2007 Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest

The Sea to Sky branch held the fourth Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest at Capilano Mall on Sunday March 4, 2007 during National Engineering and Geoscience Week.

The Sea to Sky Branch held their seventh annual popsicle stick bridge building contest on March 4, 2007 at Capilano Mall.

Thank you to:

Sponsors and prize donors:

• www.findatutor.ca
• Wood Works and Canadian Wood Council,
• Capilano Suspension Bridge
• YES Mag
• Science World

Our supporters:

• Levelton Engineering,
• RST Instruments,
• Capilano Mall,
• Sears Canada,
• UBC’s GeeringUp! and
• North Shore Outlook

Our distribution locations:

• North Vancouver City Library,
• West Vancouver Memorial Library,
• Sechelt Public Library,
• Squamish Public Library and
• Whistler Public Library

Elementary Catagory

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	First	Last	Division	Tag #	Result (N)	Type
2
3	Justin Tyler	Tom	Elementary	28	2279
4	David	Stojkovic	Elementary	13	2107
5	Connor	Balogh	Elementary	15	782
6	Luca	Grandinetti	Elementary	30	774
7	Dylan	Majoribanks	Elementary	2	718
8	Maja	Grandinetti	Elementary	31	605
9	Matthew	Bretner	Elementary	1	519	Matthew Deck Truss
10	Tomas	Lang	Elementary	7	499
11	West Bay Elementary	25	Elementary	25	475
12	Mary	Murnaghin	Elementary	14	392
13	Chloe	Talman	Elementary	19	390
14	Spencer	Blendell	Elementary	5	368
15	John	Santos	Elementary	33	367
16	Sherine	Kwok	Elementary	22	354
17	Bailey	Yee	Elementary	12	312
18	West Bay Elementary	10	Elementary	10	299
19	Benjamin	Marion	Elementary	29	287
20	Robyn	Majoribanks	Elementary	3	279
21	West Bay Elementary	9	Elementary	9	256
22	Julia	Mantsinen	Elementary	34	252
23	West Bay Elementary	11	Elementary	11	242
24	Jesse	Lyon	Elementary	17	210
25	Emily	Talman	Elementary	18	194
26	West Bay Elementary	26	Elementary	26	188
27	Adam	Martin	Elementary	6	163
28	Matthew	Humer	Elementary	20	151
29	Brenda	Leong	Elementary	27	90
30	Mackenzie	Rumsby	Elementary	21	80
31
32	Kyle	Martin	Secondary	35	2884	Queen Post
33	Alex	Stojkovic	Secondary	47	2343
34	Keegan	Tom	Secondary	51	2341
35	Larry	Jiao	Secondary	48	1644
36	Marc	De Asis	Secondary	42	1271
37	Jamie	Harper	Secondary	38	941
38	Alex	Balogh	Secondary	16	785
39	Wesley	Bishop	Secondary	45	598
40	Paul	Brettner	Secondary	37	568
41	Roger	Soderling	Secondary	24	484
42	Paul	Lang	Secondary	8	471
43	Liam	Ranger	Secondary	36	461
44	David	Shoolestani	Secondary	52	411
45	Rakesh	Haso	Secondary	58	382
46	Brieghann	Fulton-McLean	Secondary	39	379
47	Puya	Seid-Karbasi	Secondary	40	339
48	Eduardo	Ortiz-Hernandez	Secondary	49	279
49	Tammy	Wong	Secondary	50	156
50	Derek	Gregory	Secondary	41	*4230
51
52	Brady	Chu	Post-Secondary	68	2137
53	Brandon	Clague	Post-Secondary	54	1972	Inverted Queen Post
54	Kristin	Greinacher	Post-Secondary	57	1193	Warren
55	Rich	Mitchell	Post-Secondary	69	1030
56	Mike	Davis	Post-Secondary	59	939	Inverted Queen Post
57	Jason	Zavarella	Post-Secondary	61	933	Tied Arch
58	Jackson	Pelling	Post-Secondary	60	926	Howe Truss
59	Ghunpreet	Sahota	Post-Secondary	63	838
60	James	Kay	Post-Secondary	64	808
61	Mun	Lee	Post-Secondary	62	712
62	Jesse	Glassjord	Post-Secondary	43	677	Double Warren
63	Yuki	Mimura	Post-Secondary	44	651	Warren
64	Joe	Blaszak	Post-Secondary	55	608	Beam Girder
65	Spencer	Lonergan	Post-Secondary	56	522	Modified Warren
66	Reston	Nash	Post-Secondary	67	499
67	Benny	Kwok	Post-Secondary	23	498	Triple Warren
68	Matthew	Lea	Post-Secondary	70	471
69	Gavin	Hartnett	Post-Secondary	66	400
70	Mina	Vafaei	Post-Secondary	65	63
71
72	Tony	Martin	Professional	73	3787	Queen Post
73	Henry	Tom	Professional	74	1353	Inverted Warren
74	Gino	Grandinetti	Professional	32	978	Double Warren
75	Mike	Bretner	Professional	4	924	Tied Arch
76	Johanna	Mantsinen	Professional	53	846	Inverted Warren
77	Darrel	Bishop	Professional	46	653	Inverted Warren
78	Ivan Kieth	McLean	Professional	72	444	Modified Queen Post
79	Jack	Jiao	Professional	71

Secondary Catagory

Placed	Name	Weight (g)	Bridge Description	Failure Description	Max. Force (N)	(lbsf)
First	Nathan Spratt	175	Multi-girder deck bridge	Deck failure at edge of loading plate	771	172
Second	Angus Milne	151	Multiple Warren deck truss	Lower truss joint failure - high twist prior to collapse	647	144.4
Third	Sarah Johnstone	157	Deck modified Warren truss	Bottom chord failure, truss failure	274	61
4th	Robert Whishaw	196	Whipple bowstring thru truss	Stability failure upper cord - came off support	205	45.8
5th	Graeme Rennie	148	Multiple Pony thru truss	Instability in Upper Chords, extreme twist came off supports	140	31.2

Open Catagory

Placed	Name	Weight (g)	Bridge Description	Failure Description	Max. Force (N)	(lbsf)
First	Jim Lamb	162	Modified Bollman deck truss	Upper chord fracture	1,394	311
Second	P. Michael Bretner	140	Bowstring (with top chord bracing)	Lower transverse deck member fractured	1,304	291
Third	Alex Wai	148	Deck Girder Bridge	Total disintigration at max load	784	175
4th	Bill Johnstone	181	Thru Warren truss	Upper chord stability failure, lower chord split open	632	141
5th	Theresa Wai	152	Inverted multiple pony deck truss	Lower joint failure, deck failure at edge load	470	104.8
6th	Chris Vetterli	148	Through truss - modified Warren	Bottom Deck stringer failure - load punch through	435	97
7th	Lisa Atkinson, Matthew Atkinson and Kevin Atkinson	156	Modified Howe thru trusses (in a triangular orientation)	Mid-span bending failure - bottom chord fracture	372	83
8th	Bruce Randall	153	Single plate warren deck truss	Deck chord fractures	300	67