| History
The Student Steel Bridge Competition
is sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction
and co-sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers,
the American Iron and Steel Institute, the James F.
Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, the National Steel Bridge
Alliance, Nucor Corporation and TXI Chaparral Steel.
This inter-collegiate challenge requires Civil Engineering
students to design, fabricate and construct a steel
bridge.
Safety is of primary importance. The
AISC requests that competitors, hosts and judges take
all necessary precautions to prevent injury.
The competition rules are changed
every year to improve the contest and assure that competitors
design and build new bridges.
Students design the bridge themselves
but may seek advice from faculty and other consultants.
Ideally, students should fabricate the entire bridge
themselves. However, appropriate shop facilities and
supervision may not be available at every college and
university. Therefore, the services of a commercial
fabricator may be used provided that students observe
the operations. Students are encouraged to maximize
their personal involvement in fabricating their bridge.
There are two levels of competition:
regional and national. These Rules govern competition
at both regional and national levels. Regional competitions
are held in conjunction with ASCE regional onferences.
Winners and first runners-up from most regions are invited
to compete at the national level. However, invitations
are extended only to the winner from a region with two,
three or four participating universities, and to the
top three teams from a region with eleven or more participating
universities. Only one bridge per university may be
entered in regional competitions.
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