CIOB’s annual Global Student Challenge (GSC) is now under way, but there is still time to enter – registration closes on 18 February.
Launched in 2014, the GSC is an online construction business game open to students across the world who are studying an honours course within the built environment. Run by CIOB, it provides built environment students with an opportunity to apply their learning to a real-world scenario in which teams of four are tasked with managing their own virtual construction company.
The competition utilises MERIT, an online game which simulates the management of a construction company.
The next six-week phase of this year’s challenge will begin on 23 February.
This is the Early Years stage of the competition, in which the first round of data will be released to all teams.
The first phase – the Foundation Years – of this year’s competition began on 31 January, when the teams were able to access the game software and to refine their strategy.
Due to the ongoing situation with Covid-19, this year’s top six teams will take part in a virtual final, which will begin on 20 June 2022, running for two weeks.
To apply, go to https://gsc.ciob.org
