California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is proud to host the 2025 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships.
Civil engineering students will be coming from around the country to showcase their projects and compete from June 27-29 (check-in day is June 26).
What are the ASCE Championships
The ASCE Championships, previously known as the National Concrete Canoe Competition, now includes 4 competitions: Concrete Canoe, Sustainable Solutions (sustainable infrastructure project), UESI Surveying (field surveying and topographic mapping project) and Timber-Strong Design Build (light frame timber structure design/build project).
Event Itinerary (See attached for full event schedule)
- Thursday June 26 (Check in Day)
- Students Check in to PCV
- Team Captains’ Meetings
- Farmers Market
- Friday June 27
- Concrete Canoe Displays
- Sustainable Solutions & Surveying Presentations
- Opening Ceremony/Welcome Social
- New Housing Program Field Trip
- Meet the Sponsors (Career Fair)
- Saturday June 28
- Concrete Canoe Presentations
- Diablo Canyon Power Plant Field Trip
- Surveying Field Tasks
- Sustainable Solutions & Surveying Displays
- Timber-Strong Design Build Showcase (structure construction)
- Sunday June 29
- Concrete Canoe Races (Lake Nacimiento – Bus from campus provided)
Field Trips
- Diablo Canyon Power Plant:
There will be 3 busses leaving from Cal Poly H-16 Parking lot at 8 AM on June 28 to do a tour of Diablo Canyon Power Plant. If you wish to attend this field trip, you will be required to complete a waiver which we will send you a link for.
- New Housing Development Project:
There will be a guided tour of the New Housing Development Project being build on campus in the K-1 Lot at 8:30 AM on June 27. If you wish to attend please indicate on the sign-up form and we will send you a waiver.
Volunteering
To put on an event of this magnitude we need as many volunteers as we can! If you are willing to or are interested please sign up to attend and help put on the event! Shifts only run for 4 hours and tasks mostly include setting up events (tables, chairs etc), directing visitors to locations and events, transportation of event materials and event operations.
For more details on the competition and how you can help, visit the Cal Poly ASCE site.
For questions, email Nick Mackechnie at nmackech@calpoly.edu.
