What is Structural Engineering?
Have you ever stopped to wonder at a huge variety of the buildings and bridges and other structures that we see all around us? Why do we just assume that houses will stay up and bridges won’t fall down? Have you ever wondered who made the Burj Khalifa, an 828-meter tall structure standing? Have you ever wondered who made Akashi-Kaikyo bridge with the longest span of 1992 meter standing just on two legs? The answer can be found out in the work of the Structural Engineer. As highly trained professionals, they work with architects and surveyors to ensure that whatever they are building can sustain the load and stresses, it will have to wear as well as improving the places where we live. They are the guardian of safe construction through the challenges they face, diverse and require both creativity and problem-solving skills. Burj Khalifa Akashi Kaikyo Bridge That’s why structural engineers are designers and problem solvers too, they are specialists to account for extreme con...