CEM Students Lee, Oosterman and Tobias Honored at CMAA Awards Banquet
CMAA Awards Banquet Honorees
(L-R) Franklin Lee, Jennifer Tobias and Brian Oosterman
Franklin Lee holds plaque awarded at 2007-08 CMAA Student Awards Banquet
(L-R) Brian Oosterman, Jennifer Tobias, Prof. Ray Levitt, Prof. Martin Fischer, Franklin Lee
Stanford CEM students, Franklin Lee, Brian Oosterman and Jennifer Tobias, won three out of the five Construction management Association of America (CMAA) Student Awards for the year 2007-08.
Their award plaques and $2,000 scholarships were presented during the annual CMAA Northern California Awards Banquet held at the elegant City Club of San Francisco on Thursday, April 17 2008. CEM Professors Martin Fischer and Ray Levitt were invited as guests of CMAA to attend the awards banquet with the students.
Stanford Wins First Place in 2008 ASC National Graduate Student Competition
ASC Award Winners
Stanford winning team.
Back Row L-R: James Cho, Brian Ross, Josh Newland, Franklin Lee
Front Row L-R: Galen Mitchell, Brian Oosterman, Steven Vick, Sivan Cohen
A Stanford CEM team won first place in the annual Associated Schools of Construction National Graduate Student Competition, continuing a long-standing tradition of wins.
Testing Efficient Management of a Large Project
The challenging problem tested teams on the efficient management of a highly complex large urban project. Teams assumed the role of a project team that had been assigned to build the project and they "managed" the construction process to completion. They were challenged with various and numerous evolving problems during the non-stop 16-hour competition, and were judged on their resolution of the problems, optimization of the results, accurate reporting of cost and schedule status, and effective communication of all issues and related affects.
Close Competition
Competition was fierce; the top three teams were all within fractions of a point of each other going into the final presentation, and Team #1 pulled ahead to win first place! Unfortunately, competition rules only allowed one team to place, so team #2 was not allowed to also place - but the problem sponsor felt compelled nonetheless to award team #2 for their strong showing with a Merit Award (the only one presented for the entire competition and something not normally done).
ASC Award Trophy
Trophy awarded to Stanford graduate student winners of the 2008 Associated Schools of Construction National Graduate Student Competition.
Clark Construction - Competition Sponsor
Clark Construction sponsored the problem statement for the competition. The competition entailed 8 challenges being introduced over the course of the day, simulating the problems encountered by Clark during their 2 year construction duration of the USC Galen Center in downtown Los Angeles, a basketball stadium and practice pavilion worth $120 million.
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