Constructionarium Australia

Let’s break it down...

We’ve grilled some of the engineers who happily deconstructed the ‘Son of Story’ – the 24m replica of the Story Bridge constructed during Constructionarium Australia two years ago.

Find out what they had to say in the coming days when we share their responses here.

End of the Story…

It wasn’t your typical tale – full of twists and turns and a crane or two, but it came to a very satisfying conclusion when the talented team of young engineers taking part in Constructionarium Australia successfully deconstructed a Brissie icon. It took them just days to dismantle ‘Son of Story’ – the 24m replica of the Story Bridge built during Constructionarium Australia in 2017.

Well done team!

So, we’re halfway through the Story…

How does it end? We’ll find out tomorrow when the 24m Story Bridge replica is fully deconstructed by the skilled team of young engineers taking part in Constructionarium Australia.

Steel yourself…

There’s nothing civil about this engineering job, as a team of young engineers taking part in Constructionarium Australia get ready to pull apart one of Brissie’s most famous icons – piece by piece.

Constructionarium gives early career engineers the practical skills to construct the future, by exposing them to a realistic but safe construction project.

The deconstruction of the 24m Story Bridge replica, built during Constructionarium Australia 2017, starts Monday 13th May.

Don’t miss the destruction of the ‘Son of Story’ – follow us so you don’t miss a thing.

Adjust your travel plans – the Story Bridge is coming down!

And what’s more, it will only take a talented team from the Constructionarium Australia program four days to do the job.

No explosives are required – just skill, team work and collaboration to take apart, piece by piece, the 24m replica of Brisbane’s most iconic bridge, built by Constructionarium Australia teams in 2017.

The deconstruction begins Monday 13th May. Be sure to say tuned as we watch tomorrow’s engineers prove the age-old adage that what goes up must come down!

Absolutely stoked that BMD Group won the Inaugural Ian Harrington Award at the Queensland Major Contractors Association and awards yesterday for collaboration for Constructionarium Australia.
Thanks to all especially Aurecon BMD Group STRUBER

Constructionarium Australia updated their website address.

Awesome to be at the Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards Qld last night !
Congratulations to all the winners (including Aurecon for the Sunshine Coast Uni Hospital) and the nominees - inspiring, iconic innovation all!

Constructionarium is proud to have nominated itself for the 2018 Corrs Chambers Award for Diversity. With a Board comprised of 60 per cent female representation, and alumni currently at 36% - an extraordinary feat for the construction industry - we aim to promote gender equality and ethnic diversity in every facet of our business.

Stoked to have celebrated International Women in Engineering Day organised by Engineers Australia and
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

We've built the Story Bridge, and now challenge 3 has been announced. Keep an eye out for updates on our next endeavour, as we build the first Cross River Rail underground station!

Over 80 contractors, clients and consultants from industry gather to celebrate the next generation of engineers.

Emma Wood from Transurban presenting on the benefits of learning soft skills and working with a team from the Constructionarium experience

Hear from the people involved with Constructionarium Australia about the program and why it's so important for young engineers to get hands-on work experience.

Constructionarium Australia - Challenge 2 Challenge 2 from Constructionarium Australia has resulted in a scaled replica build of the Story Bridge. In this video we hear from our Constructionarium sponsors,…

The official event unveiling the Story Bridge build for challenge 2 is now underway! Thanks to everyone who has been involved with the project to date.

There's only a few days left until we unveil what our next challenge will be! We've climbed the Barcelona TV Tower, and we've walked across the Story Bridge; what design do you think will be next?

Great job Constructionarium participants - and a huge thank you to our sponsors and supporters, too!! Looks awesome !!

Day 3 of the Story Bridge build and it's all starting to take shape. View a live time lapse feed here, courtesy of Downer Group: http://bit.ly/StoryBridge-LIVE

Great progress today. Parts of the Story Bridge assembled and erected. It's all coming together.

Day 2 of the Story Bridge build has kicked off and we're in full swing.

Day 1 of the Story Bridge Build:

Our first pre-start meeting.
The kit arrived on site, and the bridge was organised into its parts.
Soil arrived for the bridge footing and approaches, and it was put in place with the digger, compacted and prepared.
The very first footings of the bridge itself were put in place.

Participants frantically preparing for the tender presentation on the final day of training & prep for the Story Bridge build.

Joel of WH&S explaining lift safety procedures and taking the participants for a wander around the cranes that will be used in the build.

A big welcome to our 18 participants from Downer, Transurban Queensland, Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads, HDR and University of Queensland who started their training today for the Story Bridge Build.

Training is underway for the next 3 days, with the build commencing on Monday 25 Sept. The team will plan, cost and deliver a 24m x 5m version of Brisbane’s iconic Story Bridge.

The Contructionarium Australia Story Bridge Build training commences tomorrow. On Wednesday, 19 participants from Downer, Transurban Qld, Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads, HDR and UQ will commence training at CTC’s Salisbury site in Brisbane.

Check out real time images and time lapse video of the construction site to see how the team is progressing over the next two weeks. Thanks to our sponsors and our supporting partners at DWW Engineering, WH&S More Skills, Construction Training Centre (CTC), LCR Group and OM Civil, the bridge footings have already been built, ready for the participants to commence construction on Monday next week.

Link to Time Lapse: http://www.livetimelapse.com.au/clients/downer/salisbury/intranet.html?c=3020

Time Lapse Pty Ltd - Downer - Salisbury (Camera 1)

We're getting close to our second build. This time the participants will be constructing the Story Bridge!

Check out our professional photos from the Pilot exercise!

Aurecon, BMD and TMR participated in the Pilot exercise of Constructionarium Australia. These photos celebrate the successful completion of the Barcelona TV Tower.

Aurecon, BMD and TMR participated in the Pilot exercise of Constructionarium Australia. These photos celebrate the successful completion of the Barcelona TV Tower.

Constructionarium Australia could not have run without the support from our sponsors. These include our founding sponsors, Aurecon, BMD, TMR and all our other sponsors- Bechtel, Boral, Coates Hire, QUT, RLG International, UQ and USQ.

Huge thank you to everyone's involvement in Constructionarium Australia.

Should be a fantastic Friday ahead! We are setting up for the Constructionarium Australia celebratory VIP event.

Check out the article about us on Engineers Australia http://bit.ly/2dvhxwT

Young engineers build Barcelona TV Tower replica | www.engineersaustralia.org.au

The final touches to the Barcelona TV Tower! All complete well done team of the Pilot exercise 2016!