EllisDon, an employee-owned Canadian construction company based in London, Ontario, is helping to bring student ideas to life by sponsoring the BCIT Student Innovation Challenge.
The BCIT Student Innovation Challenge helps to create an inclusive space for innovation and encourages students to turn their bright ideas into business plans and prototypes, which may eventually be commercialized. For the 2022 challenge, $20,000 of prize money will be awarded, within three (3) categories of entrepreneurship, applied research, and sustainability.
“EllisDon has been supporting the BCIT Student Innovation Challenge for years to help students move their innovations into reality,” says Kim Dotto, Dean, Applied Research and Centre for Applied Research and Innovation “Together with their support, we can continue to provide incentives and encourage the next generation to rethink and innovate to improve the world we live in”.
EllisDon was founded and incorporated by brothers Don and David Ellis Smith in 1951. The company has grown exponentially with over 5,000 employees and operates in excess of $5 billion in contracts annually in every market sector across the globe.
“You don’t need to be innovative, you just need to be curious and innovations will be delivered unto you every day,” Don Smith Sr., EllisDon Founder.
ABOUT ELLISDON
EllisDon, an employee-owned, $5 billion-a-year construction services company that has grown exponentially beyond its modest origins in London, Ontario. With over 5,000 salaried and hourly employees across fifteen national and international offices, EllisDon has become a leader in every sector and nearly every facet of the construction industry.
EllisDon has positioned itself as a global construction services provider. From the initial project concept phase to long-term asset management, operations and maintenance, EllisDon guarantees performance outcomes through its Capital Services, Virtual Design & Construction, Mechanical, Electrical & Information Technology, Energy & Digital Services, Facilities Management, and Sustainability Building Solutions Divisions, to name a few. EllisDon is determined to disrupt the construction sector, having recently created pioneering initiatives in Energy Management, Smart Buildings and Data Analytics.
ABOUT BCIT STUDENT INNOVATION CHALLENGE
The BCIT Student Innovation Challenge is an annual contest aimed at providing support and funding to BCIT students who have “bright ideas”. The goal of the Challenge is to create an inclusive space for innovation, encouraging students to turn their bright ideas into prototypes, business plans, or commercial products.
Learn more about the BCIT Student Innovation Challenge.