2009-2010
Steel Design
Student Competition

RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE

Reconnecting Mind And Body

Competition Name

FAQ

Questions on the competition program, registrations, or submissions should be addressed to Eric W. Ellis, ACSA Project Manager, e-mail: eellis@acsa-arch.org

Questions and answers will be posted and updated on this page.

 

  1. When will winners be annouced? Initial judging will take place May 24th - June 24th. The final face-to-face judging will take place over the weekend of June 25th. Winners will be contacted directly and we expect to have a press release out by July 2nd to all participants.

  2. How do I SUBMIT my final project?  You must be registered for the competition; upon registration you should have received two automatic emails: One, confirmation of your registration; Two, personal ACSA credentials to login for project submission. Use your personal ACSA credentials to log into the ACSA website. Once logged in, click “my competitions”, confirm you are uploading to the correct competition/category, and click “upload submission”. From here you will have a series of tabs to complete, upload, or confirm all submission information; once final project has been completely uploaded and confirmed, click “complete this submission”.

    You may “save” your submission and return to complete. Please note, the submission is not complete till the "complete this submission" button is pressed. For team projects: each member of team projects may submit the final project.

  3. How large of a file can be digitally submitted? For submission and judging there is a 50 MB per document limit. We suggest a 150 DPI resolution for the 20"x20" submission boards.

  4. I forgot, lost, or did not receive my ACSA credentials (username & password)? Please use the "Forgot Password" tool (https://www.acsa-arch.org/sendpassword.aspx) -or- contact the ACSA office directly for us to reset your credentials 202.785.2324.

  5. My digital boards (files) are not uploading to the submission site? Confirm your files are in PDF or JPEG format, with an individual files size maximum of 50MB. Each board needs to be a separate (individual) file and uploaded in the order you prefer the boards to be viewed. Please be patient, this process can take several minutes depending upon the size of the file you are uploading.

  6. How will judging take place? Initial judging will take place on each jurors personal computers followed by a final face-to-face jury with boards projected onto a screen.

  7. The boards I uploaded to the submission site have been converted to low-resolution JPEGs? The submission site automatically converts the digital boards (PDF or JPEG) into low-resolution thumbnails. Your original submitted boards are stored in the database for juror review, as submitted. If you would like to control the thumbnail quality, original submissions should be in JPEG format.

  8. How is the abstract/essay and program brief (edits) submitted? Both the abstract and the program brief are completed during the student submission process. They are text boxes for copy/paste or typing of contents. The abstract can also appear on the submission boards, if you chose, but is required to be submitted separately in the abstract/essay text box. The abstract (required) has a maximum of 500 words and the program brief (optional for Cat. I, required for Cat. II) has a maximum of 2000 words.

  9. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has a number of "Teaching Aids" for technology classes (i.e. structure and materials/construction) that have been written by architecture, engineers and construction management educators.  You can see the available tools at: http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=3226

  10. To find out if you are a student from an ACSA member school visit the members school map/listing - https://www.acsa-arch.org/membership/regionalmap.aspx. IF you do not find your schools please contact Eric Ellis (eellis@acsa-arch.org) for assistance.

  11. Registration has been EXTENDED till 5:00pm ET, Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

 

Competition Program (PDF)