JBC Masonry Innovation Competition

OVERVIEW

IMI’s JBC Masonry Innovation Competition wants your ideas for transformative masonry design. We’re challenging practicing and aspiring architects and engineers to advance the future of masonry design and construction.

We're giving away $30,000 in prizes across 3 entry categories: 

• Students: Undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in an accredited design, architecture, or engineering school. 
• Young Architects/Engineers: Any architects or engineers under the age of 40. 
• A/E Firms, Individual Architects/Engineers, & Cross-Category: Architecture/engineering firms, architects and engineers age 40 and over, and cross-category teams

Register for free today!

THE CHALLENGE

Your ideas have the power to tackle today’s biggest challenges — from climate resilience and sustainability to community health and well-being, affordability, accessibility, and social equity. We want to see your bold new concepts that show how masonry can solve challenges and better our built environment. We’re also looking for ideas that have the potential to change the way we design and build with masonry and create growth opportunities for our industry.

Your solution can focus on innovations in:

• Materials/material science
• Construction methods or processes
• Design approaches
• Business models
• Aesthetic or functional uses of masonry

Whether your concept improves an existing system or proposes something groundbreaking, it should demonstrate value, relevance, and constructability.

SUBMISSION SCOPE

We welcome imagined, proposed, or completed projects of any scale or program — from schools and hospitals to public spaces and housing. Model your ideas in BIM and use BIM for Masonry (BIM-M) tools to bring your vision to life.

WHY IMI?

At IMI, we know that great design and skilled craft go hand in hand. As a labor-management partnership, IMI has long fought for economic and social justice by bringing workers and employers together to ensure fair pay, good benefits, and safer jobsites for all.

IMI and IMTEF’s state-of-the-art training prepares BAC craftworkers and contractors to meet the demands of complex, high-performance masonry construction.

Together with innovative architects and engineers, we can create a better built world for everyone. Show us your innovative solutions!

Visit the JBC page on IMI's website or see the competition brief for complete details.

Register today for your chance at $30,000 in prizes!