News

Here are the official results.

New schedule and a little suprise for audience.

Due to the ongoing pandemic the BRICO team has made a decision with a heavy heart to postpone the competition.

Level 2 results are live. Continue working hard and see you soon in May.

The results have arrived. Have a look.

Due to popular demand, we have extended the due date of submissions.

Time to polish up your bridge knowledge, because BRICO 2021 is coming!

We are sad to announce that we are canceling BRICO 2020.

We are thoroughly thrilled to bring you the first ever BRICO 2020: ViDe - The Virtual Bridge Design Competition!

Naano is handing out tips. Read closer if you want to get ahead.

Interview from Martin, one of the founders of BRICO.

It’s our pleasure to announce that the new dates have been decided.

In order to protect the public health in these current conditions, BRICO will be postponed.

Interview from Madis, one of the founders of BRICO.

Pre-evaluation 2 results are in. You better come and check'em.

The results of pre-evaluation 1 are ready.

We are thrilled to announce that BRICO will be taking place for the 5th time and is going to be greater than ever!

The much anticipated video of BRICO 2019 is here!

BRICO team regrets to announce that due to a mistake in the horizontal deflection points formula the final placement of the teams has changed.

BRICO kutsub aktiivseid inseneeriahuvilisi gümnasiste saama osa võistlusnädala programmist, varjutades korraldustiimi! Kui on huvi tulla TalTechi inseneeriat õppima, on Teie võimalus veenduda, et tõepoolest on tegu Eesti parima ülikooliga!

BRICO team is joyed and proud to announce another year of qualifiers for the final competition, taking place in sunny (hopefully) Tallinn from 13th to 17th of May! We really do feel that the level of finesse displayed in design this year is on a whole other level!

We’re happy to announce that all the teams that have already sent their level 1 pre-evaluation applications on time and who will provide the necessary files for the level 2 pre-evaluation by 28th of january 21:00 CET, will have automatically qualified for the final competition at Tallinn!

ATTENTION! Due to some questions regarding the allowable width of the deck and the bottom figure on page 6 which was a bit confusing we made an update to the rules file. The width limit is set only on the distance between centers of leg plates. Also some grammar errors were fixed.

We are happy to announce that the time for BRICO 2019 to take off has arrived! BRICO is returning for the 4th year, offering new and updated rules to allow for a stronger international competition than ever before!

Results of BRICO 2018 steel bridge competition can be found and downloaded here.

With great joy, we are introducing one of our outstanding sponsors, who placed first in the 2016’s ranking of Estonian construction companies. Among other interesting projects, they were also the head contractors of the Baltic Station Market, which was titled as the best development project for the competition of entrepreneurship awards last year.

TREV-2 Grupp is a group that is focused on the construction and maintenance of infrastructure objects, structures and civil engineering works, offering reliable, sustainable and smart solutions. They wish to improve the quality of life and safety of people by building and maintaining infrastructure.

Maru Ehitus (translated Maru construction) is a well-established company with extensive experience in general contracting, project management and design services. They are a trusted brand with portfolio spanning Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Latvia. Maru Ehitus has believed in and supported BRICO from the very beginning, for that we are truly honored. Following is a short interview with the Chief Constructor of Maru Ehitus AS Tamber Vähi.

BRICO 2018 has an exiting visitor - a true steel bridge competition organising veteran, a remarkable engineer, successful businessman and a former employee of American Institute of Steel Constructions (AISC) Robert E. Shaw

It is with great joy that we announce this year’s qualifiers for the final competition which takes place in Tallinn from 14th to 18th of May. Best wishes to all of the teams and we hope for an exciting journey to BRICO 2018!

As there were fewer applications than available spots, we have decided to extend the deadline for new applications till 29th of january 21:00 CET.

All you need to know about BRICO 2018!

We have updated the list of links with media coverage of BRICO 2017 steel bridge competition. You can find them under "Media & feedback.

The results of BRICO 2017 steel bridge competition can be found and downloaded here:

BRICO team is glad to inform that we have found ourselves such an excellent partner as it is Maru Ehitus. Maru Ehitus supports us for the second time already, which has given us a lot of encouragement to continue our competition.

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Happy New Year from the Brico family! It's less than two weeks until we close the applications for BRICO 2017 steel bridge competition on January 16th - only 12 days left, to be precise.

We are happy to see BRICO 2016 as one of the biggest achievements this year in Tallinn University of Technology.

BRICO is now giving out ECTS credit for participants! More detailed information coming soon! Stay tuned!

In October's issue of TUT student magazine Studioosus an article can be found about this year's competition BRICO 2016. The article can be found on pages 10-13 of Studioosus.

Find the new and updated rules and regulations for the upcoming competition at brico2017.com/rules-and-regulations.pdf

Over the summer, some articles about BRICO have been released. Take a look into TeeLeht and Inseneeria and find out more about the competition.

Links to media coverage of BRICO 2016 added under "Media & feedback".

The results of BRICO 2016 steel bridge competition can be found and downloaded here:

Giving the final touch to the working sites

We have updated some drawings in the rules and regulations of BRICO 2016. You can find and download it on our website under "Rules".

Someone is already set for the competition. Whose bridge is it?!?

Random location of the off center loading will be determined during the Opening Ceremony using random number generator on website www.random.org (the randomness behind the numbers comes from atmospheric noise).

Less than 2 weeks left until the BRICO 2016 steel bridge competition starts! Here is a sneak peek of how we are getting prepared.

The steel frame, where the bridges legs will be fixed to, was tested with an actual arc bridge model with the competition load (horizontal reaction at each leg was approximately 4 kN) and we can assure that displacement in x direction is less than 2 mm (see "Rules and regulations" 3.3).

Deflection is measured in two locations: at mid-span and a random location between 800 mm to 1700 mm from midpoint of the span. Extra steel bars (without any loading) are going to be placed at both locations and vertical deflection is going to be measured using digital devices at the centre of those bars.

In order to avoid any misunderstandings, please note that the bridge’s legs will not be fixed during the timed construction. The bridge will be fixed to a special steel frame only for the horizontal and vertical load tests.

Applications for the BRICO 2016 steel bridge competition are now closed. The results of pre-evaluation will be published on the website on Monday 8th of February. Good luck!

We heard that there might be some problems with registration as some of the files required might be too big for our mail server to handle.

Appendix 1 can be found here: www.brico2016.com/appendix-1.pdf

Only six days left until the end of registration for BRICO 2016 steel bridge competition!

As we heard that not everyone is familiar with the .ifc file, we have decided to add some more acceptable file formats besides that: .rtd (Autocad Robot Structural Analysis) .std (Staad.pro) .sdb (SAP2000) .iges .stp .step .dxf

Happy New Year from the BRICO 2016 team! Only one month left until the deadline for sending the application together with the required drawings and the IFC file!

In addition to .ifc model and drawings of your bridge we ask you to send a Certificate of Student Status for each team member when registering for BRICO 2016. You can probably ask one from your university.

We have added a BRICO 2016 pre-registration form to our website.

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