In this round the average percentage improvement is around 30% with a standard deviation of about 20% this indicates that there is space for some big movements.

There have been some perturbation in the top six Glasgow Caledonian's 'RMHS' rise one to first place whilst 'Cali Construction' slip from first place to third leaving Oxford Brookes' 'OB-one' split the two by rising from sixth to second. Loughborough University's 'Team Poseidon' break into the top six at fourth place rising from seventh. Greenwich's 'Continuous Flight Augers' make a significant surge of fifteen places to fifth place and HK Poly U's 'BRE Team 4' are now in sixth rising six places. The next six teams are only 10% away from the top six. There have also been big movements by West England's 'BC Group' and RMIT's 'Solid Foundation'. Sadly some teams have moved the other way!

Each decision in MERIT influences the outcome. For example care must be taken in staffing head office. Not enough in marketing will reduce bidding opportunities, too much will drive up overheads. Not enough measurement staff will reduce the recovery from each contract. In estimating too little effort will produce an estimate with a wide variation, if through little effort you produce an estimate that is low, and you won't know whether it is low or not, then either your bid will be rejected as unrealistic or you'll win a contract at a price that will make losses. A bid that is high won't win. When staffing the projects matching the project manager's skills with the project will affect the efficiency.

All decisions are about balance, it takes careful consideration and input from all team members to ensure that all the factors are considered. Running a simulated company in MERIT is not easy but neither is running a real company. Experience the pressures and demands of directors it will develop your skills.

Past winners have come from RMIT and Glasgow Cali previous finalists have come from, HKU, Loughborough, Greenwich, Deakin, Curtin and Newcastle (Australia).

There is still plenty of time and with big improvements any team can still make the final in Hong Kong.

Period 6 results

Preliminary results, subject to change. (Teams with a negative % have requested late submission or have been asked to resubmit)

Top 10

Team's improvement