About the Championships

The ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships are the society-wide championships for the Concrete Canoe, Sustainable Solutions and UESI Surveying competitions. Thousands of ASCE students from universities worldwide compete in regional symposiums in each competition to qualify for the championships. Winners of the regional competitions earn invitations to showcase their skills and hard work on a national stage, competing against each other before expert judges and the entire ASCE community.

The Championships were originally conducted as the National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC). Concrete Canoe, ASCE’s flagship competition, began in the 1960s with intramural races. ASCE held its first NCCC in 1988 where 18 teams competed at Michigan State University. The NCCC would continue with this format for over three decades as in 2021 ASCE held its first Civil Engineering Student Championships at Louisiana Tech, introducing Sustainable Solutions and UESI Surveying to the championship series. With Cal Poly’s host effort in 2025, we hope to uphold the traditions of the past, and provide new memories to last a lifetime.

Over the championship weekend, our host team will offer competitors, supporters, community members, and guests opportunities to engage in competition events, community service projects, local engineering initiatives, technical presentations, social gatherings, and a celebration of civil engineering!

Event Information

This page will serve as your go to information center for updates regarding, mailers, competition scheduling, travel logistics, banquet ticketing and much more!

Schedule of events

  • Check-in — 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aliso Front Desk (PCV)

    Shipped Items Retrieval — 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Engineering (13-125)

    Farmers Market — 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Downtown San Luis Obispo (Bus Stop @ Kennedy Library)

    Team Captain Mixer (All Teams) — 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Engineering IV Plaza

    Team Captains' Meeting (Concrete Canoe) — 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Business Silo (03-213)

    Team Captains' Meeting (Sustainable Solutions) — 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Engineering IV (192-208)

    Team Captains' Meeting (UESI Surveying) — 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Engineering IV (192-205)

    Team Captains' Meeting (Timber-Strong Design Build) — 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Engineering (13-202)

  • Breakfast — 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Vista Grande (112)

    Display Drop-Off (Concrete Canoe) — 6:30 AM - 8:15 AM Richard O'Neill Green

    Closed Poster Display (Sustainable Solutions) — 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Arch & Env Design (05-105)

    Display Set-Up (Concrete Canoe) — 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Richard O'Neill Green

    Weighing & Measuring (Concrete Canoe) —7:30 AM - 11:00 AM Richard O'Neill Green 

    Team Photos (Concrete Canoe) —7:30 AM - 11:00 AM Richard O'Neill Green 

    Presentations (UESI Surveying) —8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Business (03-112)

    Presentations (Sustainable Solutions) — 8:15 AM - 3:30 PM Business (03-111)

    Field Trip (Timber-Strong Design Build) — 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM New Housing Construction (Meet Point @ Vista Grande (112))

    Equipment Practice (UESI Surveying) — 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM Dexter Lawn

    AV Check (Concrete Canoe) — 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Spanos Theater (44)

    Display Judging (Concrete Canoe) — 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Richard O'Neill Green 

    ASCE SLO Branch Meeting — 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Business Silo (03-213)

    Lunch — 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Spanos Terrace

    Meet the Sponsors — 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Spanos Terrace

    Team Captains' Meeting (Concrete Canoe) — 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Richard O'Neill Green 

    Timber-Strong Design Build Competition Discussion — 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Engineering (13-117)

    Display Take-down (Concrete Canoe) — 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Richard O'Neill Green 

    Sustainable Solutions Appeals — 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Business (03-111)

    Sustainable Solutions Debrief — 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Business Silo (03-213)

    Team Captains' Meeting (UESI Surveying) — 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Business (03-112)

    Welcome Banquet — 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Social Events — 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM UU Plaza

  • Breakfast — 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Vista Grande (112)

    Team Captains' Meeting (UESI Surveying) — 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM Lower Sports Complex

    Structure Drop-off (Timber-Strong Design Build) — 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM UU Plaza

    Field Tasks (UESI Surveying) — 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM Lower Sports Complex

    Team Captains Meeting (Concrete Canoe) — 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Spanos Theater (044)

    Presentations (Concrete Canoe) — 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spanos Theater (044)

    Sustainable Solutions Field Trip — 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Diablo Canyon Power Plant (Pickup/drop-off @ PCV)

    Safety Meeting (Timber-Strong Design Build) — 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM UU Plaza

    Timber-Strong Design Build Construction — 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM UU Plaza

    Timber-Strong Design Build Structure Showcase — 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM UU Plaza

    Team Photos (Timber Strong Design Build) — 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM UU Plaza

    Lunch — 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Vista Grande (112)

    Display Set-up (Sustainable Solutions) — 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Team Photos (Sustainable Solutions) — 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Poster Display (Sustainable Solutions) — 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Display Take Down (Sustainable Solutions) — 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Team Photos (UESI Surveying) — 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Lower Sports Complex

    Subdivision Displays (UESI Surveying) — 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Display Take Down (UESI Surveying) — 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Chumash Auditorium (UU)

    Structure Take-down (Timber-Strong Design Build) — 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UU Plaza

    Root Beer Die Tournament — 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Lower Sports Complex

  • Canoe Drop-off & Swamp Testing — 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Lake Nacimiento

    Breakfast — 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Lake Nacimiento

    Team Captains' Meeting (Concrete Canoe) — 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Lake Nacimiento

    Sprint and Slalom Races — 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lake Nacimiento

    Survey-Quest (Geocaching Activity) — 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lake Nacimiento

    Lunch — 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lake Nacimiento

    Petite & Grande Sprint Finals — 2:10 PM - 4:10 PM Lake Nacimiento

    Awards Banquet — 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Alex Madonna Expo Center