Eric was a good-hearted soul, and though his life was tragically cut short in August 2022 due to a ranching accident in Colorado, he accomplished so much, including achieving his dream of attending and playing football for the University of Washington.
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Will’s Internship with Turner
Construction Management junior Will Denny talks about his internship experience with Turner and gives advice to students interested in CM.
Transfer Student Profile: Eddie Gammon
Eddie Gammon joined the University of Washington after a career as a carpenter. In our interview, Eddie offers insight into the transfer student experience and what he hopes to get out of the degree.
Update: Student Profile: Matt Novotny
Matt Novotny, CM ‘21, is an alumnus from the Department of Construction Management who now works full-time as an Engineer at Clark Construction Group. He is currently working on a distribution and fulfillment center development project in Arlington, Washington. As an alumnus, Matt returned to the college several times to assist other Construction Management students with their capstone projects. Matt remarks that he maintains many of the connections he made in the Construction Management program through occasional collaboration on projects,…
Women in Construction: Darlene Septelka
Growing up, Darlene didn’t experience the gendering of toys. Her parents made no distinction between playing with trucks, blocks or Barbies. “I never felt like ‘girls don’t do that,’ or that I should be playing with dolls, or that there was a role I needed to portray.” One day her dad dumped a pile of sand in the backyard, and she spent hours building cities in it. When Darlene was in junior high, a vocational school opened up in her…
In Memoriam: Steve Goldblatt
We are saddened to share that former Department of Construction Management Chair and Associate Professor Emeritus, Steve Goldblatt, passed away on February 7, 2022. Read about the legacy he has left.
Bid Day: a real life simulation
Bid Day is a half-day exercise that takes place at the end of the Fall Quarter of a student’s senior year. It’s a chance for them to put into practice the skills learned to effectively and accurately review subcontractor and supplier bids. They are charged with summarizing them into the “low bid” and submitting to the instructor “on time” to simulate an actual real-life bid day experience. Their bids are compared to the “right answer” and represent 10% of their…
Construction Management Students Competed in the 2021 DBIA National Design-Build Student Competition
This year a UW student team competed in the 2021 DBIA Design-Build Student Competition. The following UW students competed at a national level in this competition. Shreyas Bhore, Team Captain – MS in Construction Management Mariele Alarilla, BS in CM and Architecture Dual Degree Geng Chen, BS in CM and Architecture Dual Degree Takanobu Suzuki, BS in CM and Architecture Dual Degree Abdirizak Abdi, BS in CM and Architecture Dual Degree Our UW Team organized over the summer and on…