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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #14 The Bridge Man: Dr Robin Sham
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Dr Robin Sham
How did a circus act inspire a revolutionary new construction method for Scotland’s first glass fibre reinforced polymer, cable stayed footbridge? Why did triumph and heartache underpin construction of the world’s most difficult cable stayed bridge, the Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong? What did tunnel engineering teach designers about construction that enabled them to extend the span of cable stayed bridges to over 1km? And what was it like to work on two world beating structures at the same time – the Sutong Bridge in China and the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong?
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