CAWP hosted the 6th Annual CAWP Student Estimating Competition on February 11-12, 2022. Seven teams from six universities participated in this competition, which was developed to showcase the benefits and opportunities the heavy-highway construction industry has to offer. It was an exciting two days with teams from Carnegie Mellon University, Penn State University – Harrisburg, Penn State University – University Park, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and West Virginia University participating in the competition.

Prior to the competition kick-off, the teams received initial competition instructions and information on Thursday night. On Friday, the teams were given pre-job documents and attended a virtual 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 and supporting documents at 5:00 p.m. On Saturday, the teams were allotted 30 minutes to present their process and an explanation of how they arrived at their final bid to a panel of judges. 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.