PEGW 2006: Manitoba Events

• PEGW2006 in Winnipeg was held at the Food Court in the St.Vital Shopping Centre in Winnipeg from March 3-5, 2006.
• Friday, March 3, featured a Celebrity Competition. This year's Celebrity Competition involved the building of a crane from identical kits with the capability to move an object. The winner was based on the maximum load moved.
• Saturday, March 4, 2006 featured the ever popular Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest. The Spaghetti Bridge competition is open to all school children. Contestants must follow specific contest rules/règles.
• Sunday, March 5, 2006 there were Children's Activities in the Food Court area of the Mall, plus a 3D IMAX showing of Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon at the IMAX Theatre at Portage Place.
• Other activities will included engineering/geoscience displays during the the three days, as well as the presentation of a provincial proclamation for Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week on the Friday.
• Check the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers site for activities across Canada.
• See Student Info for information about Engineering and Geoscience and careers in engineering and geoscience.

2006 Celebrity Competition

The Celebrity Competition got underway at the St. Vital Mall following the kick-off to the 2006 PEGW. There were three celebrity teams competing for cash prizes which they could donate to charities of their choice. Competitors were the CBC-TV News Team, City-TV Team, and the University of Manitoba Faculty of Engineering Design Team. This year's competition consisted of the teams building a crane from identical materials kits. The entries were judged on the maximum lifting capacity of the cranes.

City-TV won the crane-building contest. Their crane was able to lift and move (with a little help from their team) 47 lbs. The Grand Prize of $600 goes to their charity of choice - The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba.

The CBC-TV News team came in second with their crane lifting 27.6 lbs. Their prize of $300 will go to Winnipeg Harvest.

The UofM Faculty of Engineering Design Team's crane had a cable failure (their string broke) at 27 lbs. As the rules did not allow for repairs, they had to settle for third place. Their prize of $100 will go to the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. After re-stringing their crane, the Design Team's crane was able to lift and move 64 lbs.