The Steel Panthers of TU Graz are taking part in the end round of the BRICO 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14th to 18th May with a bridge five metres long and two metres high. From left: team leaders Markus Kettler and Friedrich Novak and students Franz Kiem, Markus Auer, Stefan Wetscher and Dominik Matzler.
By Ute Wiedner TU Graz students score points with lightness of structural engineering: The bridge with which the team qualified for the 'Nordic Steel Bridge Competition' weighs only 50 kilograms and is two metres high. The bridge design is intricate, airy and made of steel, and enabled TU Graz students Markus Auer, Franz Kiem, Dominik Matzler and Stefan Wetscher to be the only Austrian team to enter the end round of the BRICO 2018, to be held in Tallinn in May. Despite the invitation to Estonia, which will host the finals in May, not all obstacles been removed by a long chalk. Read the interview with team leader Markus Kettler from TU Graz's Institute of Steel Structures and civil engineering student Dominik Matzler to discover what the team find so exciting about the competition and what stands between the 'Steel Panthers' and Tallinn. News+Stories: What exactly is the challenge in the Nordic Steel Bridge Competition (BRICO) 2018? . Markus Kettler: The BRICO is an international student competition. It's all about planning and designing a steel bridge five metres long and erecting it on location in the fastest possible time, and presenting it - of course in English - to an international audience.
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