The rise of the civil engineering profession in Britain

Author: Steven Brindle

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5 July 2021

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The rise of the civil engineering profession in Britain

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Steven Brindle
Date published
5 July 2021
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Steven Brindle

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 99, Issue 7, 2021, Page(s) 8-15

Date published

5 July 2021

Author

Steven Brindle

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 99, Issue 7, 2021, Page(s) 8-15

Price

Standard: £9.95 + VAT
Members/Subscribers: Free

Steven Brindle explores the history of the civil engineering profession from the 17th century to the founding of professional institutions in the early 19th century.

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In this paper, based on his James Sutherland History Lecture delivered to the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2020, Steven Brindle provides a brief history of civil engineering in Britain, charting its development from hydraulic projects and early attempts to apply intellect to structural design in the 17th century, through a great commercially driven boom in the Georgian era, to the foundations of the modern profession in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
 

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The Institution of Structural Engineers

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