7-574: Expedition Engineering is a London-based consulting firm, delivering structural engineering services. Expedition Engineering was founded in 1999 by Professor Chris Wise (engineer for the Millennium Bridge , London) and Seán Walsh, both former employees at Arup . On 2 October 2008, Expedition's ownership was restructured, passing to an Employee Benefit Trust called the Useful Simple Trust. The Useful Simple Trust also owns Thomas Matthews,
14-438: 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: Expedition Engineering's notable projects are: Expedition is working with One world Design on the design of the new Diamond Jubilee Footbridge across
21-513: A week at University College London (UCL) as Professor of Civil Engineering Design. Wise has been a Member of IStructE since the 1980s and was awarded their Gold Medal in 2012. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering , and was awarded the academy's highest individual honour, the silver medal, in 2007. Since 2003 he has been a Trustee of the Design Council. In 2008, he became
28-810: The Department for Transport (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. 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
35-614: The Thames between Battersea and Chelsea. In 2018, Expedition put forward a proposal for HS4Air , a 140-kilometre (87 mi) high-speed railway line in the south of England which would connect the High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 railway lines, create a rapid link between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, and connect regional cities in Britain to the Channel Tunnel . The plans were submitted to
42-718: The three remaining shareholders in Expedition Engineering, gave the company over to the benefit of its employees, becoming the Useful Simple Trust. Wise was the first Professor of Creative Design at Imperial College , as well as Master of the Royal Designers for Industry 2007–2009. He is co-director of the Royal Designers Summer School and has been co-presenter at the BBC 's reconstruction of several pieces of ancient technology. Since 2012 Wise has spent two days
49-1029: Was named Engineering Consultant of the Year at the Building Awards. 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. 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 Directors responsible for Building Engineering's 500 engineers and support staff. In 1999 he left Arup and co-founded Expedition Engineering together with Seán Walsh. In 2008 Wise, Walsh and Ed McCann,
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