2009 Results

Structural Efficiency

  Place Bridge
Weight (lbs.)
Failure
Load (lbs.)
Load/Weight
Ratio
Muller Engineering
“Just Water Under the Bridge”
 1st  18.1 442.5
24.5
PEH Architects
“The Ginger-headed Step-bridge”
 2nd 4.1
82.5
20.1
Ascent Group
“Eccentrically Loaded”
 3rd  13.1 214.5
16.4
Heery
“Team GingerBridge”
 4th 5.6
62.5
11.2
The Leffler Group
“Graham-Lam”
 5th 14.8 157.5
10.7
GEI Consultants
“Terzaghi-Gedächtnis-Pfefferkuchenbrücke”
 6th 5.1 47.0 9.2
CU Denver
“Chichen Itza”
 7th 34.3 223.5 6.5
Structural Consultants Inc.
“Ski Train”
 8th 9.0 56.0 6.2
John Elliott & Kevin Krcek
“We need to run some ductwork through your beam”
 9th 9.5 45.0 4.7
Terracon
“Bridge of Broken Dreams”
 10th 5.6 0.0 0.0

 

 

2009 Architectural Design

  Place Architectural Design Score
(out of 10)
Muller Engineering
“Just Water Under the Bridge”
 1st 8.6
Structural Consultants Inc.
“Ski Train”
 2nd 7.8
Ascent Group
“Eccentrically Loaded”
 3rd 7.2
Heery
“Team GingerBridge”
 4th 6.5
Terracon
“Bridge of Broken Dreams”
 5th 5.8
John Elliott & Kevin Krcek
“We need to run some ductwork through your beam”
 6th 5.71
CU Denver
“Chichen Itza”
 7th 5.69
PEH Architects
“The Ginger-headed Step-bridge”
 8th 5.4
GEI Consultants
“Terzaghi-Gedächtnis-Pfefferkuchenbrücke”
 9th 3.9
The Leffler Group
“Graham-Lam”
 10th 3.8