Including biographies of some of the great engineers who facilitated change, this book charts the successes of construction from the great engineering advances of Victorian times to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Author Hugh Ferguson (former Editor of New Civil Engineer magazine and Deputy Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers) brings his unique insight and passion to this awe-inspiring book.

The Civil Engineers - The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It

Ferguson, Hugh

History

ICE Publishing

Building on the success of The Civil Engineers, The Contractors charts the development of contracting from the early days of direct labour, through the canal building of the18th century when contractors began to emerge as a major force in construction, railway development, motorway construction, privatisation and two world wars, to the international companies of today. A comprehensive study of the men and machines that have had an impact around the world on major civil engineering and construction projects and made the industry we see today. With direct involvement and contributions from the construction industry and lavishly illustrated with full colour illustration, the book includes biographies of some of the key figures in the industry, with many of these names still seen in the names of companies trading today, such as Sir Robert McAlpine, Sir Edmund Nuttall, George Balfour, Sir John Laing, Sir Richard Costain, Olaf Kier and Ray O'Rourke.

The Contractors

Europe

From the authors of the successful titles, The Civil Engineers and The Contractors, comes: The Consulting Engineers: The British consulting engineers who created the world's infrastructure. This beautifully illustrated full colour book tells the fascinating story of British consulting engineers for the first time. From their early beginnings, through the establishment of the profession in the 18th century, the Railway Age of the 1800s, their post-World War Two international boom and on to the recent commercialisation and consolidation of the industry. The authors, Hugh Ferguson and Mike Chrimes, bring their vast experience and expert subject knowledge to the book, tracking how an extraordinary group of engineers created the infrastructure of Britain, and of much of the rest of the world. The Consulting Engineers covers not just what consulting engineers do but also how their profession started and grew rapidly, and how the role has changed and continues to evolve. The Consulting Engineers is an ideal purchase for any engineer interested in the history of their industry. It will appeal to professional engineers, academics, students of engineering, historians and the wider public who are interested in the social and industrial history of Great Britain, and its influence throughout the world.

The Consulting Engineers

Science & Math

Chrimes, Mike

Technology

Description from the book flap: Glasgow school of Art has become synonymous with Charles Rennie Mackintosh's most celebrated building, while CRM is perhaps the School's most celebrated former pupil. However, Mackintosh's stature has tended to overshadow the earlier period of the School's history when it made an important contribution to technical education and the local economy. The work of the Glasgow Girls and Glasgow Boys, old and new, continues to attract attention, more markedly in the field of the fine arts than in design and architecture. This book is the first full-length history of the School to be published. Hugh Ferguson details the development of the School from its original purposes, a government School of Design to assist local industry, through the widening of the curriculum in response to changes in local industry and the development of Fine Art teaching. Towards the end of the 19th century the crafts appear and the first organised course in Architecture in the city, leading to a full-time School of Architecture and a connection with the University. By 1901 the School was an independent institution awarding its own Diplomas.

Glasgow School of Art: the History

Glasgow: Foulis Press of The Glasgow School of Art, 1995

Systemic Pathology of Fish

Biological Sciences

Scotian Press

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