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INSIGHTS, UPDATES & PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | September 1987 – When Buildings Became Data
In September 1987, computer scientist Charles Eastman published one of the first papers outlining the concept of Building Information...
Rebeka Zubac
Sep 8
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | September 1975 - When the Systems Break Down, the Building Goes With It
In September 1975, the last tower of St. Louis’s Pruitt-Igoe housing development was demolished. Once celebrated as a bold new model for...
Rebeka Zubac
Sep 1
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | August 1880 — St Petersburg’s Electric Experiment
St. Petersburg, known through history as Petrograd and later Leningrad is often called Europe’s most beautiful city. Peter the Great...
Rebeka Zubac
Aug 25
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | August 15, 1914 - Engineering the Impossible – what it took to cut through 50 miles of earth and connect two oceans.
On 15 August 1914, the SS Ancon made the first official passage through the Panama Canal, a project that redefined global trade. Cutting...
Rebeka Zubac
Aug 18
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | August 1844 — The Thames Tunnel Opens to Pedestrians
In August 1844, Londoners stepped into the unknown, walking 23 metres beneath the River Thames through the first tunnel ever built under...
Rebeka Zubac
Aug 11
THIS MONTH IN ENGINEERING | August 1995 | Designing for Heat You Can’t See
In the first week of August 1995, Chicago recorded more than 700 deaths during a prolonged heatwave. Most victims were elderly, isolated,...
Rebeka Zubac
Aug 4
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