{"id":1252,"date":"2014-01-13T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theflatironblog.com\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2014-01-13T17:35:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:35:26","slug":"flatiron-interns-busy-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/news\/flatiron-interns-busy-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatiron Interns Have A Busy 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Interns_sm\"<\/a>Flatiron\u2019s summer interns were very busy in 2013.<\/p>\n

Interns from San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles competed in the annual intern bridge-building competition in August.\u00a0 Using only popsicle sticks and glue, interns built innovative mini-bridge structures and then tested their weight capacity.\u00a0 The winning bridge, built by intern Zola Badral, held a whopping 125 pounds.\u00a0 Second-place winner Ryan Smith\u2019s structure held 124 pounds, and the third place bridge, built by Cameron Reid, held 115 pounds.\u00a0 Congratulations to the bridge-building champions and all the competitors.<\/p>\n

Summer interns in Oakland participated in a similar competition at the end of July.\u00a0 Using only six toothpicks, four popsicle sticks and three dowels, the interns built bridges to withstand some extreme loads.\u00a0 The winning bridge, built by intern Jimmy Quach, held 58 pounds.\u00a0 Second-place winner Jesus Garcia\u2019s structure held 49 pounds.<\/p>\n

In Benicia, Flatiron\u2019s interns documented their experiences on film as part of the annual Intern Film Festival.\u00a0 The videos give behind-the-scenes \u2013 and sometimes a tongue-in-cheek \u2013 look at how the interns spent their summers with Flatiron.\u00a0 Staff in Benicia viewed and voted for their favorites.\u00a0 Calvin Joyce won the top prize, a $1,500 scholarship, and Jimmy Quach came in second and took home a $1,000 scholarship.\u00a0 Check out all the videos on Flatiron\u2019s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com\/flatironconstruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benicia interns also participated in the first ever Intern Rodeo.\u00a0 Equipment donated by Holt Rental Store was brought into the Benicia yard and sent into three stations.\u00a0 Interns had the challenge of operating a skid steer and rolling a pipe through a k-rail-lined course.\u00a0 Other challenges included operating a forklift and picking up a basketball with a mini-excavator.\u00a0 Rodeo winners were interns Chris Duty in first place, Calvin Joyce in second place and Steven Espinoza in third place.\u00a0 All won Southwest Airlines gift cards.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Canada hosted 25 interns who were stationed at projects in British Columbia and Alberta.\u00a0 The interns are all students in engineering, business management and forestry from top schools in the provinces.\u00a0 Interns were integrated onto the job and given major responsibilities and the opportunity to provide a real contribution to the day-to-day operations of their projects.<\/p>\n

The Civil group had one intern this summer, University of Colorado Denver sophomore Jeff Madigan, who worked on a number of engineering projects.\u00a0 Jeff was also an intern in the Firestone, Colo., office last summer, worked part-time during the school year and plans to stay on this year as well.\u00a0 Most recently, Jeff helped a team design a trestle for a project in North Carolina that bid in September.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the interns across Flatiron for their hard work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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