There was much competition for the best headline at the news that the painting of the Forth Bridge was finally completed; The Scotsman went with “Forth Wonder of the world finished.” On such a huge piece of civil engineering, the bridge, built nearly 130 years ago, is still the subject of a huge range of maintenance, engineering analysis and monitoring projects keeping structural engineers busy for years to come.
For an intriguing portrait of the bridge from the civil and mechanical engineering perspective, the Forth Road Bridge website has details of all the current capital projects being undertaken. There is also access to the relevant technical papers published in professional magazines and at conferences, potentially useful for other professional engineers involved in engineering and project management life on such a grand scale.
For more information take a look at the world of the Forth Bridge http://www.forthroadbridge.org/home
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