Ussuri
Civil/Environmental
- May 7, 2004
- 1,582
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. During the course of his career he designed railways, bridges, tunnels, cruise liners and a whole host more. His skills traversed boundaries such as civil, mechanical, structural, architectural. For a single engineer he was remarkbly prolific with a large number of his structures still in daily use. In addition to this he was a superstar of the day.
But, do we still have the ability to create engineering masterpieces today, or has all the legislation, standardisation and code development taken that away from us? Will we ever see the likes of IKB again?
Any thoughts?
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But, do we still have the ability to create engineering masterpieces today, or has all the legislation, standardisation and code development taken that away from us? Will we ever see the likes of IKB again?
Any thoughts?
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![[pimp] [pimp] [pimp]](/data/assets/smilies/pimp.gif)
"The world keeps turning, it keeps me in my place; where I stand is only three miles from space"
Spiritualized