Corporate Teambuilding in Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire

Deeside Activity Park is ideally located on Royal Deeside for Teambuilding activities for any North East Company.

This has become an increasingly important part of our business and we’ve got a selection of activities, which lend themselves perfectly to bonding and teambuilding.

Firstly, and please note, we will not put you through hell and then sit down and tell you you’re not a good person.

However, we will ensure everyone has a good day and bonds as well as possible with the group.

“ The inclusion of a teambuilding session has been of huge benefit to the personnel on each of the teams and ultimately to the Project as a whole.”

Morag Simmers - Team Assistant, Marine Technical Limits

Our corporate teambuilding Challenges have been designed to encourage participants to work cooperatively, and cover many key skills, such as communication, problem solving and effective team work.

Our corporate teambuilding challenges include:

BOMB DISPOSAL

The bomb (complete with red flashing light to tell you it’s live) is placed in a 10m² electric fenced area.  We supply a range of equipment and the team must work together to figure out how to remove the bomb without entering the restricted area.  The bomb is fitted with a sensor so too much movement will result in detonation.  Once, removed the bomb must be deactivated.

Key Skills:

PIT STOP CHALLENGE

These days the pit stop is considered as exciting as the race itself, so based on a F1 pit stop we have devised this highly popular challenge.  The team requires a Manager, Jackman, Wheelman, Spannerman, Lollipopman and, of course, a driver.  Everyone takes a place, driving up to five laps each and rotating through the ranks from the guy on the ‘brakes on/brakes off’ lollipop to the team manager.  

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  BLINDFOLD OPPOSITE STEER

We have a landrover which is opposite steer (not as easy as it sounds).  The team nominates a driver and then must navigate through a series of narrow gates.  The driver is blindfolded and no standard forms of verbal communication are permitted.

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AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION

There has been an air crash and it’s the team’s job to figure out why.  They are supplied with various details, ie, Flight map, pre-flight log and black box flight recorder.  Requires real team work to come up with the correct solution.

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QUAD BIKE BRENGUN CHALLENGE

Each person takes turns driving round a course on the Quad Bikes picking up parts of a dismantled Brengun.  Once the parts are retrieved the team must rebuild the Brengun.  

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GRASS RAFT RACE

What is the quickest way to get from one side of a field to the other on a grass raft?  

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TEAM ARCHERY

The team nominates a captain, whom we teach archery to.  It’s then the job of the captain to instruct the rest of the team.  Various shooting distances are set up, with more points allocated to those that are a further distance from the target.  The captain must choose ‘diplomatically’ who shoots from which distance – remember, although more points are available for the further distances, there is more likelihood of missing the target altogether.

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 FIELD ARCHERY

A selection of different targets at different distances, set within a pre-defined area.  Can be likened to a round of golf, but is against the clock.  How fast can you get round, clocking as many points as possible?

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TREASURE HUNT

Can be done on foot or in a landrover*.  Teams will be given a set of clues, a map and a compass and will be required to collect treasure whilst navigating round a set course.

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 WALL CLIMBING

We’ve built a low wall with several easy, straightforward routes. We’ll make it different by tying you together, blindfolding you, setting tricky puzzles etc.

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  FIRE BRIGADE CHALLENGE

We’ll supply a water pump and a loch full of water.  How quickly can your team work out how to fill and use the pump, and then extinguish a blazing inferno.  

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DRIVE BY SHOOTING

The best fun ever!!  Two teams, one team driving the very nippy karts,

and the other team shooting - paintballs.  This really is a new high.  Try it!!

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POWER BOAT MANOEUVRES

We have a private 1.5 acre loch.  The powerboat begins in the middle of the loch, and the team are given a set of compass bearings.  There are a number of cones set round the outside of the loch.  The team must navigate to the correct cones in order, using the compass bearings.  

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*Landrover treasure hunt requires a half-day, and is priced differently than other activities.  Please just ask if you are interested and we’d be delighted to quote accordingly.

Our outdoor activities can also form the basis for more serious effective teamwork courses.

Many groups like to bring their own facilitator along for the serious teambuilding or we can arrange it for you.