Building Quote by Prashant Bhushan

A railroad may have to be carried over a gorge or arroya. Obviously it does not need an Engineer to point out that this…

— Henry R. Towne

Man's endeavour to cross even the most difficult terrain with railway lines has produced some of the most stunning marvels of engineering of the…

— Prashant Bhushan

If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they've done on the Shanghai line in China, and if…

— Elon Musk

We've climbed in 60- to 75-kilometer-an-hour wind conditions without ropes, and yes we put in fixed lines when we can because of the safety.…

— Nirmal Purja

From initial concept to final build, 'Train' was close to a year in development. Much of this was research and letting the dynamics of…

— Brenda Brathwaite

From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure…

— Charles Francis Richter

Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.

— Anonymous

In my opinion, as an engineer, a bridge is the most difficult thing you can do. You are not working in the direction of…

— Santiago Calatrava

I want to solve a climbing problem in the mountains, not in the sporting goods store.

— Reinhold Messner

The question is: how you cross uneven ground, how you assemble networks around you.

— Reid Hoffman

The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. ... In a country where only…

— Ray LaHood

The 14-8,000-meter-peaks-in-six-months project was something nobody could imagine was ever possible. It's tough just to climb one 8,000-meter peak, let alone 14 in such…

— Nirmal Purja