The British Airways London Eye. Part 1: Background

This issue's letters cover a number of letters on the Millennium Bridge in London, a question over designing as a column or beam and working as a link engineer.

T. Beckett discusses the pier and impact protection system created for access to the London Eye and how the visual design was developed to match the architectural style of the Eye.

While the London Eye steel structure dominates the skyline, its foundations are buried below ground, giving visitors no impression of the engineering challenges faced during construction. This paper gives a description of the foundation design and addresses some of the key site issues encountered.