Expedition Engineering is a London-based consulting firm, delivering structural engineering services.

History

Expedition Engineering was founded in 1999 by Professor

Chris Wise Christopher Mark Wise (born 1956) is an English academic and engineer. Wise began his career with Ove Arup and Partners in 1979. After working in UK, Australia and US, he became Arup's youngest Director in 1992, and later became one of five Board ...

(engineer for the

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, London) and Seán Walsh, both former employees at Arup. On 2 October 2008, Expedition's ownership was restructured, passing to an

Employee Benefit Trust An employee trust is a trust for the benefit of employees. The employees that an employee trust benefits are usually defined by reference to employment by a particular company (or group of companies). In addition to employees, the beneficiaries m ...

called the Useful Simple Trust. The Useful Simple Trust also owns Thomas Matthews, a sustainable communication design practise ; Think Up, a company specialising in engineering educational materials; Useful Simple Projects, a strategic sustainability consultant, and Useful Studio an architecture design practise. The trustees of the Useful Simple Trust are: * Mike Davies, founding director of the Richard Rogers Partnership * Duncan Michael, former Chairman of Ove Arup & Partners * Sophie Thomas, director of Thomas Matthews * Ed McCann, director of Useful Simple Projects *

, director of Expedition Engineering * Seán Walsh, director of Expedition Engineering * Tim O'Brien, Theatre Designer

Notable projects

Expedition Engineering's notable projects are: * London Velodrome, London, England (2011) * Infinity Bridge,

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, England (2009) * Las Arenas Bullring, Barcelona, Spain *

55 Baker Street Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detec ...

, London, England (2007) * Emirates Air Line, London, England (2012) *

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Cultural Center,

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(2015)—National Opera and National Library *

Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo in Turin, Italy is a skyscraper as well as the headquarters for the banking group Intesa Sanpaolo. Features The building is the third tallest in the city, after the landmark Mole Antonelliana which has held the recor ...

, Turin, Italy Expedition is working with One world Design on the design of the new

Diamond Jubilee Footbridge The Cremorne Footbridge is an approved foot- and cycle bridge, one abutment of which has been built, over the River Thames, Thames in London, England. It was promoted as the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, designed by one-world design architects w ...

across the Thames between Battersea and Chelsea. In 2018, Expedition put forward a proposal for

HS4Air HS4Air is a proposal for a high-speed railway line in the United Kingdom, put forward in 2018 by a British engineering consultancy, Expedition Engineering. The proposed line would have connected the planned High Speed 2 line to the High Speed ...

, a high-speed railway line in the south of England which would connect the

High Speed 1 High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel. It is part of a line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe; ...

and

High Speed 2 High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...

railway lines, create a rapid link between

Heathrow Heathrow Airport (), called ''London Airport'' until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is a major international airport in London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others bei ...

and Gatwick Airports, and connect regional cities in Britain to the

Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...

. The plans were submitted to the

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

(DfT) at the end of July 2018, as part of the Government's plans to encourage private investment, and the DfT will respond in the autumn.

Awards

Expedition has twice won the IStructE's Supreme Award for Structural Engineering, for the London 2012 Velodrome in 2011 and for the Infinity Bridge in 2009. 55 Baker Street also received a commendation for sustainability at the Structural Awards. In 2012 Expedition was named Engineering Consultant of the Year at the Building Awards.

Education

Expedition Engineering is involved in several educational projects, including Constructionarium and the Expedition Workshed website, a selection of educational tools for engineering students created by Expedition with the support of a number of other organisations.

References

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External links

expedition.uk.com
official website
The Expedition Workshed
website for educational purposes
Useful Simple Trust
group website. Construction and civil engineering companies of England Engineering consulting firms Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in England British companies established in 1999