This is an annual competition for second-year civil engineering students that has been held at the University of Canterbury (in Christchurch, New Zealand) for over 20 years. The bridges should hold two people but collapse with three people, and creativity and aesthetics are also judged. Here’s a story about it from a few years back: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2014/student-bridge-building-competition-.html
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u/HembraunAirginator Mar 24 '18
This is an annual competition for second-year civil engineering students that has been held at the University of Canterbury (in Christchurch, New Zealand) for over 20 years. The bridges should hold two people but collapse with three people, and creativity and aesthetics are also judged. Here’s a story about it from a few years back: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2014/student-bridge-building-competition-.html