School kids build tetrahedrons thanks to Laing O'Rourke

Laing O’Rourke has been giving pupils from a Scottish primary school the opportunity to develop their building skills.

Youngsters from Hill Primary School, Blairgowrie, were set the challenge of working in teams and beginning with no more than just wooden dowels, faced the task of constructing a 4m-high geometric structure dubbed “a giant tetrahedron”

The idea is to blend aspects of maths, science and design, stimulating action and encouraging children’s creative and lateral thinking.
 
Organised by Laing O’Rourke, the contractor running a new schools programme in the area, the event is part of a series of activities to get children and young people involved in the building of the six new community campuses in Perth and Kinross.

The sessions in schools are also being used to provide an insight into the careers available in construction.