NAHB Student Competition: Four-Year Programs - Production Homes

The Production Home Building Competition for four-year programs challenges students to identify an opportunity for a large homebuilder to develop property, build homes and produce a return on investment in a given market, simulating scenarios faced by production homebuilders.

The 2023 NAHB Student Competition for four-year programs was held at the 2023 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2023.

2023 Competition Problem Description

Rules and Guidelines

Important Materials

2023 Production Home Building Competition Winners

First Place: University of North Florida

• Proposal
• Video of Presentation

Second Place: Texas A&M University

• Proposal
• Video of Presentation

Third Place: Tuskegee University

• Proposal
• Video of Presentation

Fourth Place: University of Florida

• Proposal
• Video of Presentation

Fifth Place: University of Cincinnati

• Proposal
• Video of Presentation

2023 Competition Timeline

• Sept. 6, 2022 – Competition Problem Posted
• Oct. 14, 2022 – Registration Due ($400)
• Oct. 21, 2022 – Four-Year Production Competition Live Q&A
• Nov. 21, 2022 –Team Member List Due
• Dec. 5, 2022 – Last Day to Withdraw from Competition
• Dec. 18, 2022 – Projects Due
• Jan. 30-31, 2023 – Presentation Dates
• Jan. 31, 2023 – Judges’ Debriefing
• Feb. 1, 2023 – Awards Ceremony at IBS

Resources for Competitors

• NAHB Four-Year Student Competition Guidebook
• Question Board: All competition related questions posted in our Google group will be answered by the competition’s consultants.
• Cengage Learning books will be available to all competition teams. (*Returning teams have the set of books from Cengage Learning. Only new teams will be shipped a set of resource books.)
• 2022 Four Year Programs Production Home Building Judges Debrief Video
• 2023 Competition Judges

Entry Requirements

$400 entry fee for four-year programs.