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The McGill Bridge Building Team is an engineering design team that centers on designing and building bridges in either wood or steel for multiple engineering competitions. We welcome undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to join us in managing exciting challenges through unique solutions. Our holistic mission is to provide our team members with practical, hands-on design experience to strengthen their understanding of in-class concepts, and foster creativity. So far, we’ve built a total of 14 wooden and 2 steel bridges.
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Wood Bridge Building Team
On Wood Team, we build smaller scale, design-oriented projects using only popsicle sticks, glue, and dental floss. We always promote using new techniques and improvements towards building innovative bridges.
Competition Results
- 2013-2014: 1 Wood Bridge Team [TEAM SIZE: 6]
- 10th Place in the 30th Annual CSCE Troitsky Bridge Building Competition
- 1st Place Aesthetics
- 2014-2015: 3 Wood Bridge Teams [TEAM SIZE: 16]
- Maximum load of 921 lbs
- 2015-2016: 5 Wood Bridge Teams + 1 Steel Bridge Team [TEAM SIZE: 30]
- 4th Place at Troitsky (4 teams in top 10!)
- 4th Place at first ever CNSBC, 3rd for Architectural design
- 2016-2017: 3 Wood Bridge Teams + 1 Steel Bridge Team [TEAM SIZE: 30]
- 5th Place at Troitsky
- Maximum load carried of 4850 lbs
Steel Bridge Building Team
The steel bridges we build are 21-feet long and involve many processes, including computer modelling, connection design, sawing, welding, and assembly practice. A highly complex undertaking, we have overcome adversity to compete the last two years. In the 2017-2018 season, our team is excited to learn from our past and create our best steel bridge yet!
Competition Results
The Canadian National Steel Bridge Competition is a newly created competition, where universities from all over Canada compete by attempting to build the most efficient steel bridges.
- 2015-2016: 1 Steel Bridge Team [TEAM SIZE: 12]
- 4th Place at first ever CNSBC, 3rd for Architectural design
- 2016-2017: 1 Steel Bridge Team [TEAM SIZE: 12]
- 5th Place at CNSBC
History
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<tabs container="width:500px">| Position: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Wood Team Captain | Andrea Leone |
| Steel Team Captain | David Benson |
| Steel Fabrication Co-Captain | Terry Vourdousis |
| Sponsorships Co-Captain | Caroline Deschamps |
| Visibility Co-Captain | Dominique Cliche |
| Media Co-Captain | Dan Delcy |
| Position: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Team and sponsorships captain | Eric Shehata |
| Wood Team Co-Captain | David Benson |
| Steel Design Co-Captain | Rico Massa |
| Steel Construction Co-Captain | David Pizzuto |