(1) David Pelz interned with Redrock International from September to November 2014, where he was tasked with designing and building a buggy and balance bomb prototype for an adventure race in Qatar. (2) He created initial prototypes within the first two weeks, then worked to refine the designs so the buggy could be easily assembled without tools. (3) From September to November, Pelz focused on finalizing the buggy design, creating instruction manuals, and building 32 kits for the event in Qatar while also assisting with other projects. (4) The big event went smoothly, with over 180 participants building buggies according to Pelz's clear instructions and organization of the building area.

1. Name: David Pelz
Date: 01/04/2015
Dates Covered in Project: 09/05/2014 – 11/16/2014
Internship Organization: Redrock International
Final Project
Introduction:
All of the material discussed in this final project focusses on the buggy and balance bomb projects given to me
for my internship with Red Rock International. My responsibilities were not limited to the material discussed
in this project. My staff and I were working on numerous other programs, events, and material preparation
during the progressing of this project which made this project extremely challenging. I will discuss the
benchmark periods listed in Form F of my final project proposal which was submitted earlier this semester.
Date: 9/5/2014 – 9/10/2014
Project Benchmark First Prototypes Created:
By the second week working with Red Rock International
it was agreed that one of my jobs would be to create a buggy, and
a Balance bomb for an adventure race in the middle east. For this
project I will describe all of the work and time put into the project
up to the large event taking place in Qatar. Even though my focus
for this project is on the buggy it is a small part of what needed to
be done by the time I leave for Qatar on the October 13th.
The project started off the first full work week on Monday
September 8th
. I set out with another intern who was helping me
with acquiring materials and other tasks that needed to be done
for crafting the buggy. We set off to different hardware, lumber,
and plumbing stores to acquire all the materials needed to build
the prototypes. There are drastic differences between materials sold in the UK compared to the USA so
acquiring materials went slow and my ideas for materials were not available so adaptation to the available
materials was required. Eventually I found a solid design to work with. We created the first prototype in
about 5 days with little roadblocks but the problem with the design is that it is not sufficient for the bolting the
kit together using wing nuts bolts and washers. The challenge now is to recreate the design so that

2. participants can build it without the use of tools. Therefore on
the right was the first prototype to be built. Because of the
needed change in the design we needed to brainstorm about how
it might be made better. I talked with my fellow employees and
we decided on some needed changes so the buggy can be
replicated and consistent for the 32 teams in the race.
On top of creating the buggy which was priority for the
event I also lead in creating a balance bomb. At first some ideas
were brought forth by the other employees but eventually we
came up with a design that worked and was efficient for the
challenge race. The bomb consisted of a self-contained Mentos
in a T split PVC piping connected to a large Diet Coke. There were
safety’s at each end of the T split holding the Mentos in place.
When the participants were given the bomb the safety wires were
pulled and the bomb became active. If the bomb was shaken to much the Mentos would fall into the diet
coke and it would react and send soda out of the holes on the top of the T split. We successfully created a
model of the balance bomb but it needed some fine-tuning for the upcoming event.
Date: 9/10/2014 – 9/26/2014
Project Benchmark Final Prototypes Created:
Affectively creating a final buggy amongst doing other
tasks during this time was challenging but eventually I was
successful in the creation of a final buggy prototype. This process
took almost a week of time due to the detail needed to make all
the measurements for the holes and the lengths of the wood
identical to themselves. This concept allowed the use of no tools
or any other material other than what was provided to build the
buggy. In Qatar we will have to make 32 of the models shown.
The picture on the next page shows all of the kit needed to create
the buggy shown. Notice in the picture that all the parts are
made identical to the given group of items so that when we
create 32 of these kits an assembly line will run to cut all the

3. spares, boards, and triangle braces needed to produce the kits.
The two photographs shown of the final buggy project on the
previous page were used to create a rough instruction manual
sent off to a professional to produce the final draft of instructions
for the MOQP event in Qatar. I wanted to create the final
instructions for this event but because of the lack of knowledge
with illustrator my instructions were sent off to a freelance artist
who has the graphic experience needed. I will submit the
instruction manual I created in an email for this project.
Fortunately my instruction manual will be used for the half day
event for a company called Commercial Bank of Qatar in the
middle of October. This will be a good trial run for me to see how
the build goes with the participants.
With the final buggy prototype created I focused my eyes on
a smaller but important creation the balance bomb. A better
model needed to be created from the first prototype. WE created
a final model of the balance bomb and were forced to ship all the
piping and parts to Qatar because of the lack of materials
available in the Country. The reason for this is that the PVC pipes
and parts are different in Qatar form the UK. As you notice on the
right it is a simple design and it does the job for what we needed
to do which is throw soda all over the participants.
Date: 9/26/2014 – 10/25/2014
Project Benchmark Commercial Bank Event:
Before all the setting off for Qatar all the necessary
preparation needed to take place. I was due to set off on Monday
October 13th
for Qatar for a total of 5 weeks. The preparation
consisted of recording all the angles, cuts and hole locations of all the components of the buggy so that when
we all arrived in Qatar there would be clear directions on how to create all of the buggy kit materials. Once I
arrived in Qatar the work days greatly increased and my coworkers and I were working 13 hour days equaling
about 65 hour weeks. One of the greatest challenges in Qatar was acquiring all the materials needed to create

4. the buggy. In total the amount of money spent was over 15,000 Riyal equaling about 2,600 British sterling
pounds. The reason for this was power tools were purchased to create all the components of the 32 buggies.
Soon the event for Commercial Bank came and it went well. I created a brief explaining the process and need
for the participants build and use the buggy for the training course. For the event Commercial Bank of Qatar
employees were split into three groups for the leadership training course. My group was called the
transportation unit which used the buggy to
transport clients around a given area for my part
of the challenge. They had to build the buggy
do 9 laps around this track and dismantle the
buggy to complete the challenge. All the
necessary details were provided in the manual
and briefs for the clients to succeed. This event
was the perfect opportunity to weed out any
roadblocks with the buggy building phase.
There were a couple issues but they were
quickly resolved and it helped in the process of
preparing the final instructions for the MOQP
event. At this point only one buggy kit was made and 31 kits
still needed to be created for the upcoming event in
November.
Date: 10/25/2014 – 11/14/2014
Project Benchmark Create Project Builds:
During this period other project demands and
responsibilities increased during the preparation of the large
MOQP event at Fuwairit beach. After the Commercial Bank
training event there was a great need to prepare materials for
the EBDA event discussed in the reports I submitted. During
this period of time the buggy preparation was mixed with the
work that needed to be completed for the EBDA event.
During this period the final instruction manual for the buggy
was completed and the document was one page with no
words just colors and numbers to describe the instructions. This was done to reduce confusion for the

5. participants who spoke and read in different languages. During this time my residence was just outside Doha
Qatar. My staff and I were working day in and out on all the components needed for the large events and I
was responsible for the duplication and overall creation of the 32 buggies needed for the MOQP event. In
total for wood components cut and
sanded which included the blocks,
triangle brackets, long supports
horizontal perpendicular supports, carrier
supports, plywood, and axel braces for 32
teams in the event it amounted to 520
pieces of lumber. In total 32 large blue
barrels were acquired and cleaned, 32
axel pipes which were cut and filed, and
the total amount of washers wing nuts
and bolts were acquired for building the
buggy which was 2,624 hardware pieces. We had to wait weeks to acquire all the necessary materials needed
for this build because of the lack of hardware in Qatar. In the end this shows just how big this event really
was. As the event became closer to the start date we ended up moving all the equipment and building
materials to the site which is pointed to on the map. This required two large 6 ton trucks and I drove with the
truck drivers to site to unload the materials. The map shown is a picture of the northern tip of Qatar and the
arrow points to the camp location of Fuwairit beach. The water surrounding the site is the Persian gulf. This
water is extremely warm and salty ocean
due to the hot dry climate of Qatar. The
couple days leading up to the event
were some of the toughest I have
worked with Red Rock. The picture on
the right shows how much dust
accumulated during the work done on
site. The marshals showed up the day
before the event which was on a Friday.
That Friday night we got all the available
hands together and built all 32 buggies.
This took a total of 3 hours and without

6. the marshals help the job would not have been completed. The reason we did this was to make sure all the
holes lined up with the bolts and boards provided assuring the buggy kits are ready for the event. We set
them aside and planned to move the buggy’s to the building location the following morning.
Date: 11/15/2014 – 11/16/2014
Project Benchmark Maersk Oil Event:
The day of the big event has finally come and we all woke up bofore the sunrise at 5 am. Everyone got
together for a morning meeting and and we shared some coffee and discussed the different projects needed
to be completed and prepared for the day.
Once the meeting was over I was put in
charge of setting up the buggies at the
build area. This task is not as easy at it
seems because the build area is more than
50 meters wide by one hundred meters
long. I gathered all the marshals and Red
Rock staff and we pulled all the buggies to
the build location for the event. There we
dismantled them in place and I informed
some marshals on how to line up the
buggiys in a clear and organized fashion.
This was done to ensure that their were no
missing parts for any of the buggy kits. I
checked and rechecked to see if there were
any missing parts because of the vast
amount of parts needed for the stage area.
In total over 180 people would be in this
single area during the stage and I breifed
the marshals on thiere responsibilities in
order to keep the area running in a safe and
smooth fashion. Once the buggies were built they were inspected by marshals who I briefed and istructed
about all the components of the buggy. My preporation for this day was extensive. If things went wrong with
the buggy biuld or inspection areas it could be catastrophic to the integrity of the event. After this stage the

7. director of Redrock Nick Ashley said that this was smoothest leadership training build that he had every seen
for any of his events that he had facilitated in the last ten years. He was thorouly impressed by how organized
I was with the stage and on how smoothly the building and inspection areas went for the participants.
Conclusion:
I have to say that working with Red Rock International has been one of the hardest but most rewarding
opportunities of my life. Being able to travel and see the world while providing high quality leadership training
courses has been a great blessing to me and it has shown me how far I can truly push myself mentaly and
physically. I look forward the the work I still have coming up in the month of January and hope to work with
an organization like this in the future.