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As a world leading engineering consultancy Buro Happold constantly features in the news around the globe. We provide updates on our projects, expert commentary on industry issues and legislation, as well as insight and ‘what-ifs’ about our latest technical and practical innovations in the built environment.
To find out more about how we’re changing the world in which we live, work and play, browse our archive of news stories and research below. You can filter the list to see just what you’re after, and if you need to know more contact a member of our press team or email us at enquiries@burohappold.com.
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Construction of iconic bridge reaches major milestone
Ponte della Musica now spans the Tiber in Rome The two sides of the Ponte della Musica, a dual purpose pedestrian and public transport bridge, have been connected – representing a major milestone in the construction of...
Categories: Transport, Bridges & civil structures, Transport, Italy
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New award showcases effectiveness of building design
Buro Happold joins forces with WAN to launch unique international award Competitions and awards have long been an important part of winning work for architects and engineers but increasingly in light of the current...
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Buro Happold delivers new museum dedicated to Scotland's national bard
The Robert Burns Birthplace museum opens it doors to the public Scotland has a new national visitor attraction, the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, Ayrshire, which is hoped will attract visitors from around...
Categories: Press Releases, Culture, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold to lead ETI project on potential for power station waste to heat homes
A study looking at the feasibility of capturing and using waste heat from power stations for warming homes and providing hot water is to be carried out by the Energy Technologies Institute and led by international...
Categories: Press Releases, Sustainability, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold’s sustainability director responds to Innovation and Growth Team report
The construction industry faces the largest change management programme since Victorian times if it is to meet the low carbon agenda, according to an industry report from the Innovation and Growth Team (IGT). The IGT was tasked...
Categories: Opinion, Sustainability
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Buro Happold wins prestigious Aga Khan Award
Engineers win award for restoration of Wadi Hanifah in Riyadh International engineering consultancy Buro Happold is celebrating winning a highly prestigious, world renowned Aga Khan Award for Architecture for their...
Categories: Awards, Press Releases, Water
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre - a revolution in theatre and performance space design
Buro Happold’s inspirational performance venue Built 80 years ago on the site of a Victorian playhouse, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) was considered in the 1930s to be the height of modernity with its cinema...
Categories: Press Releases, Culture, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold provides engineering services for new wing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) opened the doors to its new wing for the Art of the Americas on November 20, 2010. Buro Happold, the international, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, provided structural, building...
Categories: Press Releases, United States
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Buro Happold on team behind Birmingham’s innovative ‘Cube’
Practice plays key role on landmark building with striking façade International multi disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold provided a range of services – including structural, civil, geotechnical and facade...
Categories: Press Releases, Commercial residential, Retail, Facades, Structural engineering, Inclusive design, Geotechnical, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold scoops IStructE award
Consultancy wins Arts/ Entertainment Structures Award International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold has won the Institution of Structural Engineers Arts/ Entertainment Structures Award for their...
Categories: Awards, Culture, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold supports the restoration of The Savoy Hotel
Practice on team behind one of the most ambitious restorations in British hotel history The Savoy reopened its doors on 10th October 2010 having closed in December 2007 for a restoration program that encompassed the...
Categories: Press Releases, Hospitality, Facades, Structural engineering, United Kingdom
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Buro Happold delivers innovative flood-proofed science centre
Warsaw’s Copernicus Science Centre opens on the banks of the Vistula Thirteen years after the concept was first mooted, Warsaw’s newest attraction, the Copernicus Science Centre, has celebrated its opening with a...
Categories: Press Releases, Scientific, Water, Structural engineering, Facades, Flood risk, Poland
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Buro Happold projects succeed at RICS awards 2010
Consultancy enjoys recognition for inspiration projects Four of international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happolds’ projects have been recognised at this year’s RICS awards. The annual awards...
Categories: Awards, Sports & Entertainment, Education
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Buro Happold joins alliance in push for sustainable healthcare
Practice supports new campaign for sustainability in healthcare reform The Director of the Campaign for Greener Healthcare has written to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley – on behalf of the newly-created alliance ‘The...
Categories: Press Releases, Healthcare, Sustainability
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King Abdullah International Gardens scoops second Cityscape award
Project adds architecture accolade to its Cityscape award tally King Abdullah's International Gardens (KAIG) scooped a second Cityscape Award this week at the Cityscape Awards for Architecture, held at the Grand Hyatt...
Categories: Press Releases, Culture, Saudi Arabia
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Waste experts speak on ‘The Big Society’ at Buro Happold event
Forum addresses what policy initiative could mean for waste New waste management approaches should be stitched into the Government’s ‘Big Society’ initiative according to experts who addressed representatives of the...
Categories: Press Releases, Waste
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New addition to Edinburgh’s Napier University opens
Buro Happold delivers sustainable solutions for Napier’s new Sighthill campus World renowned Napier University in Edinburgh can now boast a state of the art Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences with learning,...
Categories: Press Releases, Education, Building services engineering, Structural engineering, Fire engineering, SMART solutions, Acoustics
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Buro Happold’s Mike Cook elected Fellow to the Royal Academy of Engineering
Academy elects 'unique national resource' to assist in economic recovery Buro Happold director Mike Cook is one of fifty three of the UK's leading engineers to have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering this...
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Buro Happold appoints new regional director to spearhead Middle East growth
Practice hires Roger Nickells to drive its regional growth plans Roger Nickells has been appointed Middle East regional director by international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold. Formally Dubai...
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Buro Happold’s Mike Cook appointed chair of leading timber body
First ‘non-timber’ industry chair in association’s 76-year history Mike Cook FREng, MA (Cantab), PhD, CEng, FIStructE, FCIOB was unanimously appointed Chairman of the Timber Research And Development Association (TRADA)...
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