Our 2022 Finalists

Team CQUNB

Chongqing University, China

All the members of the team CQUNB come from the School of Management Science and Real Estate, but have different specialties, including financial management, project management, project cost, and real estate development and management, which greatly improves the comprehensive strength of the team. We have made good use of our knowledge in finance, bidding, personnel, and construction. Also, team members are good friends in private, we hope to make persistent efforts in the final, continue the first place in the preliminary, win the champion in the end!

Team Chan Tsz Kwan

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

We are a group of students studying Bachelor of Science Degree in Building and Quantity Surveying in the Department of Building and Real Estate at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and tutored by Dr Amos Darko for the Global Student Challenge. We are passionate and enthusiastic about the construction industry and business.

The Global Student Challenge has provided us with a unique learning opportunity to apply the theories and knowledge that we have acquired from school to the real-world scenario of running our own virtual construction company. The Challenge has opened our eyes wide to some of the real challenges faced in running a construction company, and more importantly equipped us to adopt innovative solutions to carefully address these challenges, ranging from financial to overheads, estimating, bidding, personnel, and construction challenges. It also provides us with a platform to interact with global participants, who are fellow students from various universities around the world, in the competition. Our aim for competing in this Challenge is to have a better understanding of how to run and continuously improve the performance of a construction company, and the Challenge has more than adequately met our expectations.

We believe that this exceptional learning experience lays a solid foundation for our future development. We thank the organizer, our department, and our tutor for their support. We will continue to make progressive achievements in the construction industry.

Team GopherBuilt – University of Minnesota, USA

We are GopherBuilt from the University of Minnesota located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. We originally participated in this competition for our final construction management project necessary for graduation. We are looking forward to the final years of the competition coming up!

Blake Bennett (left) will be graduating in December with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Construction Management. Haley Hansen (middle left) graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Systems Management and a minor in Construction Management. Sidney Enninga (middle right) graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business and a minor in Construction Management. Mads Benishek (right) graduated in May with a Construction Management Certificate.

Team TechnoEdge – Western Sydney University, Australia

TechnoEdge is made up of four undergraduate students including Georgio Doumit, Alexander Soliman, Alena Alanis and Ella Summers, who are currently studying construction management at the School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia and coached by Associate Professor Yingbin Feng. Georgio Doumit is a final year student who is also a Building Cadet for Meriton Group. Alexander Soliman is in his third year at the university. Alena Alanis is in her second year of studies and currently a Building Cadet for Richard Crookes Constructions. Ella Summers is a second year student who is also a Cadet for ADCO. The team brings the knowledge and skills they learned at the university and from their Cadetship to the practices of formulating the team’s strategies in the competition. The team is ready to compete for the Global Student Challenge title in the Final.