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The BBC have published an article on the number of ghost estates in Ireland. These are housing developments where the houses are empty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8653949.stm It seems that there are 621 of these estates; approximately one in every five house in Ireland is unoccupied. By way of comparison, they say that the number of unoccupied houses […]
Spent an enjoyable hour or so taking a look around the MK Dons stadium and the Doubletree hotel attached to it. Not only is the structure interesting (large cantilevered roof and large beams supporting precast concrete units as terracing) the design and ambition of the whole campus is really impressive. The pitch is 8m below […]
Well it took a while for me to figure it out, but after just ten days of messing about the Client areas are sorted. When a drawing or report is published by me (something that will be in the public domain) it can be stored on the website behind a user name and password. This […]
Well almost! I don’t recall signing a non-disclosure agreement, but it’s probably inappropriate for me to say too much about the nuts and bolts of my involvement, if for no other reason than there are dozens of companies and government agencies involved and I don’t know what is politically sensitive. Suffice to say that I […]
The landslides in Brazil over the last day or so are an indication of the consequence of a build up of water within the soil. The friction between the granules in sand, or the platelets in clay, create the “angle of repose”. If you emptied a bag of sugar onto the table it would form […]
We’ve now updated the website, so that amongst other things, we can comment on news that’s related to structural engineering, as well as be able to post information for clients securely online. More to come!