{"id":7895,"date":"2019-04-01T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=7895"},"modified":"2019-04-01T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:44:17","slug":"constructionarium-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/constructionarium-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructionarium: 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In June 2006 The Duke of Edinburgh put on a hard hat and boots to watch students building their own versions of engineering landmarks.<\/p>\n

The engineering students from Civil Engineering were taking part in Constructionarium, an annual event in which groups had just five days to tackle a challenging project, such as creating a seven metre high version of the world’s tallest vehicular bridge, the Millau viaduct in Southern France.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The event was designed to give students hands-on experience of engineering in a realistic environment. The projects took place on a two hectare section of a Norfolk site which is used for training specialist construction trade workers such as scaffolders and steeplejacks. The site, in Bircham Newton, was owned by the National Construction College.<\/p>\n

Prince Philip visited on the students’ last day and saw the projects in their final stages. He was given a tour of the different projects underway, and watched as students pulled a replica oil rig to the middle of a lake and stabilised it. The TV Studio (by then called Media Services) was on hand to capture the event.<\/p>\n