Arup's Research Needs, Richard Hough [Jul 03].pdf - Construction ...

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“ARUP’S RESEARCH NEEDS”
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ARUP
• Large independent consulting engineering group
• 6000 people worldwide
• All aspects of the Built Environment
• Design, innovation, meeting technical challenges
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ARUP R&D
Explicit Research
• 60 people in ARD Group, serving - external clients
- internal clients
• DTF, BIF, DIF - $A25M pa
• Collaborations
Implicit Research
• Project-based
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What to Spend it on?
(including collaborations)
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Extending Established Skills
• Structural
• MEP
• Materials Science
• Geotechnics
• Transportation Planning
• Façade Engineering
• Acoustics
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Base Isolation Systems
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Under-Floor Air Supply Systems
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Façade Engineering
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Incubating New Skills
• Building Physics
• Vehicle Design
• Fire Modelling
• Product Design
• Renewable Energy
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Vehicle Design
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Fire Modelling
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Renewable Power

Promoting Foresight
• Risk / Robustness / Security
• Workplace of the Future
• Biomimicry
• 3D CAD / Virtual Environments
• Corporate Consulting
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Risk / Robustness
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Biomimicry

3D CAD / uses of IT
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.…Product Research / Process Research…
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