Kanigara Banu from Universitas Indonesia was the first Indonesian team to make the finals.
The winning team received £2,000 in prize money, along with access to a unique mentoring programme, with industry leaders offering advice and guidance to support their professional development.
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They collected their award from CIOB president professor Charles Egbu at his inaugural dinner last week [27 June 2019], in one of his first official acts as president.
Four of the final six teams in this year’s final came from institutions that have made the final before. However, there was only one UK-based finalist for 2019 – Resilient Construction from Glasgow Caledonian University, who followed in the footsteps of other Glasgow teams who have made the final in three of the previous five years.
The other finalists were:
- KLMN Construction Group – George Brown College, Canada
- Toomer Oaks Construction – Auburn University, USA
- HOTPOT CREW – Chongqing University, China
- Design & CurStruct – Curtin University, Australia
The CIOB’s annual Global Student Challenge, which is open to full time students, tests construction industry know-how, taking place in stages over a number of months. The competition provides a realistic simulation where teams act as a board of directors running their own company.
There’s a “foundation years” stage which takes place five months before the finals. This is where participants learn how to play the game, running a virtual construction company in a simulated environment using MERIT software, testing out different strategies and refining tactics for the competitive game. The “early years” stage starts a few weeks later and teams play competitively with other teams across the globe, making decisions that influence the success of their companies.
Teams from universities all over the world entered the 2019 competition, with the six teams scoring the most in the early rounds being invited to the finals in Edinburgh as part of the CIOB’s annual Member’s Forum.
Egbu said: “The CIOB’s Global Student Challenge has been very impressive this year, with a truly global line up of finalists. I understand that it was very competitive and that the last week of the competition was very close. Therefore, many congratulations to our winners. I wish them all the best in their construction careers.”
Entry for the 2020 challenge will open later this year. To find out more about Global Student Challenge, click here: http://gsc.ciob.org
