MILWAUKEE, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A high school team from the Dallas, Texas area and a middle school team from Kansas City, Missouri are top winners in the national "Construction Challenge" competition sponsored by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Earning runner-up honors were high school teams from Perry, Oklahoma and Oley, Pennsylvania and middle school teams from New Carlisle, Ohio and Graham, Washington. More than 40 finalist teams participated in three separate challenges during the competition, which took place May 20-23, 2009 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville during the Global Finals competition of Destination ImagiNation (DI). DI is a challenge partner. AEM along with DI developed the Construction Challenge to engage students through a hands-on, educational experience that introduces them to construction careers such as engineers, equipment technicians and manufacturing professionals.
