RFP Basics
What is the official theme of the 2026–2027 Concrete Canoe Competition?
What is “Simplify, Collaborate, Celebrate”?
What written deliverable tells the technical story behind your team's canoe design?
What is the Design Narrative?
True or False: Your team can hire someone outside the team to manufacture your canoe mold.
What is False?
What material gives the Concrete Canoe Competition its name?
What is concrete?
What happens to the canoe besides being displayed and judged?
What is it gets raced?
What does RFP stand for?
What is Request for Proposals?
What deliverable shows how your team's canoe will actually be constructed?
What are the Construction Drawings?
For 2026–27, the canoe mold must generally be made using what method?
What is by hand?
What works with the concrete to help the canoe resist forces that concrete alone may not handle well?
What is reinforcement?
What type of slalom race is used for the 2026–27 competition?
What is a coed slalom race?
What is the deadline for submitting Requests for Information (RFIs)?
What is January 25, 2027?
What package documents the engineering calculations supporting your canoe design?
What is the Calculation Package?
What computer-controlled manufacturing method is prohibited for fabricating the canoe mold?
What is CNC fabrication?
Which exhibit contains the technical specifications for concrete and reinforcement?
What is Exhibit 5?
What competition component requires students to explain and defend their engineering decisions to judges?
What is the Technical Presentation/Interview?
True or False: An RFI response from last year's competition automatically applies this year.
What is False?
What notebook documents information about the materials used to construct the canoe?
What is the Materials Notebook?
What physical property of the canoe's hull is checked to ensure it complies with construction requirements?
What is hull thickness?
Which exhibit provides general guidelines for concrete mix design?
What is Exhibit 6?
What process determines the completed canoe's competition weight?
What is the weigh-in?
If your team is unsure how to interpret a requirement in the RFP, what formal process should you use to get clarification?
What is submitting an RFI?
What RFP exhibit can your team look at to understand how judges will evaluate your work?
What is Exhibit 10 — Evaluation Forms?
Your canoe has been damaged during construction. What section of the RFP should your team check before deciding how to fix it?
What are the durability and repair requirements?
Your mix-design team wants to try a completely new ingredient. Before using it, what should they determine from the RFP?
What is whether the material is permitted and meets the technical specifications?
The 2026–27 RFP eliminated separate men's and women's versions of what race and replaced them with a single coed event?
What is the slalom race?