STEEL BRIDGE:

The Steel Bridge Team consists of ASCE members who design, construct, and compete with a scale size bridge built entirely from structural steel.

The rules of the design and construction are provided by the National ASCE organization. These rules provide a fictitious problem statement under which the bridge must be built. The rules call out the required size of the bridge, the maximum and minimum heights, as well as other parameters including member types and sizes, loading requirements, and clearances.

Each year, the NCAT steel bridge team competes in the Carolinas competition with other schools in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The competition points are based on bridge weight, construction time, stiffness, and aesthetics. The winner of the regional competition goes on to compete in the national competition with schools from across the United States of America.

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The concrete canoe is an extensive event in the Carolina’s Competition. As stated before, it is a canoe crafted completely from concrete that must float. Not only does the team get to present research and design information, but they also get to race their canoe.

The races consist of a men’s and women’s sprint, endurance, and a coed sprint. Every year the team strives to win regional competition so that they may compete in nationals: this past season the nationals were held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.