Appreciation Archives - Page 3 of 6 - Being Brunel
Being Brunel for Two Years
August 4, 2014 2
Who would have thought it? – Wait; haven’t I said that before? It’s August 2014 and I’ve now been Being Brunel for two whole years. A lot has changed since I begun: for a start people now actually read…Read More
Engineering Is Art: 000 – 049
July 18, 2014 4
It’s no secret that I like a bit of engineering photography. What you might not know, unless you’ve been stalking me on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter, is that for the last…Read More
Maths In The Head
July 13, 2014 1
It turns out there is one thing that everyone knows about engineers: We Do Maths. I’ve lost count of the amount of times friends have simply deferred any arthritic to my good-self because “you’re an…Read More
Budding Brunels
June 3, 2014 1
Budding Brunels is a schools engagement programme run by the Construction Youth Trust charity aimed at informing and inspiring young people from…Read More
Antarctic Engineering: Halley VI
June 2, 2014
I suspect you know that engineering for Antarctic conditions is difficult; so perhaps the first question is “why bother”. The answer is simple: “For Science!” The remote nature of the continent…Read More
ICE Bridges 2014: A Preview
May 2, 2014 1
There’s just over a month to go until the ICE Bridges 2014 “Engineering the Future” conference. I think it goes without saying that few people are better placed than the…Read More
Blogging For Engineers
April 25, 2014 6
professionals blogging within the construction industry has become enough of a thing for there to be paid courses on the subject. This can only be a good thing. As I am a…Read More
IKEA Engineering
April 14, 2014 1
Over the last year I’ve been learning some real practical engineering lessons from the most unlikely of sources: my IKEA Austmarka wardrobe. Brought from that nightmarish trip, which has become…Read More
Is Civil Engineering Boring?
March 24, 2014 4
Ever since writing this article, a surprisingly large number of people are coming to this site searching for the phrase “is civil engineering boring?”. This is a touch ironic, given that I started Being Brunel in a desperate…Read More
Contracting Is Boring
December 16, 2013 2
I’ve been finding it hard to ignore a certain pattern that persists between the years: The consultant always wins (especially if he works for Arup). However whilst the male/female divide over the last ten years of victors has been…Read More
