TeamBuild 2008

TeamBuild is a competition, supported by the Institution of Structural Engineers' Educational Trust, aimed at the best young professionals in the construction industry. It is an exhilarating, fast-paced, challenging and exhaustive test of skills, leadership and collaboration. Could YOU enter a team for TeamBuild 2008?

The Challenge

Teams are challenged to compete in a simulation of the design and construction process for the development of a real site. This has been hailed by our Judges, all leading representatives of the industry, as 'the best CPD exercise there is'.

The finals weekend starts with a masterplan proposal and runs right through the construction process, finishing with the construction stage of a major development. You will need to think, discuss, sketch, design, compromise, calculate, and then present your work at all stages.

How it works

Each team requires a variety of skills: the group will need to work together through several architectural, landscape, civil, structural, M&E, financial, construction and project management challenges. If selected for the finals weekend, the team, of up to six members, battles against eight other groups to take the accolade of National Winner of TeamBuild 2008!

How to enter

You need to form a team of mixed professionals, ideally six individuals, all aged under 30 and each registered with a professional institution. Register your team by 15th August, to receive a brief for your pre-qualification submission, which needs to reach us by 15th October. The final nine teams will be chosen from these submissions, and invited to the finals weekend on 14-16th November.

Why you should enter a team for TeamBuild 2008

• "The best CPD exercise there is"! Recognised by all building institutions as equal to four days CPD.
• Develop your insight into the running of large-scale development projects.
• Improve your presentation, leadership and communication skills.
• Gain a greater appreciation of the value of interdisciplinary working
• Develop delegation skills, and the ability to trust colleagues
• Improve your networks and build valuable connections that will stay with you for the rest of your career
• Improve your overall confidence
• Learn from the experience of eminent figures in the construction industry.

Click here now to find out more and to register your team.