• Question: What the biggest thing you built or helped

    Asked by back521awry on 13 Dec 2024. This question was also asked by maun521brut.
    • Photo: Jenny Roberts

      Jenny Roberts answered on 13 Dec 2024:

      I designed a system that looked at erosion at river bridge foundations. It was mounted on a big vehicle (unimog), had a big extending crane and a sonar device and camera on the end.

    • Photo: Samantha Maysey

      Samantha Maysey answered on 15 Dec 2024:

      The biggest thing I have helped build was a big ship engine that we had to use a crane to help us move all the parts of the engine. We also needed ladders and harnesses to work on the top of it.

    • Photo: Caroline Roche

      Caroline Roche answered on 16 Dec 2024:

      I was once on a team of over 50 engineers creating just the control system software for a new build chemical factory. I worked on it for three years but some of my co-workers worked on it for over 10 years. There were thousands of people helping to design and build the factory overall.

    • Photo: Timothy Nixon

      Timothy Nixon answered on 17 Dec 2024:

      I helped to design the foundations for the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. I worked on the Ariane 6 rocket launch facility which included a really massive building. I also worked on the Randaberg tunnel in Norway which will be the world’s longest road tunnel.

    • Photo: Tommy Shinton

      Tommy Shinton answered on 18 Dec 2024:

      I helped design a huge underground tunnel – it was about 5 miles long and the height of 2 double decker busses – but it wont’ ever have anyone in it because it’s for storm water to prevent flooding!

    • Photo: Amal Lavender

      Amal Lavender answered on 18 Feb 2025:

      great question – the biggest thing i ever helped built or helped with? either a robot that loaded the boxes of washing powder or in my year out i helped design a part for a 32m fire ladder 🙂

Comments

  • Photo: Alexander

    Alexander commented on :

    Not a single big thing but I have contributed to the manufacturing of Euro 7 compliant catalytic converters (the newest standard for cleaning up vehicle emissions) where my employer has made 1/3 of all ever catalytic converters.