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2024 BCT Awards and Scholarships Announced

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The annual Environmental Conservation picnic is traditionally where when we honor the current year’s group of BCT award and scholarship recipients. This is always an exciting part of the academic year because we can shine a light on outstanding student achievements and provide scholarship support for our well-deserving students. The complete list of the 2023-24 award and scholarship winners is shown below the image and more pictures from the event can be found here. Congratulations to all the recipients!!! We are tremendously proud of you all!!! Some of our awardees (as well as Prof. Schreyer and Department Head Paige Warren) at the annual awards picnic 2023-24 Award Recipients BCT Outstanding Senior Award Lucas Kubaska Associated General Contractors of Western Massachusetts: Building and Construction Technology Endowment Drew Duquette, Ana Guaman, Anupama Sriram, Drey Upsher-Obear Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Academic Merit Eli Schomp, Brendan Ware Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Leadership Oliver Pullin Harry L. Folsom Award from the Donald B. Hyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Lucas Oles Harry and Virginia Braconier Scholarship Felix Agbo Henry...

UMass Team Places 7th in 2024 NAHB National Student Competition

March 4, 2024March 2, 2024 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The 2024 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Competition for four-year programs was held at the 2024 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, NV on Feb 26-27, 2024. In this competition, the UMass Amherst team placed 7th in the Custom/Small Build category. The mission of the NAHB student competition is to expose students to an in-depth residential construction project from concept to closing. Using real projects, students compete with other schools as they display their problem-solving abilities and learn more about homebuilding. This year’s competition team included 7 students from the BCT program, the Department of Architecture, and the Isenberg School of Management. During the Fall semester, the students worked on developing a business proposal that included market analysis, product design, construction management, project management, financial and risk analysis, and sustainability related to a property in Woodstock, Georgia. The students traveled to Las Vegas, presented their proposal to the judges, and attended the International Builders’ Show, which is the housing industry’s largest...

BCT Students’ Preconstruction Team wins First Place at ASC Region 1 Competition

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

We are thrilled to announce that after a semester of hard work and dedication, BCT's amazing preconstruction student team, under the skillful guidance of Prof. Fernando Romero, have achieved their goal and brought home the first place trophy at the 34th Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 Student Competition and Conference in Albany, NY. Our student teams were able to secure 3rd place in 2021, 2nd place in 2022, and this year, we clinched the ASC competition and brought home the 1st place trophy. As Prof. Romero said: "I am incredibly proud of each and every one of my students who made this possible, and it is a true testament to our collective effort and commitment. Your outstanding performance was noticed, and the judges were thoroughly impressed by your fantastic presentation." Additionally, the UMass Commercial team's hard work and dedication earned them a commendable 4th-place finish. The team members were: Preconstruction: Jocey Krooks, Madison Mathieu, Connor Perley, Brendan Ware, Lucas Kubaska, Luke Fairbanks. Commercial:...

2022-23 BCT Awards and Scholarships Announced

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

Reading Day is traditionally when when we honor the current year’s group of BCT award and scholarship recipients at the Environmental Conservation Awards Picnic. This is always an exciting part of the academic year because we can shine a light on outstanding student achievements and provide scholarship support. The complete list of the 2022-23 award and scholarship winners is shown below the image and more pictures from the event can be found here. Congratulations to all the recipients!!! We are tremendously proud of you all!!! 2022-23 Award Recipients BCT Outstanding Senior Award Ian Milliken Associated General Contractors of Western Massachusetts: Building and Construction Technology Endowment Eli Schomp, Brendan Ware Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Academic Merit Anna Biondo, Cyprian Zulawnik Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Leadership Oliver Pullin Harry L. Folsom Award from the Donald B. Hyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Madison Mathieu Harry and Virginia Braconier Scholarship Diana Andrea Brito Picciotto, Eli Schomp, Brendan Ware Henry E. Zottoli Memorial Scholarship Jocelyn Krooks, Edward Mullen...

Pre-Construction Student Team Takes Second Place in 2022 ASC Competition

November 14, 2022November 13, 2022 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

As in years past, BCT participated in the 2022 Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 Student Competition in Albany, NY this past weekend with two teams. Under Prof. Romero's expert mentoring and with several months of hard work behind them, the Pre-Construction Team (shown in the image above) took home a stellar second place in the pre-construction category. This was only the third year in which our students competed in this competition. We congratulate the team members for this superb effort! The pre-construction team consisted of Patrick Koenen (Project Manager), Jocey Krooks, Erica Marschke, Cody McCreanor, Aidan McSheffrey, and Daniel Smith. The commercial construction team - which placed fifth this year - consisted of William Harmelink (Project Manager), Mark Carstairs, Jillian Contois, John McKinnon, Tali Shoham, and Hiram Tatis. Gallery Links ASC Region 1 website...