{"id":5322,"date":"2026-09-18T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/?page_id=5322"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:37:00","slug":"ci","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/ci\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Institute Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4933 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/CI-Institute-Logo-176x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/CI-Institute-Logo-176x300-1.jpg 176w, https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/CI-Institute-Logo-176x300-1-88x150.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Each year, the Construction Institute (CI) Student Symposium Competition presents a real-world construction engineering challenge that allows students to simulate the role of a construction firm responding to an owner\u2019s request. Students are expected to devise professional, technical, and creative solutions within a timed environment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The competition promotes teamwork, innovation, and real-world application of civil and construction engineering principles. It strengthens student engagement with the construction industry and builds awareness of CI\u2019s value throughout a student\u2019s academic and professional career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In 2027, this pilot competition will be conducted at a limited number of symposia &#8212; Gulf Coast and Southeast. Student chapters competing at these symposia will receive more information in their mailers and on their Student Symposium host website.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Please see the 2027 Construction Institute Competition Rules (<a href=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/2027-asce-ci-student-symposium-competition-rules.pdf\">LINK<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">and<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Complete the Intent and Acknowledgement Form for CI (<a href=\"https:\/\/asceforms.wufoo.com\/forms\/p1mepbq10mqbwu7\/\">LINK<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] &nbsp; Each year, the Construction Institute (CI) Student Symposium Competition presents a real-world construction engineering challenge that allows students to simulate the role of a construction firm responding to [&#8230;]","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction Institute Competition - Southeast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/studentsymposium.asce.org\/southeast\/ci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction Institute Competition - Southeast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] &nbsp; 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