Action Sheds Structural Engineering Scholarship

As a leading manufacturer and builder of quality steel sheds Action Sheds Australia is proud to offer a $1,000 scholarship for undergraduate students studying structural engineering at an Australian university.

Scholarship Details

Scholarship Value: $1,000
Length of Scholarship: one-off payment
Application Opening Date: August 1, 2019
Application Closing Date: February 1, 2020

Eligibility Criteria

  • Be an Australian citizen
  • Be a full-time student enrolled in a structural engineering undergraduate course in an Australian university in 2020.

How to Apply

  1. Design a shed to the following requirements. Download specifications here.
    • C section shed designed to Australian standards as below
      1. AS/NZS 1170.0 – Structural Design Actions – Part 0 : General principles
      2. AS/NZS 1170.1 – Structural Design Actions – Part 1 : Permanent, imposed and other actions
      3. AS/NZS 1170.2 – Structural Design Actions – Part 2 : Wind action
      4. AS 1170.4 – Structural Design Actions – Part 4 : Earthquake actions in Australia
      5. AS 3600 – Concrete Structures
      6. AS 4100 – Steel Structures
      7. AS/NZS 4600 – Cold-Formed Steel Structures
      8. AS/NZS 1252 – High Strength Bolts
      9. The following parameters have been used for the design of the building:
      10. Wind Category: Region A, Terrain Category 3, Importance Level 2
      11. Internal Pressures: Cpi = +0.2, -0.3
      12. Wind Speed Multipliers : Mz,cat = 0.83, MS = 0.85, Mt = 1.00
      13. Wind Speed (VR*): VR* = 45 m/s, VRS = 37 m/s
      14. Earthquake Hazard Factor (z): 0.09
      15. Site Soil Classification: A, S & M
    1. Size 16x10x3 ( A, Terrain Category 3, Importance Level 2 )
  1. Submit your design in an email to scholarship@actionsheds.com.au. Include the below information along with your submission.
    • Full name
    • University
    • Course
    • Email
    • Phone number

Selection

The scholarship winner will be selected based on the quality of their design submission and will be notified by email and phone in March 2020.