LEGO Build in Charleston SC

[MikeyB]

July 18 and 19 at Patriots Point in Charleston to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the opening of the Ravenel Bridge.

http://www.charlestonscene.com/article/20150715/CS/150719632/1007/post-and-courier-city-celebrate-10-years-of-the-ravenel-bridge-with-two-day-event-live-lego-build

On July 18-19 at Patriots Point on the lawn in front of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, The Post and Courier and the city of Charleston will co-host a free community celebration featuring a live build of a 25-foot model of the Ravenel Bridge made entirely of Lego bricks.

Ed Diment, co-director of U.K.-based Bright Bricks, and fellow Lego enthusiast Kevin Cooper, will travel to Charleston to oversee construction. Though they have never visited South Carolina, or viewed the Ravenel Bridge in person, the group is no stranger to large-scale models.

In 2012, Rolls-Royce tapped the company to design and build a half scale working model of a Trent 1000 jet engine, the engine used on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. A team of four people assembled the model over eight days with 150,000 Lego bricks. The final model weighed more than 500 pounds

I hope to make it out for a bit on Saturday or Sunday to grab some pictures and hope to speak to Ed or Kevin if given the chance.