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Engineering notebook
Engineers' explanations of how public structures are prepared, built and accepted. Site news and acceptances will be published here as they happen.
Technical explainer · 6 min
Why drainage determines how long a road lasts
Under equatorial rains, a pavement's first enemy is not traffic: it is water. An explanation of a principle we apply on every road project.
ReadApproach · 7 min
From project brief to handover: the stages of a public works project
Order to commence, setting-out report, QAP, ESMP, pre-acceptance, clearance of reservations… What these stages mean and why each leaves a written record.
Technical explainer · 6 min
Designing a river crossing in its landscape
A rural bridge is more than a span and a deck. It sits in a valley, a flood regime and patterns of use. What we look at before building.