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New on engineering timelines ...
• A biography Thomas Telford >
• A biography — sponsored by Amey plc — of  Owen Williams >
Coming up on engineering timelines ...
• A series of new entries on engineering works in Cumbria, sponsored by the ICE's R&D fund.
• A biography of Louis Gustave Mouchel, pioneer of reinforced concrete in the UK.
• And a biography of Anthony Hunt, best-known UK engineer of the 1980s High Tech period and beyond.
In the Press
Tay Bridge Tale
New Civil Engineer  •  28 February 2008
New Civil Engineer publishes Nayef Mohyud-Din's winning essay from the Historic Disasters writing competition. You can read his and the runner-up essays on our results page >
NCE & ET Disaster Competition Winner Announced
New Civil Engineer  •  21 February 2008  •  unattributed
New Civil Engineer announces the winner of the NCE/engineering timelines Historic Distasters writing competition.
Historic Disasters Challenge
New Civil Engineer  •  14 October 2007  •  unattributed
New Civil Engineer announces the NCE/engineering timelines new writing competition. The idea is to write up to 500 words on a UK engineering disaster. Judges: Mark Whitby (engineering timelines), Mike Chrimes (ICE's head of knowledge transfer) and Antony Oliver (NCE's editor).
Off to a Flying Start
New Civil Engineer  •  5 / 12 April 2007  •  unattributed
New Civil Engineer publishes the results of the NCE/engineering timelines Thomas Telford 250 writing competition and the essay by winner, Catherine Bottoms. You can read the winning and runner-up essays
on our results page >
Engineering Heritage Goes Online
Ingenia  •  issue 30, March 2007  •  unattributed
The Royal Academy of Engineering's magazine, Ingenia, notes the attention paid to engineering timelines by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Heritage, quoting their report, which states that the site "... is a very interesting example of how science and technology can be used to improve access to, and understanding of our cultural heritage, as it both shows how our scientific, technological and engineering heritage can be preserved and how we can use technology - namely IT - to enable that."
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