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At the 33rd annual contest, held March 12 2013, the Circo
family continued its recent domination of top spot. Matteo Circo,
winner of the 32nd contest, not only set a new all-time record, he
surpassed the previous high mark, set by his brother (see below) by
a very wide margin. Leaving nothing to chance, Matteo built his tied
arch structure to support an amazing 273.55 kg. For those not
inclined to SI units, that corresponds to 603 lbs. When the Circo
brothers appeared on the scene the contest record had stood
unchallenged for a decade at 209.4 kg. Now they hold three of the
top four all-time top spots for this long-running event. (pictures
from the 2013 event above) |
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New (2011) Contest Record: 220.0 kg |
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At the 31st annual contest, held March 15 2011, a
ten year-old record was broken as Physics 12 student Gino Circo, the
winner of the 2010 contest, blew past the previous mark to set a new
record of 219.95 (rounded to 220.0) kg. The previous record had been
deemed out of reach by students for the past decade. Gino's bridge,
based on his successful structure design from his entry in his
Physics 11 year, was copied by others but none of those structures
were up to the standards of construction set by this graceful entry. |
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Previous
record-holding 100-gram bridge built in 2000 by Physics 12 student
Matt Sullivan. This photo was taken after the bridge was put back
together from the remnants. A portion of the roadway is missing. In
an attempt to reduce overall mass several holes were drilled in the
upper portion of the structure. |
Matt Sullivan with his
award-winning bridge at the trophy presentation ceremony. The
trophy, held here by sponsoring teacher Peter Vogel, has been
presented annually since 1981. APEGBC, the professional body that
governs engineering in this province, has been a contest sponsor
since 1999. |
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