Students show innovation in steel design

Winners of the 2012 BCSA/Tata Steel Student Design Competition, organised by the Steel Construction Institute, were announced prior to the SSDA ceremony.

As always, the Student Awards were divided into three categories – Structures, Bridges and Architecture.

For the Structures category students were required to design a building, in a Gulf state, enclosing a golf driving range. The project also had to incorporate an iconic structure shaped like a giant golf ball. In the steel Bridges category students had to design a twin track railway bridge crossing a motorway. And for the Architecture category students were required to design a long span building to house a new medium sized international airport terminal.

First prize for Structures went to the University of Bristol, with the University of Nottingham coming second and third place going to Queen’s University Belfast.

The Bridges category was won by Queen’s University Belfast – completing a very successful evening for this academic institution, second place went to Cardiff University and the University of Manchester collected the third prize.

Jodi McLeod from the Manchester School of Architecture was the winner of the Architecture category, with fellow students from the same university coming second and third.

Structures

Winners of the Structures category, University of Bristol, collect their prize from Helen Fospero, Ivor Roberts and Hans Fischer

Bridges

The winning team in the Bridges category, Queen’s University Belfast, receive their award

Architecture

Jodi McLeod from the Manchester School of Architecture was the winner of the Architecture student design award