The Shard by iCrozZaa (Planet Minecraft)
The CIOB is challenging anyone with an interest in construction to build some of the world’s most famous buildings in Minecraft, to celebrate this year’s International Construction Management Day (9 March 2015).
The competition to create the most realistic building in the virtual 3D world-building game is open to those in the industry, as well as children and gaming enthusiasts, with the creator of the best model winning an iPad Mini 16GB.
Entrants have the choice of constructing one of five buildings that where all built by CIOB members, with a range of difficulty levels.
In order of complexity, they are: the Shard; Beijing’s CCTV headquarters; the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur; Sydney Opera House; and the Houses of Parliament.
Launching the event, Saleem Akram, director at the CIOB said: “There are more than 30 million people playing Minecraft worldwide. Many of them are showcasing amazing digital construction skills by building highly detailed representations of some of the world’s iconic structures.
Sydney Opera House by AvalancheAli (Planet Minecraft)
“Even more are creating new and exciting projects from their own imagination. The game has become so popular even town planners are using it to show their designs for public comment.”
There are only 100 spaces available in the competition and all entries must be built on the CIOB’s server. To take part click here and enter the CIOB Minecraft server to claim your spot of land.
All projects need to be completed by 6 April 2015, when a panel of judges will decide upon a shortlist for the public to vote on.
Celebrating the role construction management plays in securing healthy fulfilled populations, International Construction Management Day began in 2010 as a partnership between the CIOB the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the Construction Management Associations of America (CMAA), Japan (CMAJ), and Korea (CMAK).
The CIOB celebrated last year’s ICM day with a competition to spell out the letters CIOB in an interesting and imaginative was won by a stop motion animation depicting tiny Lego construction workers building the letters CIOB out of various materials.
