All Scottish Universities are invited to send two teams of three students from the Undergraduate, taught Postgraduate and Graduate Apprenticeship programmes in civil and structural engineering.
In the competition, students will be required to design and build scaled models of a structure which will be then be tested.
Three teams whose models will demonstrate the best structural performance will be awarded prizes.
Programme
13:00 Registration
13:30 Brief handout
13:30-18:00 Structural Model building
18:00 Model testing
19:00 Award ceremony
Food and refreshment will be provided at 16:00.
All the materials necessary for the model‐building will be available at the venue. Participants should bring writing pads, rulers, pencils and calculators.
Prizes will be awarded by IStructE.
Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed by IStructE. One claim per group. Keep your receipts. More information will be provided on the day of the competition.