/news-archive/tag/larry-blackmon/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 23 May 2019 13:58:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/05/23/sigma-lambda-chi/ Thu, 23 May 2019 13:58:43 +0000 /news/?p=74332 ... Four 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students inducted into international construction honor society]]> Four 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students were inducted into Sigma Lambda Chi, the international honor society for construction in a ceremony on May 10. The students inducted were Gozde Gursoy, Erica James, Donna Mantione, and Honorary Inductee Larry Blackmon. Sigma Lambda Chi was established in 1949 and is comprised of 67 chapters across the United States and Australia. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 chapter of Sigma Lambda Chi was founded in 1999 by Michael Tramel, who serves as its faculty advisor. It has received a 鈥済old鈥� rating since 2017 due to the hard work and dedication of its members. Inductees will receive a stole and cord for their graduation regalia.]]> /news-archive/2018/03/26/heavy-civil-engineering-competition/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:21:04 +0000 /news/?p=69844 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students take third place in heavy civil engineering competition]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock construction engineering team took third place at the TEXO/Associated Schools of Construction Region 5 competition on Feb. 19 in Dallas. The team, led by Larry Blackmon, faculty coach, represented the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students Casey Baker of Benton, John Coleman of Malvern, David Greenwood of Benton, Jonathan Henderson of China, Texas, Johnny Picking of Hot Springs, and Julie Sanders of Saltillo represented 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in the Heavy Civil category. The construction problem involved delivering a budget, schedule, and proposal for a rehabilitation and upgrade for the Dallas County Park Municipal Water Treatment Plant. Archer Western, the sponsoring company, originally bid the project for $33.7 million in 2010. Archer Western played the role of the customer while teams from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas took the role of construction manager at risk. The competition took place over three days. Teams from each school received documents in advance from Archer Western on Saturday, Feb. 17, 聽and had only 16 hours to complete them and finalize their bidding estimate, worth 70 percent of their overall score. On Sunday, Feb. 18, the team traveled to Dallas to prepare their presentations, worth 30 percent of the final score, which they delivered on Monday, Feb. 19. The team earned third place with a bid of $33.1 million. In the upper right photo, the team聽(L to R) includes聽John Coleman, Jonathan Henderson, Julie Sanders, Casey Baker, Jonathan Picking, and David Greenwood.]]>