Employees and pupils from Ivory Park High School, Kwena Molapo High School and Mitzvah School were invited to take part in the competition at the Fluor office in Woodmead. They all participated in educational outreach activities, recognition events and the popular Friendly Competition.
“This year’s Friendly Competition design was derived from The Banaue Rice Terraces (referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World),” said Mohamed Tootla, Fluor process engineer.
The Banaue Rice Terraces were carved into the Philippine Cordillera mountain range on the northern island of Luzon, Philippine archipelago. Currently, The Banaue faces problems such as erosion and drought. Competing teams were tasked with irrigating the multi-layer terraces. They then constructed a terrace irrigation model with different levels of basin to catch and transport water. The objective was to successfully irrigate each level of the terraces by means of overflowing water to each level. The teams were scored on materials used, construction time, installation time, testing time and efficiency of the irrigation model.
A winning model was required to move four styrofoam balls from their designated levels by means of overflowing it with water.
Fluor engineers competed against three groups which consisted of eight pupils. The winning team was Ivory Park High School and Fluor’s Botelus Edulus team.
As part of the outreach efforts, engineers visited three local Fluor-supported high schools. “The purpose of the visits was to raise awareness of engineering contributions to society and to introduce engineering career opportunities to mathematics and science students,” said Tootla.
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