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Sustainable second lives
Hugh Ferguson
Reusing and recycling when transforming building can save significant carbon emissions.
Lessons from the field
Abigail Beall
Engineers discuss the impact that working in other countries has had on their career paths and outlooks.
A square peg in a round hole
Hugh Ferguson
22 Bishopsgate was built on the basement of an earlier failed development. The result is the tallest building in the City of London.
From junk to spectacle
Abigail Beall, Bertie Cole and Pip Rush
The Arcadia Spider is built almost completely from scrap. Innovative engineering allows this immersive stage to move in time with music, produce flames and lasers, and play host to a number of acrobatic performers.
World record-breaking bridge
Hugh Ferguson, Michael Martin, David Climie and Peter Curran
The Queensferry Crossing is the largest construction project carried out in Scotland so far this century. It will be Britain’s tallest bridge when it opens later this summer.
Design-led innovation and sustainability
Hugh Ferguson, Bruce Martin, Darren Barlow and David McAllister
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, combines attractive architecture with innovative engineering to be as accessible and beneficial as possible.
How virtual reality is changing engineering
Professor Anthony Steed
A number of engineering firms are using virtual reality and immersive technologies to transform how they work.
Built on principles: White Collar Factory
Hugh Ferguson
Good simple engineering is changing the design of the modern urban office, replacing open-plan rooms, neatly plastered walls and ceilings, and highly tuned air-conditioning systems with high ceilings, bare concrete finishes and natural ventilation
Manufacturing power stations
Harry Edwards, Adam Locke and Andrew Jackson
Small modular reactors that have components manufactured in factories and constructed onsite could offer a quicker and cheaper alternative to generating nuclear power