Bridging the Divide

In this hands-on team building activity, each team collaborates building a bridge stable enough to hold a large radio-controlled car. Success means overcoming communication barriers, limited resources and strict timelines.

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Collaborative Teamwork to Build the Ultimate Bridge

Bridging the Divide is a fun, engaging game built around a powerful metaphor. This is great for reinforcing the idea that all departments within your organization are striving to meet their own goals, but each also plays a vital role in the bigger picture.

Each team designs, decorates and brands their own bridge. In the end, the bridge needs to be big enough, strong enough and stable enough to allow a large remote-controlled vehicle to safely cross it. Awards are presented in categories like most creative engineering design, best branding and most efficient use of resources.

This event presents a challenging exercise where each team is both a supplier and a customer. The end goal is fully collaborative. Success requires ongoing customer relationship management, steady project management, plus a clear understanding of the consequences of good or poor communication. As always, a healthy dose of creative inspiration helps.

Participants proudly pose with their completed collaborative project during the Bridging the Divide team building event, celebrating creativity and teamwork in constructing a functional bridge model.

Three participants smile during the Bridging the Divide team building event, seated at a table filled with creative supplies for the bridge-building activity.

Teams work together to build a large bridge structure using cardboard and colorful materials during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

A team poses proudly behind their completed bridge structure during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Two participants measure materials and work together to plan their bridge during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Teams collaborate to construct a large bridge decorated with balloons during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Participants smile next to their completed bridge, ready to test it with a radio-controlled car during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Team members work together on planning their bridge design during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Two participants engage in a collaborative communication exercise, sitting back-to-back as part of the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Participants in the Bridging the Divide team building activity gather around a large, collaboratively built cardboard bridge, assessing its structure and stability.

Team 3 members brainstorm and plan their bridge design at a table covered with materials during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

A remote-controlled car prepares to cross a large cardboard bridge designed by participants during the Bridging the Divide team building event.

Participants collaborate in building large cardboard bridges decorated with colorful balloons during the Bridging the Divide team building event.

A group of enthusiastic participants celebrates after successfully completing a bridge structure during the outdoor Bridging the Divide team building event.

Participants work together to build a colorful, balloon-decorated bridge during the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

Team members collaborate at a table filled with supplies, working on their bridge design for the Bridging the Divide team building activity.

articipants in the Bridging the Divide team building activity work together to construct a large, collaborative bridge.

Team size

40 – 500

Time needed

2.5 – 4

Space requirement

This indoor activity works best in a large, private function room with a good amount of open space. Team tables are optional when space allows. You’ll also want 4 large rectangular tables at the front of the room to hold all the bridge building materials. For groups larger than 50 people, we’ll need a microphone and speaker setup, and strongly suggest a riser for an elevated stage.

Ideal for

Support strategic planning
Improving cross-functional cooperation
Practicing risk and resource management
Focusing on planning versus action

Tailoring

TeamBonding is all about customization. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture theme and/or mission statement woven into the introduction and debrief of your team building program? Just let us know what you have in mind.

Chosen By:

"We hired TeamBonding for the “Building Bridges” session. The team had a blast. Our facilitator Scott Thurston was exceptional! He was very upbeat, motivated, and clear with his direction. He had the team laughing first thing in the morning and throughout the day! Such a charming personality! Our event was such a success, we can’t wait to do future TeamBonding activities!"

Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

"Teams kicked off with designing the bridge with teams networking to discover who their suppliers and customers were and then they got hands-on constructing the components of the bridge. The magnificent outcome was achieved by all. It far exceeded our expectations - a complex and rewarding team building activity."

Unilever

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