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Model Bridge Contest 2025-26
Future City: From Farm to Table!
It's the big day!
We've come up with some great materials for you this year:
jumbo craft sticks
Chicago post screws
gardening twine
We can adjust names of team members later, but once we hit 100 teams we go to a waiting list so...
REGISTER RIGHT AWAY!!!
We will send a link to the official rules when you register.
OLD NEWS: The Boston Society of Civil Engineers held our THIRTY-FOURTH Annual Model Bridge Design Contest last February. Here are the results:
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: From Farm to Table!
Future City: From Farm to Table!
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
Be part of our Team, like the New England Patriots!
Thank you to the Patriots Foundation for their contribution of $10,000 and their decision to honor the creator of this website and program coordinator Reed Brockman as one of the 2025 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award recipients.
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!
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
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.