2024
8th ANNUAL
CAWP Student Estimating Competition
CAWP hosted the 8th Annual CAWP Student Estimating Competition February 22-24, 2024. Ten teams from seven universities participated in this competition, which was developed to showcase the benefits and opportunities the heavy-highway construction industry has to offer.
Prior to the competition kick-off, the student teams received initial competition instructions and information on Thursday night. On Friday, the teams were given pre-job documents and attended a pre-bid meeting. The teams then spent the day preparing their bids and schedule. There was a race to the finish as teams submitted their bids at 5:00 p.m. and their supporting documents at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, the teams were allotted 25 minutes to present their process and an explanation of how they arrived at their final bid to a panel of judges. Students also had the opportunity to attend a career fair and industry presentations after they completed their presentations. At the end of the day, scores from both the actual bid and the presentation were combined to determine the winning teams of the competition.
COMPETITION PHOTOS STUDENT RESUME BOOKPARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES
2024 CAWP Estimating Competition Champions
Penn State University
BLUE COLLAR BUDGETORS
2nd Place
Bucknell University
Bison Bidders
CAWP STUDENT ESTIMATING COMPETITION
WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Fernanda Morales- Viveros
University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan smith & angelo sperandio
Penn State University
christian cardinalli
Bucknell University
In Celebration of Women In Construction Week
8% of students were females!
THANK YOU
OUR TEAM ADVISORS
Thank you to the following team advisors, who put in weeks of work behind the scenes and with the student teams in preparation for this event.
Bucknell University
Italo Merante, A. Merante Contracting., Inc.
Brian Grayburn, Tyler Keiser, Trumbull Corporation
Carnegie Mellon University
Brian Westrom
Ryan Vaz, PJ Dick
Penn State University – University Park
Evan Ring, Brayman Construction Corporation
Brett Fellers, Kaden McGregor, Advantage Steel & Construction
Penn State University – Harrisburg
John Maffeo, Paul Boggs, Trumbull Corporation
University of Pittsburgh
Joe Neubert, Tony Colella Independence Excavating
Kurt Karanovich, Kokosing Industrial
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Josh Fetcko, Gulisek Construction
Juliah Seymour, Fay S&B USA Construction
West Virginia University
Kurt Karanovich & Kevin Christy, Kokosing Industrial
THANK YOU
OUR JUDGES
Thank you to the following competition judges for volunteering their time and expertise to evaluate the student teams in their presentations.
Matt Allanson, Independence Excavating, Inc.
Erik Bertrand, Mosites Construction Company
Chris Dettling, Trumbull Corporation
Paul Hartley, Fay S&B USA
Russ Hathaway, Michael Facchiano Contracting, Inc.
Rich Mannarino, Brayman Construction Corporation
Brian Reitz, Mascaro Contracting, LP
SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to Eric Klimas, Golden Triangle Construction for providing one of Golden Triangle Construction’s jobs for the student teams to bid on.
Thank you to Katie Banks, Trumbull Corporation for preparing the vast amount of competition materials needed for the teams to compete, as well as assisting behind the scenes in the preparation leading up to the competition.
A special thank you to Kevin Duris, Trumbull Corporation for leading the planning, preparation, and execution of the competition and being an invaluable resource to the Association.
CAWP STUDENT ESTIMATING COMPETITION
Past Estimating Competition Students Share How Competition Led to Careers
Former CAWP Student Estimating Competition participants, currently employed by CAWP members, share their insight on how the competition gave them an edge with making industry connections, gaining valuable experience, and advancing into careers. In addition, both Seymour and Uric currently serve on the CAWP CLC Steering Committee.
Read more about their experience with the competition and how being involved directly benefited their professional development.
JULIAH SEYMOUR
FAY S&B USA
Meet Julia
AUSTIN URIC
FAY S&B USA
Meet Austin
KADEN MCGREGOR
ADVANTAGE STEEL & CONSTRUCTION
Meet Kaden
ANTHONY GANSOR
INDEPENDENCE EXCAVATING
Meet Anthony
