Structural Concrete Competition
Please note
The 2026 competition is now finished. Many thanks to all the universities and students who entered the competition and congratulations to our joint winners - University of East London and Queens University Belfast, and to the winner of the Sustainability prize - University of Leeds.
The brief for the Structural Concrete 2027 competition is being finalised and will be available soon.
The competition offers a stimulating and fun challenge to students, while supporting the curricula of civil and structural engineering departments of UK universities.
Benefits for students
- Opportunity to present your work to prospective employers, some of whom are involved in setting and judging the competition.
- Chance to enhance your portfolio for prospective employers.
- Gain familiarity with current design practises.
- Develop skills in communication, planning and project management, effective distribution of work and collaboration.
Because it is so flexible, Structural Concrete 2027 can easily be incorporated into existing university curricula, with content that reflects an independent project, a group project or a module assessment run over the first, second or both semesters of the academic year.
Register your interest for the Structural Concrete Competition 2027
To enter the competition the university academic tutor(s) should register the university’s intention to participate.
Testimonials
"Thank you for the opportunity to take part in such a great project competition and for gaining valuable experience that will help us in the future." - Student, 2024 competition
"I would like to extend my sincere thanks to you and the entire organizing team at The Concrete Centre for hosting such a challenging and inspiring competition. It was an incredible experience, and we are truly honoured to have been awarded second prize." - Student, 2024 competition
"Again, thank you for organising such an event and competition. Our students thoroughly enjoyed it! There was a high level of interest from our MSc and MEng students to take part on this since it gives them the opportunity to apply their theoretical and design knowledge acquired in the course to a practical and challenging problem. It also gives students an appreciation of structural concrete new challenges on sustainability, new technologies and client needs.” - Tutor, 2021 competition
Sponsorship
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