Structural Engineers are experts in the structure of establishments (structures, wall structures as well as roofs). They give solutions whereby they will evaluate issues with existing establishments as well as additionally aid with structural design and computations for changes. They can additionally supply solutions in regard to the design of brand-new premises as well as planning permission applications.
Lockerbie
Lockerbie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, south-western Scotland. It lies roughly 75 miles (121 kilometres) from Glasgow, and 20 miles (32 km) from the English boundary. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census. The community came to worldwide focus in December 1988 when the wreck of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed there following a terrorist bomb attack aboard the flight. Lockerbie obviously has existed because at the very least the days of Viking influence in this part of Scotland in the duration around 900. The name (initially "Loc-hard's by") implies Lockard Community in Old Norse. The presence of the remains of a Roman camp a mile to the west of the town suggests its origins may be also previously. Lockerbie first entered recorded background in the 1190s in a charter of Robert de Brus, second Lord of Annandale, granting the lands of Lockerbie to Adam de Carlyle. It looks like Lokardebi in 1306. Concerning 2 miles to the west of Lockerbie on 7 December 1593, Clan Johnstone combated Clan Maxwell at the Battle of Dryfe Sands. The Johnstones almost annihilated the Maxwells associated with the battle, bring about the expression "Lockerbie Lick." Lockerbie's primary period of growth started in 1730 when the landowners, the Johnstone family members, made stories of land offered along the line of the High Street, producing in effect a semi-planned negotiation. By 1750 Lockerbie had actually come to be a considerable community, and from the 1780s it was a hosting article on the carriage route from Glasgow to London. Perhaps the most vital duration of development was throughout the 19th century. Thomas Telford's Carlisle-to-Glasgow road was built via Lockerbie from 1816. The Caledonian Railway opened up the line from Carlisle to Beattock through Lockerbie in 1847 and later completely to Glasgow. From 1863 up until 1966 Lockerbie was additionally a railway junction, serving a branch line to Dumfries. Called the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway, it was closed to guests in 1952 as well as to freight in 1966. The community is offered by Lockerbie train station. Lockerbie had actually been home to Scotland's largest lamb market because the 18th century however the arrival of the Caledonian Railway boosted even more its duty in the cross-border trade in lamb. The railway likewise created a reducing in the rate of coal, allowing a gas functions to be constructed in the community in 1855.