Are you interested in running a local bridge design contest in your classroom, school, or community? If so, we can support your efforts by providing you with your own customized, web-based Local Contest Scoreboard.

There are two different formats for local contests:

For detailed instructions on requesting, organizing, and conducting a local bridge design contest, please download the .pdf document, "Instructions for Organizing a Local Contest." If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at wpbedc1@gmail.com.

Each year, approximately 100 middle-school and high-school teachers organize local bridge design contests as class projects for their students. In practice, many of these projects weren't really contests; the teachers just used the Local Contest Scoreboard as a tool to keep track of their students' performance on the bridge design project.

This year, you can do it too! If you are a teacher and are using the West Point Bridge Designer for a class project, you can request a Local Contest Code by following the procedure described above. Ensure that your students enter the code when they register for the national contest. Then your web-based Local Contest Scoreboard will provide up-to-date, easily accessible feedback on your students' performance.