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The MERIT 2018 Champions will receive the ICE's Silver Salver and £5,000 thanks to our generous supporters:
- The Chartered Institute of Building,
- The Institution of Civil Engineers and the
- Construction Industry Training BoardConstruction Industry Training Board (CITB)
Registration Now Open
Registration for MERIT 2018, the annual construction business game is now open and available until the game starts in February 2018. The game culminates in the Grand Final at Loughborough University on 17 & 18 May 2018
So for your chance to win the MERIT 2018 Champion's Silver Salver and cash prize...
Don't just take our word for it
Watch our Videos from the MERIT Finals to hear and see what you can get out of taking part in MERIT 2018
Spreading the word
To help you spread the word about MERIT 2018, and encourage more teams/players to enter, we have also produced some flyers:
https://meritgame.com/flyers
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Please download, print and display prominently on your noticeboard, and generate some in-house competition!
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We are pleased to announce that the Timetable for MERIT 2018 has been finalised.
MERIT 2018 has been set up to model a construction industry operating in an economy emerging from a recession with up to date bank interest rates and charges and current corporation tax. Learning to survive as a construction business in tough market conditions with fierce competition is the knowledge currently needed by our industry executives.
After completing eight rounds simulating two years of trading the top six teams will be invited to Loughborough University to experience a further two years of simulated trading in the MERIT 2018 final, the winning team will be presented with the ICE’s Silver Salver, £5000 cash prize and named the 2018 MERIT Champion.
Registration
- Nov 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
Trialling
- Jan 2017 - 01 Mar 2018
Submissions
- Round 1 - Thursday 01 Mar 2018
- Round 2 - Thursday 08 Mar 2018
- Round 3 - Thursday 15 Mar 2018
- Round 4 - Thursday 22 Mar 2018
- Round 5 - Thursday 29 Mar 2018
- Round 6 - Thursday 05 Apr 2018
- Round 7 - Thursday 12 Apr 2018
- Round 8 - Thursday 19 Apr 2018
Final at Loughborough University
- 17 & 18 May 2018
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Atkins China's team from Hong Kong, PM Kids, triumphed in the MERIT management game at Loughborough University on Friday and received the coveted trophy from ICE President Tim Broyd, after the most closely fought MERIT final in 27 years.
Numerous leaderboard changes
There were three different leaders over the two-day final at Loughborough University, which comprised 8 rounds of the construction business game. After the online phase to determine the six finalist teams, CEG, a team from Hong Kong Drainage Services Department started the final in first place and held that for two rounds only to be overtaken by OVErachievers, a team from Arup London. OVErachievers had stormed up from fifth position at the start of the final to take first place after only three rounds and looked to have the momentum. They held the lead for three rounds to be overtaken by PM Kids in the third last round and PM Kids held on to win. PM Kids had previously shown their promise in the early rounds where they were leaders for some time before being replaced by CEG but they recovered when it mattered!
Close qualifying rounds
The very competitive final was set up by the six finalists all qualifying over the 12 preceding rounds for the final with only 9% separating the top and bottom teams – exceedingly close in the history of the MERIT game. Given the increased competition where teams are competing directly with each other and also have the ability to invest in each other's companies it promised to be a close run final and so it was.
Tim Broyd, ICE President who attended the final said:
"This was an intense final to what is already a very competitive and challenging tournament; the stress, anxiety, delight, and sheer hard work is there for all to see. These are some special engineers and this business experience will surely help them to develop into senior management roles and lead our business and our sector forward; their creativity and brains are going to be in great demand, to overcome some of the huge challenges we as a society face."
And a quote from the winning team.
"I feel wonderful, it's like a dream. It's very exciting. We didn't expect we would be first, so were quite calm yesterday. Once we knew we might have a chance, then we started to get nervous, and excited." Isabella Chen, PM Kids, Atkins China (Winner)
"We really appreciate that we got the chance to join this game, and everything went well, and we learned a lot from it." Isabella Chen, PM Kids, Atkins China (Winner)
"It was extremely hard and I'm a bit disappointed by the results. Overall it was a really good experience; we got to know each other, we got to work together in a very collaborative way." Oveacheviers (2nd overall)
"MERIT was definitely a very good competition for a civil engineer. We mostly do technical work, at our end, so this is more management. We definitely gained management skills, teamworking, plus time management" Innograds
The winning Team was presented with the ICE engraved Silver Salver and a £5,000 cash prize donated by CIOB. The runners up received a £1,000 cash prize donated by CITB.