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SUMMARY:Structural ambition – Building the big stuff - Chris Walker - Fl
 int &amp\; Neill Ltd
DTSTART:20131011T140000Z
DTEND:20131011T150000Z
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CONTACT:Lorna Everett
DESCRIPTION:Our collective achievement as structural engineers has often b
 een measured by how far\, how long or how tall we can go. As advances in t
 echnology and understanding open up opportunities to reach further and hig
 her\, our creativity and problem-solving abilities are increasing consumed
  by the technical challenges of simply getting from A to B. At these struc
 tural frontiers\, the engineer\, above all others is charged with finding 
 the right design solutions - it is a great place to work.\n\n \n\nChris wi
 ll talk about a number of the projects he has been lucky enough to be invo
 lved with as a young engineer. These include detailed design of two of the
  world’s longest suspension bridges\; the 3\,300 m bridge across the Mes
 sina Strait between Italy and Sicily\; and the 1\,550 m Izmit Bay suspensi
 on bridge which will cross the Sea of Marmara\, 50 km south of Istanbul an
 d close to the highly seismic North Anatolian Fault.\n\n \n\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR6
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