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The PCI Education Activities Council oversees various student competitions designed to expose students of architecture and engineering to real-world examples and uses of precast/prestressed concrete products. Each year, PCI conducts an Engineering Student Competition, known as The Big Beam Competition, where student teams work with their professor advisors and a local precast/prestressed concrete producer. Additional opportunities may be offered by the Educational Activities Council and published on the PCI Student Competitions page.
A big thanks to Professor Yuanyuan Zhang, PhD of the University of Southern Mississippi for showing off our partnership on campus! We are proud to be a member of the school's Industrial Advisory Council and represent precast to future engineers!
The PCI Foundation helps create precast-focused college experience. The PCI Foundation has helped fund "Precast Studios" at schools of architecture around the US in partnership with local organizations who help create the content. Over the last few years the arsenal of programs offered by the PCI Foundation has expanded to meet the needs for precast concrete educators and students throughout the US.
No matter what the program, the goal is always to create a positive, meaningful and lasting impression on students who will soon be working in the design and construction industry.
PCI Gulf South Precast Studios
The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Construction and Design in located in the PCI Gulf South region and has built a curriculum geared towards the Design Build model. Many USM graduates go on to become Project Managers for local and state construction companies throughout the region. Dan Eckenrode, Executive Director of PCI Gulf South sits on the School of Construction Industry Advisory Council and provides industry expertise and guidance for various USM programs. At the beginning of 2020, USM distributed the promotional video below which showcases the current program and what it has to offer to the construction industry. PCI Gulf is excited and honored to work with universities such as USM, as they shape the future leaders of the precast industry and the construction industry as a whole.