Provincial Engineering & Geoscience Week

Projectexcellence. Manitoba.Fivedecades. CONSULTING • PROJECT DELIVERY • TECHNOLOGIES • OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE Forover50years,Hatchhassetthestandardindeliveringsustainablevaluetoour clientsintheminingandmetals,energy,andinfrastructuresectorsinManitoba. We'reengineers.We'reconsultants.We'reconstructionandprojectmanagers. Andtogether,we'rewritingthenextchapterinHatch'slegacyofexcellence. Learnmoreatwww.hatch.ca RedRiverFloodway 1968 LocalSolutionsProvenGlobally GolderAssociatesisdrivenbyourpurposetoengineerearth'sdevelopmentwhile preservingearth'sintegrity.Wedeliversolutionsthathelpourclientsachievetheir sustainabledevelopmentgoalsbyprovidingawiderangeofindependentconsulting, designandconstructionservicesinourspecialistareasofearth,environment andenergy. Giveyourprojectthespecialcareandattentionitneeds.WorkwithGolderinWinnipeg togaintheadvantageoflocalsolutionsbackedbyglobalknowledge. www.golder.com Let's celebrate our engineers and geoscientists the second Week of march is 2015 provinciaL engineering and geoscience Week (pegW) in manitoBa and part of nationaL engineering month aLL across canada. F rom March 8-15, join in to honour the province's engineers and geoscientists and the important and interesting work they do. Help the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba (APEGM) in promoting engineering and geoscience as careers while celebrating Manitoba's excellence in both fields. PEGW is also about focusing attention on the vital role engineering and geoscience play in the day- to-day lives of everyone in the province. APEGM will host a number of events to celebrate engineers and geoscientists. On both March 8 and March 15, children's activities will be hosted at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre from noon to 4 p.m. Kids will get a hands-on opportunity to find out what makes engineering an exciting and fun career choice. Each day, children will get the chance to learn how to create floating concrete, craft a structure out of gum- drops and build and test the strength of a straw bridge. On March 14, Kildonan Place will host the annual Spaghetti Bridge Truss Strength Competition, which is open to all Grade 1-12 students. Students build bridges using only regular spaghetti and white or wood glue which are then tested to see which span will hold the heaviest load before failing. There is $2,000 in prize money up for grabs in the hands-on engineering challenge, but the event also helps out a local charity. As in past years, APEGM will match the cumulative weight the bridges hold with a food donation to Winnipeg Harvest. In recent years, students' bridges have held combined weights of over 5,500 kilograms. Each grade winner receives a $50 prize and there are two $250 grand prizes for the overall winners from Grades 1-6 and Grades 7-12. Parents can also enter a bridge in the Spaghetti Bridge Competition and vie for the prize of a $300 donation to a charity of their choice. On March 15, the event steps up a notch with the Spaghetti Bridge Design Competition, where participants can build larger bridges out of any type of pasta. In this competition, bridges are not tested until failure for strength, but are instead evaluated on creativity and technical excellence. The Spaghetti Bridge Competition has been held annually since 1995 as a part of Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week. For more information on PEGW activities, visit www.apegm.mb.ca online. ❚ — Source: APEGM a spaghetti bridge is tested for strength during provincial engineering and geoscience Week. Submitted photo

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