Infrastructure projects

Use engineering skill and innovation to help developing countries around the world The first Engineers without Borders (EWB) group in the UK started at Cambridge University in 2001. It registered as a charity in 2003. EWB UK had its first overseas placement in 2002 with the Organisation for Social a…

Build a tower to relay telecommunications from London to the rest of the country The Post Office tower – now known as the BT Tower – opened in the Fitzrovia area of central London in 1965. The tower's main structure was 581ft (177m) high. A further section of aerial rigging brought the total height…

Install 200 tonnes landmark steel statue on a remote hillside The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture designed by Antony Gormley and located in north east England. It’s a steel sculpture of an angel 20m (66 ft) high with 54m (177ft) wings. It took 4-6 months to build by 20 steelworkers wo…

Extend the South Eastern Railway to north of the River Thames and provide a City of London terminal Cannon Street Railway Bridge sits between London Bridge and Southwark Bridge in London, connecting the City of London on the northern shore with south and south-east London by rail. The iron bri…

Build a medical centre in the middle of the South Atlantic British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha is located in the South Atlantic between South America, South Africa and Antarctica. The island is essentially a dormant volcano with no room for an airport so access is ordinarily via an eig…

Build a broadcasting tower, the tallest free standing structure in the world at the time Ostankino Tower is a television and radio tower owned by the Moscow branch of the Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Network. It was built to mark the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution and named after th…

Transfer water from one side of Cyprus to the other The Southern Conveyor Project was actioned to collect surplus water from the south western part of Cyprus and deliver it to central and eastern areas. This meant building a 110km water carrier tunnel, a huge inland dam – the Kouris – another dam at…

Control water supply in order to provide for growing populations and farmland The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. The construction was a huge undertaking involving the creation of several temporary towns to house thousands of workers. Construction…

Design a landmark structure to link historically divided communities This new iconic cycle and foot bridge across the River Foyle is an innovative and complex structure. The project brief was to design a structure to link historically divided communities on the east and west banks, both physically a…

Restore a Grade 1 English theatre and add new technical systems Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds was designed and built in 1819 by William Wilkins (also architect of London’s National Gallery) and is the last example in the UK of a Regency Theatre. Although the building still had many of its original f…

Install a 25m blue whale skeleton in a building over 100 years old The Natural History Museum decided to renovate its grand entrance Hintze Hall in 2013. Exhibition designers Casson Mann produced designs to install 10 new ‘wonderbay’ exhibits and 6 balcony exhibits, each an example of key aspects of…

Brunel's iconic structure that he didn't get to see completed The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a toll bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and River in Bristol, south-west England. It was originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1831, and even though works started that same year, he didn't get to…