Seven member companies battled it out in the water on September 5th at the Fifth Annual Contractors Boat Battle. A team-building event that raises money for ABC CraftMasters Training, Inc. (the chapter's craft training program), this competition challenges entrants to design and build boats made from materials found on a construction site. The teams then compete in a variety of races to determine which boat and team is the best in true merit shop fashion. Held at Breezy Point Beach in Calvert County, MD, this year's Contractors Boat Battle competitors were:
Calvert Masonry, Inc. , with its boat Block Heads
Hensel Phelps Construction Co. with its boat Mystery Machine
B. Frank Joy, LLC , with its boats Tsunami and Big Tsunami
M.C. Dean, Inc. , with its boat Ark Flashers
Oncore Construction, LLC , with its boat Bounty Hunter 3
Shapiro & Duncan, Inc. , with its boat SS Pipe Layer
SIGAL Construction Corporation with its boat Green Machine
A variety of races and contests were held and the first place winners were:
- Best Decorated Boat – Ark Flashers
- Best Design – Bounty Hunter 3
- Titanic Award – Block Heads
- Team Race – Mystery Machine
- Two-Person Race – Green Machine
- Combined Relay – Mystery Machine
- Two x Four Race – Green Machine
- Landline Race – Mystery Machine