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Construction Challenge Excites Youth About Industry.(Editorial)
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Western Builder
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February 4, 2008
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Story by Mike Larson, Editor
Competition opens kids' eyes to career opportunities, piques creativity, offers excitement of competitive problem solving.
Nearly 170 bright and eager high-school-aged students descended on Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center January 12th to compete in the Midwest Regional Rally of the first-ever Construction Challenge competition.
During the day-long competition, 28 teams of five to seven members matched construction-industry knowledge, creativity and quick wits to answer questions related to the construction industry and to come up with creative solutions to a construction problem.
By day's end, 13 teams had earned the right to ...