The Big Bridge Build, QUB Civil Engineering

The Big Bridge Build, QUB Civil Engineering We are attempting to build a life-size bridge out of Meccano - see our journey...

Key Facts:

• Overall length of bridge - 32.2m (106 ft)
• Longest span of bridge - 25m (82 ft)
• Height of bridge - 8m (26 ft)
• Weight of bridge - 600kg
• Design capacity - 100kg
• Number of pieces of Meccano - 11,000 (excluding nuts and bolts)
• Total length of Meccano 3835m

We are aiming to secure a Guinness World Record for largest Meccano Structure. Rationale:
- Inspire existing QUB stud

ents
- Encourage school children to consider a career in engineering, particularly important as there is a skills shortage

- Encourage children from disadvantaged backgrounds to engage in education and training as means to improve their future prospects. Assembling so many pieces is a complex process and the real challenge is in the construction

- Construction began in March and we aim to complete the build in June in QUB
- The fully assembled bridge will be proof loaded in QUB
- A final decision to place the bridge on site will be taken once it has been tested
- Belfast City Council have given us permission to build the bridge at Clement Wilson Park
- We would like to place the bridge over the Lagan but we have contingency plans in place
- Twenty four 3rd year QUB students are leading the design and construction
- Forty secondary stage school pupils will have come in to assist at various stages
- In excess of 100 students benefitting/involved this year
- At end of project Meccano will be given to schools for free as a learning resource

Funding is from DCAL, AECOM, QUB Annual Fund with technical support from McLauglin and Harvey.

We're still being featured in the media! John McCarey from McLaughlin & Harvey talks about the project, the need for mo...
24/11/2015

We're still being featured in the media! John McCarey from McLaughlin & Harvey talks about the project, the need for more young people going into Construction and what inspired him.

In the first in a series of articles, UK Construction Online looks at how young people can be encouraged to become the construction workers of the future.

06/11/2015

The new Big Bridge Build video is now complete. It follows the journey from the very start to the end... what an amazing journey it was!

World famous!!!!!
22/09/2015

World famous!!!!!

Wow! Sunset over world famous 100ft Meccano bridge at Clarendon Dock.

Photo: Sean O'Neill

Fortuna, the Guinness World Record judge just sent me this... hilarious!! It wasn't a malfunction btw, he was just reall...
20/09/2015

Fortuna, the Guinness World Record judge just sent me this... hilarious!! It wasn't a malfunction btw, he was just really excited!

The temporary structure - weighing in at approximately 1,300lbs - has been built 100 feet long across Clarendon Dock

We are official Guinness World Record holders!!!!!!!!
19/09/2015

We are official Guinness World Record holders!!!!!!!!

Did you hear Danny and Daryl on BBC Good Morning Ulster this morning??
18/09/2015

Did you hear Danny and Daryl on BBC Good Morning Ulster this morning??

Publicity shots on site... it's getting very exciting. Can't wait for Saturday!!
17/09/2015

Publicity shots on site... it's getting very exciting. Can't wait for Saturday!!

02/09/2015

We're all on track for the big event on Saturday 19th September at Clarendon Dock! Here's Indiana Ross with a sneak preview of one of the towers in progress.

We now have a date and location for the Big Build!!Clarendon Dock, Belfast Saturday 19th September 12 noon - 3pm for Gui...
24/08/2015

We now have a date and location for the Big Build!!

Clarendon Dock, Belfast
Saturday 19th September 12 noon - 3pm for Guinness World Record confirmation and attempt to walk across.

More details to follow shortly. Until then, please keep your fingers crossed and your diaries free. :)

The significance of bridges...
06/07/2015

The significance of bridges...

Feat of Victorian engineering has joined St Kilda, Edinburgh and the Great Wall of China on Unesco list, heritage committee announces

We've been offline for a while, but we haven't stopped (apart from a break for exams)! We're making better progress tha...
02/07/2015

We've been offline for a while, but we haven't stopped (apart from a break for exams)! We're making better progress than we hoped... getting very exciting!

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