Build big or go home

Guest blog from Bridges to Prosperity – Post #4, by Nico Turrini

Designed for life

As Ian Firth takes up the reins as president of the UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers this year, he tells Helena Russell why ‘good enough’ will not do when it comes to design quality

Natural Selection

With his country’s economy finally showing signs of recovery from almost a decade of financial crisis, Portuguese engineer António Adão da Fonseca is looking forward to restarting some of the bridge projects that had been shelved. He talks to Helena Russell

Team builder

Having worked at several leading design and engineering consultancies in her 10-year career, Luxembourg-born structural engineer Lee Franck has recently stepped into the world of entrepreneurship to help champion sustainable and collaborative approaches to construction. Khalifa Bokhammas learns more

American Bridge Company names new president and CEO

Timothy Creson appointed to lead North American contractor.

Juan Jose Arenas - profiled

Bd&e editor Helena Russell interviewed the late Juan Jose Arenas in 2000, just after he set up his own design studio. The interview, which was published in issue no 20 of the magazine, has been reproduced below.

Juan Jose Arenas de Pablo

Death of Spanish bridge designer JJ Arenas 

Senior appointments at Acrow Bridge

New group president and senior vice president named

Taking stock: Poul Ove Jensen

Only a handful of architects can claim that their entire workload consists of bridge projects. But almost three decades after starting work on his first bridge design, Poul Ove Jensen still finds himself in this position. Helena Russell finds out more in this full-length version of the interview in issue 88

TY Lin International takes majority share in Spanish bridge design firm

Changing places: Avery Bang

Avery Bang is the chief executive officer of charity Bridges to Prosperity, which provides isolated communities with access to essential health care, education and economic opportunities by building footbridges over impassable rivers.