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Aei Student Design Competition: Value Engineering & Design Build, Vincenzo Paolo Guidi
Aei Student Design Competition: Value Engineering & Design Build, Vincenzo Paolo Guidi
Construction Management
The Architectural Engineering Institute puts on a yearly student design competition that features interdisciplinary teams from colleges across the country. The project for the competition was the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical and Performing Arts on the Hope College campus in Holland Michigan. The main challenges in the problem statement address acoustics, using mass timber, and add alternative roof top space. Through a collaborative process, our team created a proposal that addressed the challenges and why we were the best fit for the job. I worked with a fellow construction management student, Shannon Wheeler, to produce our portion of …
Aei Student Design Competition: Texas Tech Sports Performance Facility, Jacob G. Kockrow
Aei Student Design Competition: Texas Tech Sports Performance Facility, Jacob G. Kockrow
Construction Management
The AEI Student Competition is an annual event that pushes students in the disciplines of engineering and construction management to collaborate and demonstrate creative solutions to the challenges presented. This year, the competition is focused on the new Texas Tech Sports Performance Sports Facility located in Lubbock, Texas, where they tore down the existing building and are in the process of completing the new facility. Instead of recreating the plans given, we designed a brand new building to meet the project requirements, which included a $48 million budget and a 34-month construction duration. As the Construction Manager for the project, …