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About the Contest
Each
student team must work with a qualifying Producer Member to build a precast
concrete beam, no more than 18 feet long. The beams will be tested and
prizes awarded for best performance in the stated areas.
Selection of National and
Zone Winners
First
place winners from each of the six PCI Zones, along with the International
entries considered as Zone 7, competed for the overall championship. In
addition to the seven national winners, there are three winners from each
zone, and Innovative Design, Best Report and Mix Design Winners.
National
Award Prizes
1
$2,000
2
$1,750
3
$1,500
4
$1,250
5
$1,000
6
$1,000
7
$1,000
OUTSTANDING
REPORT WINNER
Award: $500
INNOVATIVE DESIGN CONTEST WINNER
Award: $2000
MIX
DESIGN CONTEST WINNER
Award: $1000
Zone 6 Winners
1st Goes to National
2nd $750
3rd $500
4th $250
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Florida's
Participating Schools
and
Sponsoring Producer
Florida International
University
Sponsoring
Producer:
Structural
Prestressed Industries
University of Central Florida
Sponsoring
Producer:
Finfrock
University of North Florida
Sponsoring
Producer:
Gate Concrete
Products
University of South Florida
Team #1
Team #2
Team #3
Sponsoring
Producer:
Standard Concrete
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Selection of the top three
participating teams
within Florida.
Selecting
from all of the Florida teams that submit final Test Reports as
part of the 2008 Big Beam Contest and using the competition results
as computed by PCI's
Student Education Committee in their process to determine the National
and Zone 6 winners, the FPCA's Education Foundation will determine the top three
teams within Florida.
Based on those results, the Foundation will award to the
respective Engineering Departments of those teams the following:
1st
place team within the state of Florida, the Engineering Department will
receive a $1,000 unrestricted gift.
2nd
place team within the state of Florida, the Engineering Department
will receive a $500 unrestricted gift.
3rd
place team within the state of Florida, the Engineering Department
will receive a $250 unrestricted gift.
In
addition,
if a school from Florida wins the overall 1st place in the National Big
Beam competition, the Engineering Department of that school will receive
an additional $1,000 unrestricted gift from the Foundation.
$ Also,
each of the Engineering Departments of the top three Florida teams will
receive a plaque recognizing their accomplishments that will list
the sponsoring professor, the team members and the sponsoring producer.
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