Wednesday 7 August 2013

Roma Agrawal - The Shard



Roma Agrawal 
(picture credited to 
 Nicola Evans, WSP group)

The Shard almost looks like an elaborate ice sculpture. Standing at 1,016ft high above London, this iconic building is now officially the tallest tower in Western Europe. From a layman’s point of view I wonder how on earth this was built and who would be brave enough to dangle over 300m off the ground to place the last pieces of glass. Comprising of five key areas: office space, restaurants, a hotel, apartments and The View at the top which is now open to the public, this piece of engineering and architecture is over a decade in the making. Angela Bairstow spoke to Ms Roma Agrawal, who currently works for WSP Group in London and was Senior Structural Engineer on The Shard, on what it was like to work on such a high profile project and that you don’t necessarily need an engineering degree to be an engineer.