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Construction Challenges for outdoor team building

Delegates attempt a large scale construction challenge as part of a team building programme at the outdoor centre, Hampshire

You can choose from a large scale construction challenge, where the team members are equipped with hard hats to small table-top projects that can be modelled, out of the elements, inside our Carpenter's Barn.

The "big builds" involve creating giant structures such as bridges or platforms from pioneering poles and rope. Alternatively the team can be challenged to build and design functional catapults, trebuchets, viaducts or cranes. All the building materials are supplied. The small scale option also involves building structures or equipment but using materials such as newspaper, straws and canes. Again all the necessary supplies are provided, although we have been known to run out of sticky tape! Constuction challenges are suitable to include in our team development, leadership development and organisation development programmes as well as fun team building days.

Construction challenges makes demands on the grey matter as well as testing the team's planning and cooperative working skills to the full. To simulate the constraints that are usually present on work-based projects, our instructors may introduce time pressures, budgets and limit the available resources. Our construction challenges are always great fun, with the tangible end product adding to the enjoyment. There is an option of adding a finale to the construction challenge with the teams going head to head in a contest. The team that comes up with a design that is compliant and best fit for purpose under test conditions will be declared the winner!

Team members constructing the challenge from newspaper for the grand finale activity of the outdoor team building programme

Large scale construction challenges: catapults, trebuchets, cranes and aquaducts
Adults are challlenged to a construct a giant trebouchet in an adult group activity session Team members are engrossed in the detail of a large scale construction challenge, part of a grande finale activity for a team building programme A sub-team busy constructing a large structure for the finale constructio challenge event Team builds the supporting structure for the grande finale to the team building programme

Pioneering challenges
Team uses pioneering poles to construct a giant structure as the finale activity for the team building programme Team uses pioneering poles to construct a giant structure as the finale activity for the team building programme Team uses pioneering poles to construct a giant structure as the finale activity for the team building programme Team uses pioneering poles to construct a giant structure as the finale activity for the team building programme

Construction challenges in action
Team make the final adjustments to the large construction challenge aquaduct The construction challenge aquaduct is put the test in the grande finale Water flows from the giant aquaduct, a construction challenge finale activity for a team building programme at the outdoor centre, Hampshire Team watches to see who will win the giant construction challenge finale activity The large scale construction challenges include some smaller parts Building with pioneering poles as part of the construction challenge finale event of the team building programme Plenty of lashing to hold together the large scale construction challenge, part of the finale event at the New Forest Outdoor Centre, Hampshire Table top construction challenges are ideal team building finale activities for teams visiting the outdoor centre in winter

The session is supervised by fully-qualified instructors at all times. All the participants in the group are equipped with appropriate safety equipement for the large scale construction projects.

Construction challenges are suitable for adults and children over the age of 8.

  • clockAllow at least 60 minutes for this activity
  • emoticon_smileIdeal for bespoke programmes, fun team builds and group sessions
  • groupSuitable for adults and young people
  • heartLow to moderate physical activity
"It took us ages to agree on a design but once we started to build everyone had a role. We divided into sub groups and made the different parts of the structure. There was only just enough time to put it all together but it worked and we managed to fire some of our eggs on target!"