Construc)on  workshop The task of the workshop is to build a beam that can bear most point load using materials provided. The load will be applied directly on top in the middle of our structure. For our group, we were provided two 1200mm x 35mm x 35mm pine wood and two pieces of 3.5mm x 90mm x 1200mm plywood. The plywood is strong vertically but because it only 3.5mm thick, it is easily broke horizontally. Pine wood on the other hand is much stronger than ply wood. Both plywood and pine wood have many defaults which create weak points in the structure. Nails and sewers also create weak points because they compress timber, therefore change their original structure. It can be seen later during the tests, most fractures happens at exactly where there is a nail or sewer. The left picture show how we tried to avoid make the weak point weaker that we decided not to nail at defaulted area because we believe the nail will create a fracture along the texture of the default.