Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has announced the winners of the 2023 ABC Construction Management Competition and National Craft Championships. The winners were honoured on the last day of ABC Convention 2023 in Orlando, Florida, on 17 March. ABC Names the Winners of the 2023 Construction Management Competition
ABC Names the Winners of the 2023 Construction Management Competition
ABC Names the 2023 National Craft Champions
Construction Management competition winners Florida International University placed in the top three in all five categories: estimating, project management, quality control, safety and overall. Coming in second place overall, California State University, Fresno, also placed in estimating and project management. Clemson University earned third place overall and also placed in the four subcategories. Louisiana State University was also named the 2022 Student Chapter of the Year.
The 2023 Construction Management Competition featured 21 four-person teams of undergraduate students from colleges and universities nationwide competed.
CMC is ABC’s hallmark competition promoting careers in construction management and features teams of undergraduate students from colleges and universities who test their skills in project management, estimating, safety, quality control and presentation skills. All competition participants are active members of theABC National Student Chapter Network, which connects local ABC chapters to colleges and universities with construction management programs to build the talent pipeline and mentor future construction industry leaders.
The 2023 National Craft Championships featured nearly 200 of the nation’s top-performing craft professionals, including carpenters, electricians, pipefitters, plumbers, welders and more, all vying for top honours in 16 competitions with skills on display in 13 crafts. Showcasing the industry’s premier skilled trades profession, NCC celebrates and recognises upskilling in construction, draws some of the country’s most talented craft professionals and highlights the important role that craft skills training plays in the construction industry.
ABC is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950, representing over 22,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 68 chapters help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which ABC and its members work.
