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Construction challenge winners announced.(NEWSLINE: The Latest Industry Developments)
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Underground Construction
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May 1, 2008
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An Oklahoma team has won the first ever Construction Challenge held at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 trade show in Las Vegas, NV. Teams from Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas also took home top honors in the teen competition, which was initiated by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
More than 50 student teams competed at the event, held March 11-13, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The teams built pieces of "construction equipment," debated other teams on infrastructure issues and created interactive educational products to help spread the word about construction careers and equipment.
First place went to a team from Perry High School in Perry, OK. ...