Nova!

Villy had a solid year.

Link here at the Villanovan

Oh no! NOVA!

Triton Time

It seems UCSD was the class of the PSWRC...even with big weight penalties they still managed a NSSBC spot. Nice job Tritons!

Check it out

This dude's funny

For all engineering dudes who don't know how to pick up chicks...take it from TAMUK's Master Playa.

Linko

Wow

Hey everybody!

We Made Wikipedia!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_bridge_competition

More Aggie Press

We're in the paper again!

The California Aggie

Another link on MidPac. Here.

Also, if you want a good laugh, try this one...Reuters.

MidPac Notes

Once again dear friends!

1. Construction will take place on the 2nd level (ground level) of the Mondavi Parking Structure. The surface is a brushed concrete, it is not polished, so there shouldn't be too much slipping going on. There is a slight grade in the structure, it is not severe.

2. There will be one construction site and two loading areas.

3. The measurements will be taken from the INNERMOST point of what the judges define as the decking support as that which complies with the NSSBC Rules. This will take into account any torsional deflection as well. The same is for all competitors so no whining.

4. Two 3 inch gauges will be used for the first two measurements D1A and D1B, aka "Left Targets". A 2 inch gauge will be used for D2, aka "Right Target".

5. Weights will consist of heavy channel with plenty of finger room. (Right Chico and Big Sac?)

6. The Chrome Ollie Lab (Structures Lab) located at 1203/1205 Bainer Hall will be open Thursday night for any repairs from 6pm to 9pm. We have a fully functional MIG and TIG welder with 4130 Alloy filler available (it will melt into any steel so no worries).

7. Finding construction site areas around campus may be rough, get creative, and if you're gonna set up in a parking structure do it after 10 p.m. All of them have lights on the intermediate levels. The Bainer Porch is reserved for UC Davis.

8. Please be civil with each other, and you really shouldn't test the cops.

9. At some point during the day on Saturday a special Aggie guest will be there shaking hands and gettin' down!

10. Remember to have fun!

CPP vid

From the PSWRC 2008, Cal Poly Pomona will not be able to attend Gainesville because of a missed meeting, but the action is always welcome on YouTube.

Load Tested, Aggie Approved

We load tested last night, and things look great, the Bridge didn't even talk to us for a change, so we're stoked. Numbers are solid, so we're pushing on through construction to get 'er down to the most minimal number of minutes and seconds.

Here's a cool vid (1 of 9) on the construction of the Viaduc de Millau...hope you can speak French! ÉTS, maybe you could give some insight.

Pre Write up on Upstate

From West Point just prior to the Upstate New York.

Army Steel Bridge

Congrats to SUNY Canton and the University of Buffalo! Goin' ta Gainesville!














Pat Higgins and Steve Kraus get a little PT in.
Results

MS & T

Little blurb on Missouri S & T's finish at the Mid-Con

Link















(got some hotties on that team...the girls are pretty too!)

UD Write Up

Delaware gets press!

udreview

mighty fine lookin' structure. Looks stiff as hell!

Mid-Con run down...

Get 'er here. Looks like the Roos were bloody good.

Geeeeosh!

Oh the agony of wrapping up all the last minute mods. We're set to roll here in Davis this Saturday, looking for a good battle, and it's definitely gonna happen. Kelly continues to scramble and it's very entertaining, but she can dance her way through anything. Let's get it on NORCAL and Reno!

MID-PAC, MID-PAC, MID-PAC!!!

This Weekend

It's Picnic Day in Davis! This Saturday we'll be running full on construction runs in front of what we hope will be large crowds all up in our business on the Bainer Porch. Supposed to be rain on Sunday, but not Saturday so let's hope. Praying for NO RAIN!!!

Conferences this weekend:

Upstate New York @ USMA West Point
http://www.nyasce2008.com/

Mid-Continent @ Univ. of Arkansas
http://www.asce.cveg.uark.edu/Conference.htm

Virginias @ WV Tech and Fairmont State (jointly hosted)
http://www.wvasce.org/studentsites/vaconference.aspx

LTU itty bitty writeup

From the LTU C of CE website. Link

Kangaroo Elvis

They've left the building ladies and gents.

UMKC has hit the road and will take on the Mid-Continent's best at the University of Arkansas this weekend. Good Luck Roos!

Steel Roos

Lions of Nittany Status

Penn State nabs the 2nd Place spot in the Mid-Atlantic...does this mean that only the Blue Hens and Penn State have qualified out of the Mid-Atl? Not sure how many competed.

From Penn State

WKU Qualifies

As the third place Overall in the Ohio Valley, the Hilltoppers are in at Gainesville.

Link

Salukis set for Arkansas

SIU Carbondale's Canoe and Bridge are ready to rumble in Hogland.

Link

Clemson too in the Carolinas

The Tigres take 2nd Place at North Carolina A & T, continuing a line of success that goes way way back. Awesome job Clemson!

3CT and Clemson Steel Bridge Advance

UMKC 2006

UMKC's 2006 Regional Run is now up on the Tuber.

Missouri S & T

Article

'Round Here...

...we've just been bolt tabbin'.

Georgia Tech

The Yellow Jackets look to have been ready to build at North Carolina A & T. First Overall, First place in Speed and Economy, and 2nd in all Structural ones. Did Clemson mop up on Structure? Hopefully, there will be an answer soon.

GT's Gettin' 'r dun!

CCNY

Looks like CCNY is the other qualifier from the Metro.

Link

Consistant

We've hit a consistant point in assembly. Now it's just the fine tuning, and practice, practice, practice to speed up what we can. Well done, let's finish up all loose ends this week and see how she holds.

Practice Tonight

Let's strap it up Ags! No rest for the weary!

Stevens Tech Article

From the Stute, about the Stevens Tech hosting of the Metropolitan Regional Steel Bridge Competition.

Rocky Top

The placements have been posted by CSM.

Looks like:

1. Utah State
2. Wyoming
3. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Congrats all!

Cal Day

UC Berkeley had a big to do today during Cal Day. Their structure looks solid, a little more practice and they'll be ready for Mid-Pac. Go Bears! (just, uh, not so much go at Mid-Pac ;-p) Looking forward to it!

Wolfpack, Gators, Bulldogs, Spartans, Wildcats, Hornets, Broncos...can't wait to see you all here! We'll be on the 2nd Level of the Mondavi Parking Structure, good surface, almost no sliding, plenty of light yet out of the sun, and we've got good judges to oversee it all.

One bummer though is that Ryerson isn't going to make the trip.

More Husky Power

This time from Michigan Tech! 2nd Place in the North Central!

Photos on Flickr from the Nor'Central

Rapido

Just dropped another 1:30, great job Chrome Crew!

Byaaaaaaaaah!

Wentworth

Eeeek, a sagger. Best of luck next season Wenty.

Vid out of Stevens Tech

From the Metropolitan, Stevens Tech hosted! Is this NYCC?

Northeastern Article

Husky dominance in New Hampshire

It's Delaware in the Mid-Atlantic

Oh snap! Lafayette's run ends at just two years, as the Blue Hens head into Easton and come out with 4 golds including the Overall. Great job UD!

Blue Hen SBT 2008














construction run

First Big Crowd

After our first runs this week, we've finally got Los Locos coming out to watch us do our thing in front of Bainer tonight. The whole of the Aggie ASCE gang will be on hand to see our squad burn through construction. After last night, we should be amped up to improve even more as we've already cut off huge chunks of time off our first runs.

How do we not overload the barges with too much work? We're working on it, film at 11, seriously, film at 11, SONY film.

Geneva?

I believe this blogger is from Geneva College out of the Ohio Valley, regardless, beating Ohio State and Cinci is a testament to what it truly takes to do well in this competition...dedication, solid design, hard work, and IDEAS.

Nice Job Golden T's!

NJIT Otra Vez

Another article on the Metro win by New Jersey Tech.

This one's better

Swarthmore Article

Swarthmore competes in the Mid-Atlantic in case it wasn't readily known.

Article Link From the Phoenix Online

UCI Sums Up

No NSSBC for the Anteaters, but you gotta give all the love and respect for UCI as they made the effort to fabricate their own Bridge, even a Pink one! Ha!

From UCI SB Blog

So it's:

1. Cal Poly Pomona
2. UCSD
3. Hawai'i

Glad to see the Hawaiians will be in Florida. Great job Warriors!!! And to CP Squared and the Tritons, once more into the NSSBC breach dear friends. Great job in the Southwest to everybody who competed in Northridge.

Wicked Pissah (cliché, yes, couldn't resist)

Northeastern Husky Evan's Blog, that's stiff!

http://evansouliere.com/?p=18

Pics from PSWRC in Northridge

Looks like Cal Poly Pomona takes Gold in the biggest Regional Steel Bridge field west of the Mississippi.















CPP Team















CPP Construction















More CPP Construction (UCSD Background)















Some of the Lineup















CPSLO Failure















CP Squared Takes it Home!

Word From a Zip!

I just wanted to thank Ohio Valley, and Youngstown State University in particular for their outstanding hospitality over the past weekend. The conference was remarkable. Also, thank you to Team Chrome Ollie for keeping the world up to date on everything Steel Bridge. Hopefully we will have our pictures up soon from conference at our website Akron ASCE. We look forward to seeing everyone in Gainseville!

Nate Foote

Well done Akron!

Aggie Status

We had our first construction practice last night with a good batch of newbie constructors. The improvement in just 4 or 5 runs was pretty remarkable. A Good Start!

On the Bridge we're still in the process of revamping certain parts: the Pier Lat bottom connectors need to be relocated for better rigidity, we need to make the stress ribbons, if only for the keystone, perhaps for the OT 3/5, need finish welds on the outside of the some of the OT, along with custom mini gussets, need finish welds on the outriggers, need TIG welds on the span lat tops, still plenty to do here, oh yeah, bolt tabs too.

North Central Finishers

Gator Nation Qualifiers:

1. LTU
2. Michigan Tech (1st Time in over 10 Years!!!)

http://eaglescout-03.livejournal.com/120100.html

New England Article

Northeastern's design looks familiar...way to go Huskies!

New England Regional Link

The Lowdown from New Hampshire

MIT is in again with a 2nd Place finish! Looks like Northeastern had the top Bridge, and UConn finished behind MIT in third place. Because of the 11 Teams who registered, all THREE will be coming from the New England Regional.

The Whole Story can be found HERE on MIT's blog of sorts.

Itz NJIT Again.

Jersey Tech still getting it done.

Highlanders prevail!

PICS from the Deep South

Get 'em HERE.

Overall winners:

1. University of N'awlins
2. Louisiana State
3. Arkansas State

The Privateers just dominated the whole field in Baton Rouge, winning everything but aesthetics.

Couple vids From Golden

Rocky Mountain Conference...Golden, CO hosted by Colorado School of Mines...home of the 2004 NSSBC.

http://www.vimeo.com/864711
http://www.vimeo.com/864354

Daaaaaamn, look at that prestress in that girder!

ARTICLE ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN















IT'S UTAH STATE IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN, WITH A 270 LB BRIDGE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 11 MINUTES AND DEFLECTED AROUND 0.625". WAY TO GO AGGIES!!!

Utah State gets it done (Link)

Not Bridge Related but...

Cool local video on the Deep South Concrete Canoers.

Froooooooom Baton Rouge

Looks like LA Tech's got a hold on it all.

From the Carolinas
And here's a little from another land o' Ags, North Carolina A & T. The CCT boat looks pretty sweet.

From NC A & T - Nobody Blows Like the Ags!

That baby floats!!!

YSU Article

Youngstown gets some press

YSU Penguin Power

Link to Pics from Ohio Valley Regional


1st Place, Structural Efficiency: Youngstown State University
1st Place, Stiffness: University of Akron
1st Place, Construction Economy: University of Akron
1st Place, Lightness: Youngstown State University
1st Place, Construction Speed: Western Kentucky University
1st Place, Aesthetics: Western Kentucky University

1st Place, Best Overall: University of Akron
2nd Place, Best Overall: Youngstown State University
3rd Place, Best Overall: Western Kentucky University

*Note the first place finishes in stiffness and Economy for Akron, this is key!

We'd Love to Hear From You!

Carolinas
New England
Southeast
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Southwest
North Central
Mid-Atlantic
Deep South
Metro

We'd love to hear from all of you about how well everybody did in Steel Bridge!

Best of luck to all, hope it turned out the way you wanted it to!

chrome.ollie@gmail.com

Couple of...

...pics from the North Central. Pretty harsh words from the Spartan there in the caption.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/o_caritas/sets/72157604400575173/

Penguin Pics

Straight outta the Ohio Valley Conference:

Go Guins!

dizammmmn

This Bridge is so damn tight we're getting prestress moment, microshims should help but we'll see if we can alleviate the prestress by other means. Just Pier Lats to go! woo hoo! Great job Ags!

Almost...

...finished. Should be wrapping up this Friday, April 4th. Great job everybody coming back strong after spring break. We're all going bowling!!!

PSWRC set to Roll!

The Southwest's best will be going at each other Friday, April 4th at Northridge. Best of luck to all those competing. We'll see if UCSD, UCI and the Matadors can repeat or whether or not Cal Poly SLO will make a Bridge that isn't solely built for efficiency. Also in the region are UNLV, past NSSBC host San Diego State, CP squared (Cal Poly Pomona), Hawai'i, Fully, Cal State LA, Beach, UCLA, U$C, Loyola Marymount, Northern Arizona, AZ Wildcats, and those party heartiers Tokyo Tech, oh and Arizona State.

http://www.freewebs.com/pswrc2008/

Turning the Tide

'Bama gets in on the SE award show...much improved from last season.

The Crimson White

UCF pics

Some pics from the fabrication of the UCF puente:

http://picasaweb.google.com/asce.ucf/ConcreteCanoeSteelBridge2008

Lafayette Skull and Bones

Steel Bridgers website of death. Very punk, kudos!!!

Lafayette Steel Bridge: They're still going you beat you.

Leopard SBT site
Link on Mid-Atlantic Regional

Alabama article

Link here

Not Much New Here...

The 2008 Southeast Overall Steel Bridge rankings were as follows:

1. Southern Poly
2. Florida
3. North Florida

There seems to be a recurring theme here. While the Gators were disappointed they didn't take top honors, they gave all due credit to SPSU for their assembly run, which was apparently a complete blaze. Southern Poly was also noted for having an a Bridge of exceptional quality. There was also some due note to a slopey construction course which may have caused some problemos. However, you can't keep good SB programs down, as the top 3 repeat yet again.

Could the Hornets be in the hunt for the NSSBC title? Sounds like they're making a case. As for the Gators and North Florida, no doubt, the hard work in the coming weeks will lead to a much better showing in Gainesville.

Socha Strikes Again!!!

Our ASCE Professional Advisor Matt Socha gives us a Sac Section plug, and writes up MidPac -- April 25th-26th by the way:

Here Vatos




Guess which one's our professional lunatic, I mean, advisor.

SOUTHEAST!!!

Get ready to rumble in Orlando.

Southeastern Steel Bridgers are set to fly tomorrow at ole Brighthouse Stadium.

Among the interesting parties:

2008 NSSBC Host - Florida Gators
Southern Poly
North Florida
UCF
Tennessee
South Florida
Florida Tech
Florida International
Alabama-Huntsville
Alabama A & M
Embry-Riddle
FAMU/FSU (you need two schools to compete?)
Florida Atlantic
Georgia Southern
Tennessee Tech
Middle Tenn. State
Alabama
Miami
Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Southern Alabama
Vandy

Should be a great conference, can't wait to hear who won what!

Let me tell you the time...

...about how I was so hungry I ate a bandaid.

The deck welding is coming along faster than expected, Saturday side assembly is still an attainable goal.

Welcome to the Enterprise

WEDNESDAY APRIL 26TH WE GIVE THE INTERVIEW IN THE 1203 LAB.

The local Davis newspaper, the Davis Enterprise, has come out of the blue and are requesting interviews, pictures etc. for an upcoming feature article next Monday. Jessica and Chris will be around come Wednesday, but perhaps any Team members enjoying their time off too much could coordinate with Delicious to get in on the deal...

Look for us!

http://www.davisenterprise.com/

One week...

Finalz iz dun, letz finit da Brizzage!!!

History of Badger Canoe

On YouTube, a beautiful piece of vid work covering Wisconsin Madison's rise to unprescidented Concrete Canoe success:

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Captain's Log...

Oh snap! There's gonna be a logrollin' contest at MidPac!!!

By the way...CO's own Jeff Spiro came up with the idea...not bad for a dude from LA.

You'd think this would actually get Humboldt State to come to the Conference for once...maybe $tanfurd will come...hmm...

News from Bruin Country

UCLA discusses their Steel Bridge progress in their Winter Qtr. Newsletter:

http://www.seventy-percent.com/asce/Winter_Newsletter.doc

M.I.T.

MIT looks to get back to the NSSBC this season. Updates here:

http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?iid=23941

Early Notes to all MidPac Folk

Steel Bridge assembly will be held in the lower level of the Mondavi Center Parking Structure (ie no "damn thermal expansion!"). It's a pretty long structure, there's some natural light that will peak through, but in the event of cloudy weather we're prepared to bring in external lights and shine the ceiling so everybody can see just fine. There's a slight grade to the structure, and the floor is a kind of lightly textured concrete...IT ISN'T POLISHED, so don't worry about piers slipping all over the place like they did at Salt Lake City 2 years ago.

We'll have 2 loading stations with your basic dial gauges doing the measuring. As far as we know 2 weight sets will be there as well, one from Santa Clara, one from Chico...is this correct? Isn't there one from Big Sac as well? Oh well, There Will Be Libres.

Our shop will be open the night before the meeting and before the competition to make as many repairs or last minute MIG or TIG welds as is necessary. We've also got grinders, chisels, a shitty drill press and various fab tools to help you get everything ready. Feel free, if you're running a little behind, to come out and make it on time and use the shop if you need last minute things done before aesthetics judging.

From sources at UCD ASCE, the judging panel may be a little light, but the head judge knows her stuff, so there shouldn't be any major foul ups...so long as we...uh...triple check the scoring eh?

Hope all you in NorCal and Reno can make it, we're looking forward to having everybody on campus for a fun time win or lose!

Word of the warning...Davis cops are a bit stalkish at times, take it easy on the hooch in the Nalgene bottle...or at least, be VERY downlowsy about it.

Hoping the builds are coming to a close very soon!!!

Let's all get stoked in Davis!!!

Green or Black Beer Sir?

Happy St. Paddy's Everybody!


























(anybody who knows Éirinn, knows it's all about dancing leprechauns and pots of gold...that's why so many emigrated to Americay...hahaha...all fun just the same, DRINK UP!)

Lateral Bracing

Double check yourself out there...with a top of deck height set around 2.5' you've got a lot of load relatively far off the ground. Check your bracing...it's not just about passing the lateral test...it's about surviving those 5,2 and 6,1 scenarios.

Keep those connections tight people!

TIG Job

We've commenced the welding of the pins!!! They're shiteloads easier now that we've got a sweet aluminum jig made by the one and only Señorita Deliciosa. Cormac will burn the rest of those in today, and hopefully we'll finish up tigging the OT A.G.S. doves this afternoon as well. Direction is starting to come into play now, so let's make sure we remember that things are symmetrical with some pieces. Be careful, and do it right the first time laddie!

No meeting this weekend. Study hard for finals...it's like Warp Speed here at UC Davis...go go go!

Ecole

This has nothing to do with Steel Bridge, but L'École de Technologie Supérieure, on top of having quite the intricately fabricated Steel Bridge, also has, or has had, one of the most kick ass Mini-Baja crews in the land.

Did you just call me a jive turkey?

Since we are "Semi-Pro" fabricators we're always correcting the mini-mistakes as we go, but this time, things are going pretty damn well. The A.G.S. doves have broken ground, and all that's needed is a bit of an arc on the straight males. A new sort of double chucked pipe fuser in the Ag Shop is supposed to cut our TIG welding time by 500%...uh, so, HELL YES we're gonna give it a go so long as Tom Bell has got a few minutes.

OT welding is pretty much done...though we've got to weld on the bones and the A.G.S. doves into place when they're done, but the ties are all in, and we're seeing what the frame looks like up above. It looks hot, not like that crappy Paris Hilton hot, I mean like NASA re-entry hot, we're talking fireballs people. Jeff continues to push himself and the assemblies are flying together everyday, cutting precious seconds with each batch of runs. It is encouraged to all potential Assembly Team members to come in, if only for 30 minutes, get some assemblies and practice. It's a great stress reliever, and it will help you retain skills better rather than coming out only on Saturday for 3 hours. Good luck with the upcoming finals week, hopefully we'll be nearing completion on the tail-end of it. Get ready to rumble!

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Love me Sexy!