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Dear Colleagues: The ASC Region 3
Annual Conference and Student Competitions are a few months away.
Prepare to register your teams, coaches and faculty upon return to school. You have until September 28th to make your hotel
reservations! Team registration is due by FRIDAY, October 1st! The
judges need time to produce copies of materials and prepare. As last year, we
are fortunate to have Kiewit, Walsh, and McCarthy sponsoring the Heavy-Civil,
Commercial, and Design-Build divisions, respectively. A general registration form will be located
on our Region
3 Website
shortly after our return to classes. The following paragraphs provide
significant information regarding the conference and the competition.
Please review this. Faculty will have several
opportunities for development. ·
Plans
are being completed for a Faculty Tour. Details will be provided as
they become available. ·
Refereed Papers will be presented. The Call
for Papers will appear on our website and will be delivered via email.
Regional papers are due October 1st. Hotel
Reservation Information: ·
Rooms
must be reserved at the DoubleTree Guest Suites and
Conference Center ·
A
flat rate of $102.00 per room + 10.5% tax and fees (single/double/triple
occupancy) is being honored through that date. (SAME RATE AS LAST YEAR!) ·
Hotel
Information: Competition
Clarifications for October 2009: 1. Every team must
have a coach and that coach must be present to
register. Registration is Wednesday evening. Refer to the
final Agenda (updated on the website) for time and place. If a coach or
team is not able to be present Wednesday evening, registration will be
completed the following morning by contacting the Region Director PRIOR to
the distribution of projects. A team that is
not properly registered (with a coach present at the competition) will not be
issued the project materials. 2. Only
one registered coach per team. We must abide by this restriction.
Additional faculty may register using the Non-Coaching Faculty Registration
Form provided on the last page of this package. 3. Rules
do not allow alternates.
No alternates will be allowed to register. Competing students must be
registered full-time students in the ASC Member program at the time of the
Regional competition. The Design-Build competition provides for a mix
of students from outside the program. They must still be registered
full-time students. (See the Design-Build rules for specifics.) 4. One
team per Division per member organization. 5. The presentations
will be done in the coaches’ suites. As such, there is very limited
room. However, this venue provides for a more business-like atmosphere
in line with the purpose of this learning experience. Therefore, along with the judges and the team, only the
team’s coach, and other faculty from that
institution will be allowed in the room to a maximum of three.
An additional non-partisan individual chosen by the Regional Director may be
witness or serve other functions in the room. Basic
Rules for Competition: Teams: The following
criteria will apply to all teams: 1. There is NO national
competition planned at this time for the upcoming year. However, to maintain
a standard by which we can participate in a national competition should one
solidify, rules formerly used for the national competition will be
maintained. 2. All students competing
at any national student competition (NSC) must be the same students who
competed at the regional level. 3. Each team shall
consist of not more than six student members. 4. Each team member
AND COACH must be present at the Registration and Opening Reception.
Any late or non-responsive team member(s) unless excused for emergencies,
such as air travel delay, will not be allowed to participate. 5. Other students not
on a qualified team are welcome to attend the Opening Reception and Awards
Ceremony as an audience member, but are not allowed in the Division Sponsor
rooms, the team’s working room, or to assist the teams in any other way. This
includes competition presentations. Exceptions will be made for
students working in an official capacity under the supervision of the Region
Director. 6. All additional
students and guests must be registered. 7. No substitutions
or additions may be made to the team composition after
the start of their respective regional competition. If, for some
reason, an original member of the Regional winning team cannot participate at
a potential national competition, the team must go forward without that team
member. Substitutions will probably not be allowed at any NSC. 8. All team members
are expected to contribute to the problem solution, including the
presentation. 9. All team members
shall be enrolled undergraduates (full-time students) in a member program of
the Associated Schools of Construction at the time of the Regional
competition. (Exception for Design-Build teams: The design members of the
team may be students enrolled in any college program.) Coaches: 1. Each regional
winning team shall have a designated coach who will accompany the team to the
Regional and be present at registration. 2. Likewise, in the
event of any national competition resulting from this event, a coach must
accompany the team to any NSC and be present at registration. 3. Teams without a
coach present during this designated time may be disqualified. 4. The coach must
reside in the same hotel as his/her team. 5. Once the
competition begins, the coach's role is limited to ensuring the competition
rules are being followed. 6. No direct input
from outside the team shall be allowed after the problem solving period
begins. Coaches are not allowed in any student team rooms or otherwise
allowed to communicate with the team except for an emergency (such as medical)
unrelated to the competition once the project is distributed. 7. Violations of the
rules (any of the Regional and applicable NSC rules) shall result in
immediate disqualification of the violating team and potential exclusion from
future competitions. |