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Engin Day Structure Competition Rules and Regulations

Aim

To build the highest and most rigid structure with the materials provided, which will not be known before hand within the time limit of 2 hour 30 min.

Procedure

• There will be 5 teams of 4 members each from each of the different department groups.
• Each team will be allowed to bring their own marker pens if they wish to draw anything on the materials.
• There will be 10 bags of materials for the teams to choose from, each bag being filled with similar but not completely the same materials.
• Each team is allowed to take 2 bags of materials. However, they have to draw lots to see who will take the materials first. The first team that takes the first bag will be the last team to take their second bag. Eg. The 4^th team to choose their materials will be the 7^th team to choose their second bag of materials.
• During the time frame of building, there will be a pool of extra materials with the organizers. Teams are welcomed to get materials from the pool but points will be deducted from for every trip as indicated below.

Therefore, if a team gets a total score of 80 and goes to the pool 3 times, the final score of the team would be as follows:

                              80 x (93/100) = 74.4

 Hence the final score of the team would be 74.4 points.

• Structures would be judged on speed (how long the team use to build the structure), height, design and stability. However, stability would be judged after a series of tests have been conducted on the structures. Namely, Attack by wind from a fan, sand attack, and marbles and tennis ball attack where each team will have a bag of marbles and 3 three tennis balls each to throw at the structure they wish to attack. Finally, for the bonus round, the committee would throw water bombs at every structure.

Judging

• When the time is up, the structures will be judged according to the following criteria.

Prizes

• 200 dollars worth of prizes to be won!