WHAT IS GNCTR?
GNCTR is a four day long competition that challenges student’s innovation, technical knowledge, and design practicality. There are a few basic rules for toboggan design:
The running surface must be made of entirely concrete;
There must be fully functioning steering and braking systems;
There must be a safety roll cage;
Five team members must fit entirely inside the roll cage, and;
It must weigh less than 300 lbs.
Each university of eligible to send a team of up to 30 members to compete in the event. The 45th annual competition will take place in Calgary, Alberta, from February 2nd – 6th , 2021.
Teams are awarded points based on their:
• Technical Exhibit Display
• Technical Report
• Technical Presentation
• Toboggan Design
• Toboggan Performance, and
• Team Spirit.
BACKGROUND
The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) is the largest engineering competition in Canada. The first race was held in Red Deer in 1975, where the University of Calgary was one of four competing teams. The competition has now grown to over twenty universities which compete annually; we are proud to say that the competition had it’s first team from the United States join in the 2014 season!
Company Details
- Employees
- 14
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Ab, Canada, Calgary,alberta,canada
- Industry
- Civil Engineering
- NAICS
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Heavy and Civil Engineering ConstructionOther Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Website
- https://gnctruofc.wordpress.com/
- HQ
- Calgary, Alberta
- Competitors
- GNCTR 2025, Engineers Without Borders - University of Calgary, Electrical and Software Engineering Students' Society (ZOO), Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race 2024, Biomedical Engineering Students' Society, Lakehead University Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) Team, TechniQ, TC Energy, Chemical and Oil & Gas Engineering Students' Society (CESS), McMaster Engineering Concrete Toboggan Team.
University Of Calgary Gnctr Questions
University Of Calgary Gnctr's website is https://gnctruofc.wordpress.com/
University Of Calgary Gnctr's LinkedIn profile is https://ca.linkedin.com/company/ucgnctr
University Of Calgary Gnctr has
14 employees.
View email and phone details for 14
employees at University Of Calgary Gnctr.
University Of Calgary Gnctr's industry is
Civil Engineering
University Of Calgary Gnctr's top competitors are
Gnctr 2025,
Engineers Without Borders - University Of Calgary,
Electrical And Software Engineering Students' Society (Zoo),
Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race 2024,
Biomedical Engineering Students' Society,
Lakehead University Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (Gnctr) Team,
Techniq,
Tc Energy,
Chemical And Oil & Gas Engineering Students' Society (Cess),
Mcmaster Engineering Concrete Toboggan Team.
University Of Calgary Gnctr's categories are Civil Engineering
University Of Calgary Gnctr's founding year is 1975
