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Summer Placement - Infrastructure - Manchester

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Buro Happold

Jan 10, 2024

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Engineering
  • £25.6K
  • Manchester

Requirements

  • You are currently studying a Civil Engineering degree
  • You have a passion and enthusiasm for engineering design, sustainability and making a meaningful contribution to society
  • You show a real interest in the projects being worked on, like to understand where your contribution fits
  • You want to actively engage with colleagues on work projects and see the value of learning from and sharing knowledge with them.

Responsibilities

  • What sort of projects do the Infrastructure team work on?
  • The work the Infrastructure team undertakes is diverse in terms of scale, location, development type and the point at which we are engaged through the life of the project. We strive to ensure that our placement students are given the opportunity to work across a varied portfolio of projects to broaden your skills during the early stages or your career.
  • Our expertise ranges from city scale master planning through to campus and building scale development infrastructure. Here are some of the projects that we are currently engaged on:
  • Regeneration – Buro Happold have provided engineering solutions for a number of key regeneration projects in the UK such as the redevelopment of the iconic Battersea Power Station where alongside providing the developments infrastructure solutions, we led the design of two new tube stations and their integration into the surrounding development, unlocking a new transport solution for the site and wider Vauxhall Elms and Battersea opportunity area
  • Public Realm Improvements – our infrastructure team works closely with Landscape Architects to deliver high quality public realm such as Mayfield in Manchester a landmark regeneration project that has transformed a derelict area of central Manchester into the first new public park on the banks of the River Medlock in more than a century.
  • Stadia and Arena - Claimed to be the largest building construction project currently in the UK, our team has been busy with the start on site at Everton. We have been working on this project providing all infrastructure design from site selection stage through to our current engagement for the contractor, as their designer. We have also overseen the completion of the new Compton and Edrich stands at Lord's Cricket Ground. Our team have also been designing the new Co-op arena in Manchester - the largest capacity indoor Arena in Europe, which has just started on site.
  • Healthcare - We recently have delivered two large masterplan projects for Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar working alongside international architects for whole city districts. In parallel we were engaged on an exciting research project for the same client to define a prototype for the Hospital of the Future, a very topical subject in the current climate. We are also currently working with the Guys and St Thomas Trust in London, Hampshire Hospital Trust and a community hospital in London.
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Buro Happold

Engineering | Consultancy | Advisory

Real Estate
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1976
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We are an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers. For over 45 years, we have built an unrivalled reputation by delivering creative, value-led solutions for the benefit of people, places and planet. Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative' and 'collaborative', Buro Happold is synonymous with the delivery of exceptionally complex projects on every continent, working with the world's leading architectural practices and organisations, such as the United Nations, UNESCO and C40 Cities. Through our global community of driven, world-leading engineering, advisory and design professionals, we are acting to address major challenges in an ever-evolving world.

Culture & Values

  • We value human wellbeing, and are discontented with limitations. We commit to taking this as seriously for our people as our projects.

  • We are a diverse, one-firm culture. When we get it right, it sings. Internal barriers are always to be overcome through inclusivity and equity above all else.

  • We embrace mutual responsibility. It is easy to default to individual success. Teams need to share success and failure in the same way.

  • We are more than a business. We care about the legacy of our work. We have a responsibility of care as an employer and influencer in the shaping of the world.

  • Sustainability is intrinsic to the economic and social impact of our work. Going beyond compliance requires challenging preconceptions, taking extra steps.

  • It takes courage to create. Our culture fosters a dynamic between technology and empathy to gain deeper insight, unleash imagination, and manage risk.

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