas Belmont, Zev O’Brien Gould, Cintia Hayashi, and Matthew Tyler. The faculty advisor is Professor Fred Gould.

Six students from Wentworth’s Construction Management program scored second place in the national competition for the Commercial Building Division.

Team members were Mike Gawendo, Adam Woods, Steve Gelinas, Joe Wayne, Nick Rouleau, Jared Crowley and Coach Prof. Scott Sumner.

Student Chapter Resumes Now Available Online 
AGC has uploaded the Resume Book of Construction Management students graduating in May 2008 from Fitchburg State College. The book contains resumes for students seeking permanent, full-time employment in the construction field.  Click Here to view and download the latest Student Chapter Resumes from Fitchburg State.

Five Massachusetts universities now have AGC student chapters and members of AGC meet periodically with the various chapters to talk to them about what is happening in their chosen profession. The student chapters are at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Fitchburg State, University of Massachusetts/ Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Roger Williams University.

AGC facilitated the Wentworth Mentoring program again this year, organizing ten AGC member firms and MassPort to plan sessions with the 20 Students in the program. The Mentoring Committee members are Professor Scott Sumner, WIT, Carl Sciple, Ralph Jacobs, and George Papadopoulos of MassPort, Peter Rizzuto of Perini Corporation and Bob Petrucelli of AGC.