Universitas Indonesia win Global Student Challenge

A platoon of four construction scholars from Universitas Indonesia have won the Chartered Institute of Building’s( CIOB) coveted Global Student Challenge.

They fought off competition from nine other brigades in the final, which was held nearly during April.

In total 38 brigades from 24 universities and associates from eight countries entered the 2023 competition, which is now in its tenth time. This is the alternate time a platoon from Universitas Indonesia has won the competition, the first having won in 2019.

During the final, brigades presented detailed design proffers to an transnational panel of judges online. They were needed to give, among other effects, a completed design and figure programme, together with costs for each aspect of the figure. They also had to partake a payment statement, listing what payments will be needed, and when, and detail on the crucial environmental and sustainability benefits to demonstrate a long- term community heritage for their fictional design.

Members of the winning platoon, who participated a£ 2,000 cash prize are :

Juan Fidel Ferdani( studying Civil Engineering)
Nada Laili Nurfadhilah( studying Environmental Engineering)
Elgrytha Victoria Tybeyuliana( studying Environmental Engineering)
Evan Ariel Christoper( studying Civil Engineering)


They’re due to trip to Liverpool in the UK in June where they will attend CIOB’s periodic Member’s Forum event and present their winning design to an transnational followership.

Kate Macbeth, Marketing director at CIOB, said “ Universitas Indonesia showcased an exceptional submission by presenting a technically sound result, fastening on spare principles, new inventions, and a low- carbon approach. They demonstrated excellent platoon participation and during the final stages confidently addressed specialized inquiries. Eventually, their design and construction result surfaced as further holistic, successfully balancing marketable, specialized and sustainability considerations.

“ Although the judging contest was extremely close, Universitas Indonesia managed to demonstrate the winning combination of invention, specialized prowess, and cooperation which is why they’re the good winners. ”

On entering the news they ’d won the competition, the Universitas Indonesia platoon said “ Joining this competition was part of our dreams in council since our first time of undergraduate studies and we’re so thankful that we can design our design and finish it well. Winning it’s beyond anticipation and can be done not only because of hard work but also help from colorful people, including our counsel, Professor Muhammed Ali Berawi, support from our alums in Universitas Indonesia, and also the prayers from our family and musketeers. We hope this design will be our first step in entering professional careers in sustainable design operation.

The platoon added they’re “ thrilled ” to be invited to CIOB’s Member’s Forum in June and drink the “ unequaled chance for us to learn from the stylish in the business and gain inestimable perceptivity into the rearmost trends and ways in erected terrain, sustainability, and the construction world. ”

Third and alternate places in the competition went to Tongji University, which handed the 2022 winning platoon, and Taylor’s University, Malaysia, independently.

This time also saw the move to a new virtual platform for the competition, SimVenture Validate. The online platform is extensively used by universities to make employability and enterprise chops. It’s also well suited to helping develop creative thinking, business planning and communication chops and aligns nearly with CIOB’s commercial plan themes, as it encourages focus on sustainability, quality and the druggies of the erected terrain.

Kate added “ The new format has given us a far lesser depth of understanding of the scholars ’ cessions and their interpretation of the construction detail. Using SimVenture Validate opened the competition up to creativity and our online interviews enabled us to give scholars a taster of what a real- life pitch would be like and test their platoon dynamics. “