Competition
The “Final Five” of Architectural Engineering
Five teams competing to win in five different categories! The Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) held the finals for the third annual ASCE Charles Pankow Foundation Architectural Engineering Student Competition in conjunction with the AEI National Student Conference in Omaha, Nebraska on April 20 and 21, 2012.
The funding for the competition was generously provided by the Charles Pankow Foundation. The Charles Pankow Foundation is an organization established to provide the public with buildings of improved quality, efficiency, and value by advancing innovation in building design and construction. The foundation now focuses on research grantmaking in two research goal areas: Structures and Project Teams - Tools and Practices.
The competition project challenged the student teams to provide a design development submittal for a new Government Office Building with significant building security requirements in Omaha, Nebraska along the Missouri River. The student participants were encouraged to work together in multi-disciplinary teams and consider how the engineered systems work with or enhance the architecture of the building. Space programming for the building was shown on the schematic plans. Additionally, the design submittals were required to address the challenge to integrate and optimize on a life cycle basis all major high performance attributes, including energy conservation, environment, and safety, building security, durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity, sustainability, functionality and operational considerations.
The competition is open to both graduate and undergraduate students in accredited architectural engineering programs and programs actively seeking accreditation by EAC/ABET, supervised and advised by faculty. Submissions are to be entered in the building systems integration category and one or more of the following four categories: structural systems design; mechanical systems design; electrical systems design; and innovative construction management and construction methods.
The jury consisted of volunteer building industry practitioners and representatives of the Charles Pankow Foundation and AEI. The 2012 jury members were:
• Mark Sarkisian, P.E., S.E., LEED AP - Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
• Cindy Tooker, AIA, LEED AP - Associate, Leo A. Daly
• Leigh Harrison, P.E., LEED AP- Director of Electrical Engineering- Minneapolis, HGA
• Doug Alvine, P.E., LEED AP- President, Alvine and Associates, Inc.
• Ralph Van Vliet - Estimating Manager, Kiewit Building Group
• Guenther Dziuvenis, - Regional Vice President, Johnson Controls
• Scott Winfrey, P.E., LEED AP - Senior Vice President, HDR
• Dan Hahn, P.E., S.E. - Senior Vice President, HDR
• Mike Hromanik, P.E., LEED AP - Leo A. Daly
Nine teams participated in the competition from the architectural engineering programs at the University of Nebraska, Tennessee State University, Drexel University, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wyoming.
The teams chosen as finalists in the competition presented their projects to the jury on Friday, April 20 and were as follows:
Team #1 from the University of Nebraska advised by Clarence Waters presented in the building systems integration, structural systems, mechanical systems, and electrical systems categories. The team members were Kelli Augspurger, Brendan Headley, Holly Brink, Tyler Jensen, Adam Brumbaugh, Kyle Kauzlarich, James Dougherty, Jr., Jacob Zach, and Andy Gilliam.
Team #3 from Drexel University advised by Jim Mitchell presented in the mechanical systems and electrical systems categories. The team members were Bilal Baqai, Vaibhav Paritosh, Sara Beg, Dylan Short, David Fratamico, Emily McNally, and Adrian Lu.
Team #4 from Kansas State University advised by Ray Yunk presented in the building systems integration, structural systems, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and construction management categories. The team members were Marc Bowser, Josh Heath, Marshall Frey, John Dean, Reid Lundin, Becky Gentry, Laura Boddington, Vince Pianalto, Eric Grusenmeyer, and Noe Turrubiartes.
Team #5 from Oklahoma State University advised by Carisa Ramming presented in the building systems integration and structural systems categories. The team members were Ryan Baskin, Lance Luke, Bonnie Fentem, Chris Maxwell, Tim Fitzgerald, Ricardo Montoya, Rachel Funkhouser, Nick Prather and Matt Horning.
Team #8 from the Milwaukee School of Engineering advised by Mike McGeen presented in the construction management category. The team members were John Eggert, Jessica Phillips, Eric Rybold, Steve Reed, Eric Schmidt, Jake Roberts, Josh Szmergalski, Zane Witt, Thomas Martin, and Jordan Borst.
The competition winners and their categories are as follows:
For the Building Systems Integration category, Team #4 from Kansas State University,
For the Structural category, Team #1 from the University of Nebraska,
For the Mechanical category, Team #1 from the University of Nebraska,
For the Electrical category, Team #3 from Drexel University,
And for the Construction Management category, Team #4 from Kansas State University.
Additionally, an individual award for Innovation was presented to Team #4 from Kansas State University.
The competition was a tremendous success thanks to the hard work of the participating teams, the faculty advisors and the jurors with the generous support of the Charles Pankow Foundation.
Please look for information for the 2013 competition in August on the Architectural Engineering Institute website and the competition website at http://content.asce.org/studentcompetition/
The finalist presentations for the 2013 competition will be held at the 2013 AEI Conference at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania on April 3-5, 2013.
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2012 Competition - Introduction
The Architectural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers is pleased to announce the Charles Pankow Foundation Annual Architectural Engineering Student Design Competition.
The competition has been designed to reflect the Pankow goals:
a. to improve the quality, efficiency and value of large buildings by advancing innovations in structural components and systems that
can be codified.
b. to improve the performance of building design and construction teams by advancing integration, collaboration, communication, and
efficiency through innovative new tools and technologies, and by advancing new means and methods for project team practices.
The competition is a project involving the design and construction management of the engineered aspects of a high performance building including the structural systems, building envelope, mechanical systems and electrical systems.
The emphases of the competition are integration of the engineered systems for a high performance building, collaboration, competition, and peer review, all of which are important in the development of designs in the professional world. Students are encouraged to work together in multi-disciplinary teams and consider how the engineered systems work with or enhance the architecture of the building. Students will demonstrate the knowledge and many of the skills that will make them valuable additions to their future employers. The challenging conditions specified for the building to be designed will force the participants to think of different solutions and to explore innovative solutions. Participants will expand the knowledge learned in class and may also look for assistance with difficult topics.
The competition is open to both graduate and undergraduate students in accredited architectural engineering programs and programs actively seeking accreditation by EAC/ABET, supervised and advised by faculty. Submissions are to be entered in the building systems integration category and one or more of the following four categories: structural systems design; mechanical systems design; electrical systems design; and innovative construction management and construction methods.
The Challenge
The competition will challenge students to address the design issues for a new Government Office Building located in Omaha, Nebraska. The project site is located along Riverfront Drive and the Missouri River.
The submittals should address the following challenges:
1. Best practices in building security design as related to the FEMA-426 guidelines assuming a High Asset value at a High Homeland
Security Threat Condition.
2. Construction and design issues related to a high performance building. In the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007,
section 401, a high performance building is defined as follows:
The term 'high-performance building' means a building that integrates and optimizes on a life cycle basis all major high performance attributes, including energy conservation, environment, safety, security, durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity, sustainability, functionality, and operational considerations.
