construction method used in its construction (preferably eng'g concerns)
You may want to check at WalMart in the arts and crafts or fabric and sewingThey have all sorts of foam there, but I don't know if it is what you are looking forA shipping and packing store could have a roll of thick foamAlso, people who go camping unroll their sleeping bags on rubber mats, but they are only about 1/2 thick.
just another thoughtGlue several layers of thick corregated cardboard together,then cut out your shapesit would cost almost nothingNot as cool looking as foam, But ?
The Akashi Kaikyo bridgeneeded archives: region: Kobe and Awaji-shima, Japan of entirety Date: 1998 value: $4.3 billion length: 12,828 ft style: Suspension purpose: Roadway factors: metallic Longest single Span: 6,527 ft Engineer(s): Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority