The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Chapter at Honolulu Community College won third place in the two-year college category of the NAHB Residential Construction Management Competition (RCMC) held at the 2015 NAHB International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas on January 22, 2015.
During the competition, students solve real-life construction management problems and present their solutions to a judging panel of residential construction industry experts. Fifty-four teams representing universities, community colleges, high schools and career technical schools across the U.S. participated in the annual competition.
The week prior, Honolulu CC received first place honors as the outstanding student chapter in the National Association of Home Builders awards ceremony on January 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each year, chapters are recognized for their outstanding achievements in chapter and campus activities, community service projects, fundraising and other programs.
- UH News story: Honolulu CC’s construction management student chapter receives top honor, January 20, 2015
Honolulu CC construction management student and NAHB chapter president Lana Moe was also recognized as an outstanding student at the awards ceremony.
“Congratulations to the NAHB Student Chapter at Honolulu Community College,” said Jerry Howard, CEO of NAHB. “They and their competitors showed a great deal of talent, along with a depth of understanding of building industry management from land development to marketing to scheduling to estimating.”
“The NAHB student advisory board is proud that the RCMC has evolved into a prestigious event for the participants, their schools and the building industry,” said Bill Faulk, chairman of the two-year competition committee for the NAHB student chapters advisory board.
“Students will remember the competition for the rest of their lives. The judges were impressed with this year’s group, and we expect once again that the participants will be at the top of the heap when it comes to job offers,” Faulk said.
—By Billie Lueder
