The Duke of Edinburgh famously once said, “Everything not invented by God is invented by an engineer.” Nothing could better express the contribution of the engineers, especially civil ones, to the human civilisations. Whatever the structures we see around us is a result of innovative approaches to the civil engineering.
To give a perspective of the contribution of the civil engineering personnel, including drafting engineer, structural engineers, geotechnical engineer, building surveyors, and management engineer, in the UK, we present the engineering wonders spread across the British landscape.
London Tower Bridge
Without a doubt, the most iconic bridge in the world, the Tower Bridge is a great example of British engineering. Its elevating spans, also known as bascules, two towers as high as the twenty-story building, along with suspension system, pushed the envelope for structural engineers and civil engineering in the world at its time.
The Forth Bridge
Situated in Scotland, the Forth Bridge still intimidates onlookers. Its arching giant iron trusses and beams look like a spider web spun across the Firth of Forth. The bridge exemplifies what British engineering could achieve.
Spaghetti Junction
Completed in 1972, the junction draws its name from its resemblance to entangled spaghetti pasta. Still considered one of the most complicated road networks, the junction has 559 concrete columns, made around railway lines, canals, and rivers. The engineering extensively made use of topographical surveys to come with a design that could offer the best solution.
English Channel tunnel
With the help of 13,000 engineering personnel, including structural engineers, drafters, technicians, construction worker, and topographical and building surveyors, English Channel tunnel was completed in 1994. Under the sea tunnel still exemplifies what human curiosity can achieve.
Shard
The multistory building has changed the landscape of London forever. Standing on the land, which once was considered inappropriate for high-rise building, the glass embellished Shard demonstrates the technological development in the topographical surveys and the building technology.
The last two wonders are testimonies that British civil engineering is still a force to reckon with.
To give a perspective of the contribution of the civil engineering personnel, including drafting engineer, structural engineers, geotechnical engineer, building surveyors, and management engineer, in the UK, we present the engineering wonders spread across the British landscape.
London Tower Bridge
Without a doubt, the most iconic bridge in the world, the Tower Bridge is a great example of British engineering. Its elevating spans, also known as bascules, two towers as high as the twenty-story building, along with suspension system, pushed the envelope for structural engineers and civil engineering in the world at its time.
The Forth Bridge
Situated in Scotland, the Forth Bridge still intimidates onlookers. Its arching giant iron trusses and beams look like a spider web spun across the Firth of Forth. The bridge exemplifies what British engineering could achieve.
Spaghetti Junction
Completed in 1972, the junction draws its name from its resemblance to entangled spaghetti pasta. Still considered one of the most complicated road networks, the junction has 559 concrete columns, made around railway lines, canals, and rivers. The engineering extensively made use of topographical surveys to come with a design that could offer the best solution.
English Channel tunnel
With the help of 13,000 engineering personnel, including structural engineers, drafters, technicians, construction worker, and topographical and building surveyors, English Channel tunnel was completed in 1994. Under the sea tunnel still exemplifies what human curiosity can achieve.
Shard
The multistory building has changed the landscape of London forever. Standing on the land, which once was considered inappropriate for high-rise building, the glass embellished Shard demonstrates the technological development in the topographical surveys and the building technology.
The last two wonders are testimonies that British civil engineering is still a force to reckon with.