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MERIT 2012 The Institution of Civil Engineers Construction Business Game
WEB SITE www.MERITgame.com
Registration for MERIT 2012 the ICE's 22nd Construction Business Game is now available the web site www.MERITgame.com, click POSTER for downloadable flyer, please display this on your company's notice board.
UNIVERSITIES:The ICE's annual Construction Business Game has traditionally been provided for professionals in employment although a few student (PG) teams would be welcome. MERIT is also used extensively in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching at Loughborough University and elsewhere.For details of how to access MERIT for University use click Universities
For MERIT 2012 the key dates are:
Registration from September 2011
Trials from December 2011
MERIT 2012 starts January 2012
Since 1988 over 23,000 young construction professionals have been introduced to company, business and financial management by MERIT. MERIT is the Institution of Civil Engineers' annual Construction Business game.
The MERIT 2011 Final:
MERIT 2011 was the 21st MERIT competition as the Institution of Civil Engineers Construction Business Game. The final of MERIT 2011 took place at Loughborough University on 11th and 12th April.
The six teams that qualified for the 21st MERIT are listed below, the scores at the start of the final show this to be a close competition with only 15% separating the top and bottom teams:
| TEAM | SPONSOR | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
|
The Blue Revolution |
Costain (UK) |
3,860 |
|
Game Ove |
Arup (UK) |
3,811 |
|
Limelight QLD |
Aurecon (Aus) |
3,587 |
|
SNIKTA |
Atkins (HK) |
3,436 |
|
The InVINCIbles |
Vinci Construction ( UK) |
3,362 |
|
Feekins and Sons |
Arup (UK) |
3,356 |
However The Blue Revolution from Costain drew ahead and led in every round but one and went on to win, this was the first time a Costain team had reached the final.
Hugh Ferguson from the Institution of Civil Engineers presents the Silver Salver to the MERIT 2011 Champions. Blue Revolution were represented by Jonathan Han, Duncan James, Adam Xu and George Chou. |
The Silver Salver presented to the winner |
The MERIT 2011 runners up were Game Ove from Ove Arup and Partners Ltd represented by Ajminder Dhani, Nathan Hubbard, Louis Walley, Andrew Clarke and Areeb Khan.
The other finalists were
The Invincibles (Vinci Construction) Gregor Sleigh, Andrew Duck, Rachel Sutcliffe, Jonathon Lambert, Sam Pearce
Limelight QLD (Aurecon) from Australia with Amber Jones, Adam Broit, Oleg Belov, Ki Johnson, Tanya Syddall and Alexis Trevethan.
SNIKTA (Atkins) with Willis Hon and Anna Yeung, with the remainder of the team playing remotely from
Feekins and Sons (Arup) Ella Feekins, Mohammed Alhaddad, Felipe Usuga Gonzalez, Sebastion John, James Hunt
The Sponsors' Award
For sponsors that enter three or more teams there is the Sponsors' Award competition. The award is given to the company that has the best performing group of three teams. The MERIT 2011 winner of the Sponsors' Award were Ove Arup and Partners Ltd. This was the first time Ove Arup had won the Sponsors' Award, they did win the main competition in 1996. In total todate Ove Arup have , over the years, entered a total of 100 teams.
Nigel Hailey of Ove Arup receives the MERIT 2011 Sponsors' Award from Charly Clark, Chairman of the Institution's Management Board and Paul Gaze of CITB Construction Skills. Nigel is a graduate from MERIT having played it as part of his own development. |
Below is the traditional group photo of all the MERIT 2011 finalists.
MERIT 2011 Finalists |
See www.MERITgame.com where you can register your interest in MERIT 2012, The Institution of Civil Engineers' National Construction Business Game which has a large international participation.
Contributions to degree programmes and in house company training and bes-spoke training programmes.
One leading training vehicle to generate understanding of the business of construction, especially the company, business and financial management is the simulation MERIT-see web site and e-mail ronald@mccaffer.com for further information.
Career Posts at Loughborough University
- Emeritus Professor ( 2009- )
- Professor of Construction Management (1986- 2009)
- Director of Strategic Business Partnerships, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (2002-2006)
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1997-2002)
- Dean of Engineering (1992-1997)
External Appointments
- Member of The Civil Engineering Sub-Panel for the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008
- Visiting Professor, School of the Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Board of Trustees and Advisor to British University in Egypt
- International Advisory Committee to PSIBouw, the Dutch Construction Industry Research Programme
- Editor 'Engineering Construction and Architectural Management'
- Council member Innovation East Midlands, The Science and Industry Council for the East Midlands
- External examiner to University of Hong Kong, University of West Indies and Glasgow Caledonian University
- Member of several journal editorial panels
The British University in Egypt
Professor McCaffer advised on the formation of the BUE since the concept was launch in 1998 by Prime Minister Blair and the then prime minister of Egypt. With support of both countries the British University in Egypt became operational in September 2005.
Professor McCaffer has been advising on the feasibility of other international Universities.
