ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) announced the student chapters that have qualified as finalists in the MCAA Student Competition: the MCAA Student Chapter at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona; MCAA's Student Chapter at Georgia Tech; Illinois State University Mechanical and Electrical Contractors Association; and the MCA of Indiana Student Chapter at Purdue University.
Judges selected the finalists from 10 submissions by MCAA student chapter teams on the basis of scores given for: overall quality of the written proposal (20 percent); project management and organization (25 percent); feasibility of construction and program schedules (20 percent); quality of conceptual design (15 percent); and accuracy/feasibility of conceptual costs (20 percent).