Description

The Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC) is ELECTRI International’s annual challenge for NECA Student Chapters. Student Chapter teams agree that the popular Challenge is stimulating because it makes them focus on problem solving by thinking in new, creative ways. This year’s student challenge focuses on innovation and student’s creativity.

This year each faculty advisor and student team worked with their local NECA chapters and contractors to deliver a proposal containing various project manager tasks for the Oglethorpe University Emerson Student Center. Students put themselves in the shoes of an electrical contractor and performed various tasks related to constructing the project that has been assigned to them. Students used a scope of work letter as a guide when preparing their proposal. Students used this as a guide when preparing their proposal. These student teams have tackled challenges that project managers face when completing a project. These challenges include creating a schedule of values, a detailed schedule, change orders, submittal logs, a handoff meeting agenda, prefab plans, and more.