Engineering students build on past success

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What do 36 teams from 13 schools, including four teams from Vermont and one from as far west as Calgary, have in common? All took part in this year's Troitsky Bridge Building Competition, of course, where the name of the game was to construct a bridge tough enough to withstand "The Crusher". Here the teams assemble their bridges according to increasingly strict specifications on materials and methods. The work is done in the shadow of a K’nex bridge, constructed in the LB Atrium.

Concordia took the prize for Most Innovative Design, with its entry, Bridgesicles. The bridge from Ryerson withstood the highest load, over 2,300 kg. But it was the team from CEGEP de Chicoutimi who came away with the grand prize for the fourth year in a row, for building a bridge that combined both strength and efficiency.

Teams watched the bridges succumb to “The Crusher” in H-110 on March 2. They cheered on their favourite teams with Go Crusher thundersticks.