A look back at the GC-CD challenge

Published on June 17, 2025 in Business, Student life, Institutional life

For its 9ᵉ edition, the Civil Engineering - Sustainable Construction Challenge was held at the IUT de Nîmes, from June 10 to 12: 31 teams of students, from IUTs all over France, shared moments rich in conviviality through this competition articulated around two themes, Building and Public Works. 190 students, lecturers and professionals, as well as all the students in the GCCD department, attended the candidates' presentations.

Organized by Caroline Denhez and the teams in her Civil Engineering department, the event took place in bright sunshine, giving participants the opportunity to discover the city of Nîmes in a friendly atmosphere. The students worked on two subjects prepared by Éric Pradier, a teacher in the department:

Topic no. 1 (Building): design and digital modeling of a development project for the Nîmes IUT.
Topic no. 2 (Public works): integrating on-site or reused materials into a building project

The first day was marked by a dynamic welcome with participation in additional events followed by sports and fun events. The projects were presented to the public in the IUT Concrete Hall on Wednesday, June 11th all morning, and the afternoon was devoted to discovery workshops on the construction of raw earth walls, straw walls, low-carbon concrete and a workshop dedicated to augmented reality in order to compare the projects carried out with the reality on the ground.

The day concluded in style with a gala evening at the Museum of Romanity, in the presence of Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier.

On Thursday June 12, the juries deliberated and several prizes were awarded in recognition of the quality of the work presented.