City of London Design
Competition
Tuesday, March 1
Six teams of
fourth-year Civil and Environmental Engineering students - about 30 students total - pooled their knowledge and consulted with experts
from within the university and professional engineering community to
design a bridge or culvert structure for the annual City of London
Design Competition.
This unique
collaboration between the City and Western's Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering allows engineering students to develop
solutions to a real-world design project and provides the City with
many possible options. This year, the challenge was to design a
bridge or culvert structure to accommodate increasing Wonderland
Road from two to four lanes over Snake Creek, near the London Museum
of Archaeology.
Overall, the
designs varied from a small culvert to a 100-metre multiple-span
bridge; however all teams were environmentally conscious and
respectful of preserving the archeology of the area.
The designs
were all judged equally on four attributes: aesthetics; innovation
and engineering challenge; lifetime value and initial cost; and
presentation of design. After significant deliberation, the judges
announced they had narrowed down their top choices to
two teams: CWI Engineering and International Connections Inc.
The judges felt both teams presented solid technical designs and
oral presentations, but since it was a competition, the judges chose
between the two. CWI Engineering (consisting of Tanya Mackie, Tom
Mara, Linda Quek, Brent Visscher and Jason Weck) was selected as the
winning team and received $2,000, and International Connections Inc.
(consisting of Lakeisha Albury, Roger Anderson, Khaled Inaim, Kirk
Hendricks and Philip Roach) was awarded second place, receivng
$1,750.
Although not
everyone could be declared top winner, all parties did walk away winners. "The students experienced a real project where they
were in control of their design," says Mike Bartlett, organizer and
professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering .
"The City of London gets a spectrum of design alternatives and the
faculty witness the incredible effectiveness of problem-based
learning. It's win-win-win."
Photos
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mike Bartlett was the MC for the event. |
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Dr. Ernest Yanful, Department Chair, welcomed guests and thanked the City of London for their contributions. |
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Peter Steblin, General Manager of Environmental and Engineering Services & City Engineer. |
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First Place: CWI Engineering |
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Tanya Mackie, Tom Mara, Linda Quek, Brent Visscher, Jason Weck. Also in photo, Dr. Yanful and Mr. Steblin. |
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CWI Engineering display board. |
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Second Place: International Connections Inc. |
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Lakeisha Albury, Roger Anderson, Khaled Inaim, Kirk Hendricks, Philip Roach. |
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International Connections Inc. display board. |
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DAF Consulting Ltd. |
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Meghan MacSween, Dan Martineau, Chris McMahon, Brooke Suurna, Joel Grace (not pictured).
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DAF Consulting Ltd. display board. |
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London Bridge Corporation |
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Jonathon Darrell, Denise Fernandes, Jamie Iantomasi, Dominek Ken, Sara Kirchhefer. |
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London Bridge Corporation display board. |
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Maverick Consulting Ltd. |
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Claudio Gismondi, Tyson Pitt, Romeo Ramirez, Terry Rodgers, Michael Sousa, Michael Wu. |
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Maverick Consulting Inc. display board. |
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Atlantis Engineering Ltd. |
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Kevin DeLeebeeck, Lucy DeSousa, Mira Ki, Darryl Klassen, Dave Mitchell. |
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Atlantis Engineering Ltd. display board. |
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