The Art of Fireworks

A heritage of quality, substance and growth

One of the joys of working in the transport infrastructure sector is the place it holds in the country’s cultural identity.  This fact has frequently been rewarded with architecture of a quality and substance that, while not consistent, is nevertheless regularly found and much prized.

The Unrecognised Art of Construction Methodology

No sooner has the bridge been launched than its partner, the Farringdon station scheme that we designed at the same time and for the same client, is beginning to take shape.

The Bridge has Arrived

Following closely behind the weekend’s magnificent Royal Wedding, another great union may have escaped your notice. The Borough High Street bridge was slid and lowered into place to connect both sides of Borough Viaduct in a three day operation under the watchful eye of the Skanska Team.

We of course took lots of pictures of the arrival which, in good parental fashion, we will subject you to in the coming weeks.

The Iconography of Red

The landscape of London has for many years been punctuated with iconic, often historic, urban and social markers.

Celebrated examples include the bright red telephone boxes and post boxes that line our most established routes through the city.

Breakfast with the Queen of Hearts

Just the other week X-fert ^LIVE examined how we were applying Building Information Modeling to our projects. Spurred by the level of debate and fired by the enthusiasm of Jerome, our MC for the morning, we all went away to do some homework.

2010 – what an exhilarating year!

Canary Wharf Station and Borough Viaduct are now firmly underway with lots to see on site; the excitement and ambition of Sydney Metro turning to disappointment as a great project is put in the Esky; a couple of splendid competitions to entertain us  – our Riga Airport Terminal shortlisted, our Belgrade Science Centre being judged; the riveting complexity of our emerging Bank Masterplan now picking up speed as it moves towards it’s first concrete phase at Walbrook Square.  And all set against the challenge of our new government’s austerity drive and the belt-tightening and value engineering on which we thrive.

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TMA will now take a well-earned Christmas Break until January, and prepare ourselves for an even better next year.

Thank you for your support and we wish you the compliments of the season.