Construction, Building, Contest March 14, 1997

Purdue students win national construction contest

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A team of six seniors in building construction management at Purdue University won the National Association of Home Builders' 1997 Construction Management Marathon competition in Houston, Texas.

Mike Barr of Kokomo , Aaron Rasmussen of Valparaiso , Jason Stewart of Richmond , Danilo Jocic of Crown Point , David Reiff of Elkhart and Jeremy Hartman of Carmel placed first among 18 university teams from across the country. The competition gave each team two weeks to develop the financial calculations, construction methodology and a list of environmental impact issues for a 35-acre housing development in Sarasota, Fla.

This is the fourth time a Purdue team has won the competition.

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