When engineers and quantity surveyors discuss aesthetics and architects study what cranes do we are on the right road. — Ove Arup Copy Share Image
The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil… — James Hong Copy Share Image
Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“As I've looked into the eyes of street children in Afghanistan desperate for a future other than terrorism, or children in Rwanda… — Bernard Amadei Copy Share Image
There's a lot of knowledge in civil engineering about how soils will react when subjected to heavy loads. When you take lightweight… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not… — Walter Guido Vincenti Copy Share Image
To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can… — Arthur M. Wellington Copy Share Image
There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I work nights on a farm in the summer when harvest starts. I work on a civil engineering site down the Humber… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
