Four students from Tongji University in Shanghai, China, have taken the top place in this year’s hard-fought annual CIOB Global Student Challenge.
A team of four construction students from Tongji University, China have won this year’s CIOB Global Student Challenge.
Team Tongjiem fought off competition from five other teams in the final, which was held virtually between June 20 and July 1, to win by just three points.
In total 41 teams from 18 universities and colleges entered the 2022 competition, which is now in its ninth year. This is the first year a team from Tongji has taken part.
Sharing the £2,000 cash prize are Bo Peng, Jingyan Li, Yuhang Wang and Xinyu Ju, who are studying engineering management.
High level of professionalism
Rosalind Thorpe, director of education and standards at CIOB, said: “A huge congratulations to Team Tongjiem, who have demonstrated a high level of skill and professionalism to win this year’s competition. All our finalists represent the construction industry’s future leaders, who we’re sure will go on to have very successful careers.”
Teams from around the world compete over several months in realistic simulations, acting as boards of their own companies. They are assessed on key performance indicators including profit, turnover, share price and client satisfaction.
Team Tongjiem said: “It’s the first time for our university to compete in the CIOB Global Student Challenge and we have experienced a breathtaking adventure. We put in a lot of effort to make every small difference and the small eventually turned into something huge.”
Other finalists:
2nd place: Team Nawasena from Universitas Indonesia
3rd place: Team CQUNB from Chongqing University, China
4th place: Team Chan Tsz Kwan from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
5th place: Team TechnoEdge from Western Sydney University, Australia
6th place: Team GopherBuilt from University of Minnesota, USA
