For a new design you should: - Draw inspiration from past projects. - Don't reinvent the wheel if you don't need to. - Come up with alternatives. - Research and seek professional help if you've never done it before. - Produce calculations to prove the design. #engineering

Not the typical way of bridging across a river. Bridges usually cross rivers almost perpendicular. Arches usually run parallel to road. This arch prevents the need for piers in the centre of the river which is good. You don’t want to interrupt the natural flow paths of the river.

If you want something like this: 1.) Visit Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa for inspiration. 2.) Hire an architect. 3.) Light weight flooring. 4.) Structural steel 5.) Purchase a wine farm, on top of a hill, to place your structure on. #Engineer #architect #photography

If you want a roof like this: 1.) Visit Chinese parliament for reference. 2.) Structural steel truss holdind it up. 3.) Water proofing must be a work of art. 4.) Access rails 5.) Hope birds don't find their way in. #china #Engineer #architect #photography

Three things we need to try and figure out: 1.) Dark Energy 2.) Dark Matter 3.) How living lifeforms evolved from non-living matter. #science #neildegrassetyson #physics #earthproblems #astrophysics #astronomer #physicist #space #earth #boundriesofhumanknowledge #letsgotospace

The Augmented Age: 1.) Supercomputers running through millions of scenarios. 2.) Best structural solutions will mimic shapes seen in nature. 3.) Complexity of structures will require robots to print them. 4.) Building structures will become growing structures. #future #engineers

How's this for a water feature... #architect #architecture #design #water #waterfeature #designlife #designvision #engineer #waterengineer #sandton #johannesburg #southafrica #tiling #paving #architectvision

Concrete/wire/fibre composite: 1.) Creation of thin elements, an architects dream. 2.) Creation of complicated curved shapes, an architects dream. 3.) Creation of open inspirational spaces, my dream #Engineering #architect #future #photography

If you want to design this: 1.) Structural steel truss bridge is out of fashion. 2.) Corrosion prevention is a constant battle. 3.) Much quicker to build. 4.) Depth of truss is determined by span length and allowable deflections. #civil #bridges #structure #structuralengineer

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