engineering education founded 1999 founder prof. chris wise se n walsh chris smith headquarters london england key people chris wise director se n walsh director andrew weir director ed mccann director julia ratcliffe director parent the useful simple trust website www.expedition.uk.com expedition engineering is a london based consulting firm delivering structural engineering services . 1 contents 1 history 2 notable projects 3 awards 4 education 5 references 6 external links history edit london 2012 velodrome infinity bridge stockton on tees expedition engineering was founded in 1999 by professor chris wise engineer for the millennium bridge london and se n walsh both former employees at arup . 2 on 2 october 2008 expedition s ownership was restructured passing to an employee benefit trust called the useful simple trust . 3 the useful simple trust also owns thomas matthews a communications firm ; 4 think up a company specialising in engineering educational materials ; 5 and useful simple projects a strategic and sustainability consultants . 6 the trustees of the useful simple trust are mike davies founding director of the richard rogers partnership 7 duncan michael former chairman of ove arup & partners 8 sophie thomas director of thomas matthews 9 ed mccann director of useful simple projects 10 chris wise director of expedition engineering 11 sean walsh director of expedition engineering 12 tim o brien theatre designer 13 notable projects edit 55 baker street the emirates airline expedition engineering s notable projects are london velodrome london england 2011 14 infinity bridge stockton on tees england 2009 15 las arenas bullring barcelona spain 55 baker street london england 2007 16 emirates air line london england 2012 17 stavros niarchos foundation cultural center athens greece 2015 national opera and national library 18 expedition is working with one world design on the design of the new diamond jubilee footbridge across the thames between battersea and chelsea . 19 awards edit expedition has twice won the istructe s supreme award for structural engineering for the london 2012 velodrome in 2011 20 and for the infinity bridge in 2009 . 55 baker street also received a commendation for sustainability at the structural awards . in 2012 expedition was named engineering consultant of the year at the building awards . 21 education edit expedition engineering is involved in several educational projects including constructionarium and the expedition workshed website a selection of educational tools for engineering students created by expedition with the support of a number of other organisations . 22 v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley bryant homes comben homes george wimpey ideal homes mclean homes taylor woodrow westbury william leech wilson bowden integrated construction balfour beatty bam nuttall carillion cleveland bridge & engineering clugston costain galliford try gleeson interserve kier laing o rourke lend lease linford mace morgan sindall shepherd sir robert mcalpine volkerfitzpatrick wates willmott dixon suppliers current aggregate industries artex ashtead brogan cemex uk hanson london brick hss hire jewson kingspan kingspan off site mero schmidlin pilkington rmd kwikform sig speedy hire tarmac tarmac building products tata steel europe travis perkins wolseley defunct blue circle industries redland rmc group tarmac group government and regulatory bodies department for communities and local government department for business innovation and skills health & safety executive local planning authority planning inspectorate chief construction adviser to uk government industry bodies british constructional steelwork association bsria build uk ciob civil engineering contractors association construction clients group construction industry council ciria citb constructing excellence electrical safety council federation of master builders hbf institution of civil engineers institution of structural engineers national access and scaffolding confederation national federation of builders national federation of demolition contractors national house building council refined bitumen association royal institution of chartered surveyors scottish building federation select electrical contractors association of scotland society of construction arbitrators specialist engineering contractors group strategic forum for construction sustainability association for environment conscious building breeam code for sustainable homes ecohomes energy efficiency in british housing good homes alliance uk green building council other british construction industry awards building building regulations in the united kingdom building regulations approval construction news development control in the united kingdom new civil engineer planning permission town and country planning in the united kingdom category v t e istructe supreme award laureates year winning organisation winning structure 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 gifford dewhurst macfarlane & partners goldreich engineering pc not awarded dar al handasah consultants buro happold & engineers haskins robinson waters arup expedition engineering arup expedition engineering flint & neill and sinclair knight merz jiangsu provincial comms planning and design institute & aecom eckersley o callaghan arup gateshead millennium bridge gateshead england david l. lawrence convention center pittsburgh united states not awarded sungai prai bridge perai malaysia savill building surrey england heathrow terminal 5 london england infinity footbridge stockton on tees england stonecutters bridge hong kong china london velodrome london england west gate bridge strengthening melbourne australia taizhou bridge taizhou china glass lantern apple store zorlu center istanbul turkey singapore sports hub singapore references edit rappaport nina 2007 . support and resist . new york monacelli press . isbn 9781580931878 . expedition web site . expedition engineering . retrieved 26 september 2012 . useful simple trust launch pdf press release . useful simple trust . 12 november 2009 . retrieved september 26 2012 . thomas matthews web site . thomas matthews . retrieved 20 april 2013 . think up web site . think up . retrieved 20 april 2013 . useful simple projects web site . useful simple projects . retrieved 20 april 2013 . mike davies biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . duncan michael biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . sophie thomas biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . ed mccann biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . chris wise biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . sean walsh biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . tim o brien biography . useful simple trust . retrieved 20 april 2013 . pallister james 2011 . hopkins architects london 2012 velodrome design in pursuit of efficiency . london emap inform . isbn 9780956787712 . infinity bridge stockton on tees . e architect . retrieved 26 september 2012 . 55 baker street case study . concrete centre . 3 march 2010 . retrieved 26 september 2012 . london gets its cable car . architecture today . 28 june 2012 . retrieved 26 september 2012 . stavros niarchos foundation cultural center press release . stavros niarchos foundation . february 2008 . retrieved september 26 2012 . frith maxine 15 november 2012 . first look at new thames footbridge which would link chelsea harbour and battersea . evening standard . retrieved 5 march 2013 . structural awards 2011 . istructe . november 2011 . retrieved 26 september 2012 . building awards 2012 . building magazine . 18 april 2012 . retrieved 26 september 2012 . expedition workshed . expedition . retrieved 15 april 2013 . external links edit expedition.uk.com official website the expedition workshed website for educational purposes useful simple trust group website . this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title expedition engineering & oldid 724733211 categories construction and civil engineering companies of englandengineering consulting firmscompanies established in 1999business services companies of the united kingdom1999 establishments in englandcompanies based in londonenglish company 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