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Model Bridge Contest 2025-26
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
While we will not be sending out the rules and materials until late October 2025, registration for the 2025 - 2026 competition is open. We know the students are unknown, but for now create one team without student names.
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers held our THIRTY-FOURTH Annual Model Bridge Design Contest last February.
We The Boston Society of Civil Engineers recently held our THIRTY-FOURTH Annual Model Bridge Design Contest.
AESTHETICS TOP 3 - OVERALL
1. Swampscott Public Library
2. Westford Academy
3. Malden Catholic
ULTIMATE LOAD TOP 3 - OVERALL
1. Swampscott Public Library (HS Team)
Weight: 15.6 oz., held 242#: effic 258.26
2. Swampscott Public Library (MS Team)
Weight 18.6 oz., held 222#: effic 199.64
3. Catholic Memorial
Weighed 19.4 oz., held 227#, Effic 195.49
Watch the 2025 Competition: https://video.ibm.com/recorded/134219124
2024-25 Rules: https://engineeryourfuture.org/downloadables
Also, we are ALWAYS looking for volunteers.
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
Get ready for FUTURE CITY 2025 - 2026: From Farm to Table!
The theme this year requires all teams to explain how their food system is sustainable on its own resources from farm to table.
This year, we will again have eastern and western New England semifinal competitions for middle schools, and in addition, there is now a high school competition! The rules for high schools is similar to middle schools except instead of making a scale physical model, teams are given the CAD/BIM program Revit and they design their cities using that program. There is no regional competition for high schools -- the teams are virtually competing internationally and the top teams are invited to Washington DC where they present in person. Because our policy is to never allow any of our teams to incur any registration expenses, we are in the process of securing funds to cover a limited number of teams in New England. More information is to come.
FUTURE CITY - Students grades 6-8 create their dream city of the future, but then explain how it all works using convincing technology! Registration is now closed, but we can always use volunteers and judges -- find us at
www.engineeryourfuture.org -- we are the NEW ENGLAND region.
Last year was WONDERFUL! Watch or New England FINALS:
We were at Wilbraham & Monson Academy on January 18, 2025 and Wentworth Institute of Technology on January 25, 2025. The theme was "The Floating City".
WEST REGION:
1. WMA "Straitway" 176.7
2. JFK Middle "NYC" 145.3
3. WMA "Canal Crew" 142.3
EAST REGION:
1. Derby 4 - 173.7
2. Derby 7: 164.5 (cannot advance)
3. Derby 8: 157.0 (cannot advance)
6. MD Andrews "Bostlantis 2525" 141.0
8. Code & Circuit Enterprise Architects 135.3
FINALS
1. WMA "Straitway" 155.7
2. Derby 4 150.7
3. MD Andrews Bostlantis 2525 143.0
Photos from 2024 -- 2025 photos coming soon: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dFs-djXlvTXu82Wal-PIHcDUqIz0G7X2?usp=drive_link
Sponsor or Donate!
Future City: The Floating City!
Sponsor or Donate!
Our organization (The Boston Society of Civil Engineers) strives to bring all opportunities to students we can at no cost to them or their schools. To do this, we fundraise. Our competitions this year are bigger than ever and costs far higher than ever, so we can really use your help! We made the t-shirts, but if your organization is OK with not being on them, you are welcome to sponsor! Also, we have the BSCES STEM Friends program, where you can donate any amount, but if you donate $100 or more, I will send you a t-shirt from a past contest! The BSCES is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and donations/sponsorships are tax deductible.
We truly need sponsors and personal donations. Our goal is to never have students, schools, teachers or parents be faced with registration costs, and to elimate as many of their expenses as feasible. Please sponsor, and if you know anyone else, especially companies fitting our farm to table theme, share this with them as well.
Our Team
Our History
Sponsor or Donate!
We are a group of volunteers. While membership in BSCES is recommended it is not mandatory for volunteering. We do require CORI checks and participating in the free training found at www.fliptheswitchcampaign.org. Think you would be a good fit? Get in touch for more information!
Our History
Our History
Our History
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers has been around since 1848. Our Model Bridge Contest is having its 30th Anniversary this year!
Our Mission
Our History
Our History
We bring opportunities for young people to experience STEM careers and that feeling one gets when they work to solve world problems. Our goal is to set an even playing field, taking economic or other factors out of the equation to gain that experience.