Program

ACE Twin Cities is approximately a 16 week program from mid-Oct until mid-March. Students meet with mentors once a week for about 2 hours to help students develop their project. Teams are normally kept to under 10 to make sure students get hands on experience. If we have more than 10 students on a team and enough to have a second team will break the team down.

Students are provided a RFP along with the National CIRT Competition requirements at the start of the year that they work on throughout the year and provide a 20 min presentation in front of industry leading panel of judges at the University of Minnesota Campus.

RFP Sample

ACE Top Finishers/Winners

School Year	Challenge	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2010 2011	Pilot Program Year	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011 2012	Parking Ramp	Hopkins High School	N/A	N/A
2012 2013	Modular School	Johnson High School	N/A	N/A
2013 2014	Modernized Library	Johnson High School	Hopkins High School	Shakopee High School
2014 2015	Community Medical Clinic	Humboldt High School	Irondale High School	Shakopee High School
2015 2016	Historical Revitalization	Shakopee High School	Washburn High School	St. Louis Park High School
2016 2017	Presidential Library / Museum	Washburn High School	Edina High School	Brooklyn Center
2017 2018	Urban Revitalization	Irondale High School	Edina High School	Shakopee High School
2018 2019	Playground or Playscape	Irondale High School	Minneaplois Hub	Shakopee High School
2019 2020	Gastronomic Center	Irondale High School	Roseville High School	North St. Paul Hub
2020 2021	Manufacturing Center	Irondale High School	St. Paul Hub	Minneapolis Hub
2021 2022	Urban Renewal	Minneapolis Hub	Irondale High School	Roseville High School
2022 2023	School of Future	Edina High School	Minneaplois Hub	St. Paul Hub
2023 2024	Olympic Stadium / Iconic Structure	Irondale High School	Roseville High School	Edina High School