Each year, the Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT), challenges ACE students to solve real world problems through discipline based design thinking and competition. For the 2023-24 season, CIRT challenged students to propose design solutions to 3 different categories, each with a grand prize of $5,000 in scholarships, with finalist presenting in Washington, D.C. to judges.
In ACE Delaware, students worked together in teams to explore various multi-disciplinary design solutions, presenting their final projects at the 2024 ACE Breakfast. We are proud of the amazing work by our students, and hope you will enjoy some highlights from the season below!
Highway Interchange
The key objective of this challenge is to identify a heavily congested and/or overwhelmed highway or road exchange that needs reimagination, reconfiguration, and redevelopment.
Olympic Stadium / Iconic Structure
Often the most distinctive lasting structure of the Summer Olympic Games is the stadium or iconic structure(s) that capture the spirit of the games themselves. This design challenge is intended to have the teams imagine what that iconic structure would entail for the upcoming Paris, France games.
Shoreline Design
This construction/design option seeks to explore the best practices and innovative strategies for planning, design, construction of resilient and sustainable developments in waterfront areas (river, lake, or seashores).
