AVA, a consortium of companies including Network Rail, Expedition Engineering, Hawkins\Brown, Atelier Ten, X-Treme Systems and Walker Construction, funded by Innovate UK and Network Rail is revolutionising the way footbridges are built across the rail network, reducing time, cost and carbon in the process. The high cost of bridge delivery and extended programmes are inhibiting […]

The Bridgewater Triangle proposals deliver a key portion of the Olympic Legacy Communities programme in and around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. The highly sustainable development will be landscape led, celebrating its ‘island’ setting between the Waterworks and City Mill Rivers. With approximately 575 homes, of which a minimum 40% are affordable, a key […]

The 13.49ha Albert Island site is located between the Royal Docks and the River Thames, at the eastern end of the London City Airport runway, in the London Borough of Newham. The site is a vital part of the regeneration of the Royal Docks. The vision for the redevelopment of Albert Island is to regenerate […]

This project is based on an open and collaborative innovation process with HS2, Network Rail and i3P, as well as around 45 organisations and businesses from across the infrastructure sector, to deliver an extensive review of the current state of low carbon innovation in the sector. We carried out a sector analysis to identify barriers and […]

Part of the award-winning Chiswick Park Development, this 120m weathering steel bridge provides a strategic link to the local underground station. We were the lead designers of the bridge, which we believe to be both simple and elegant. It provides a considered response to the functional and aesthetic objectives of the brief…not showy but quietly […]

Old Oak Common Station, located in West London, is set to become the UK’s best-connected interchange station and will have an estimated 250,000 passengers passing through each day when it opens as part of the new London to Birmingham HS2 high-speed rail route. Expedition’s reputation for creative engineering design led to a partnership with WSP’s […]

Both public artwork and acoustic shield, an innovative noise barrier has been designed for a busy stretch of the A12 in Bromley-by-Bow, east London. The installation marks the first UK use of an innovative new type of acoustic panel in a construction aimed at reducing people’s experience of noise pollution. The striking sculptural design turns […]

Milton Keynes University is a proposed new university campus for 15,000 students, based in central Milton Keynes. The client, MK:U, is a joint partnership between Cranfield University and Milton Keynes Council. Expedition are providing Structural, Civil and Sustainability design services for this large scale and complex academic project. We are part of a winning team with […]

Home to The Bartlett School of Architecture, 22 Gordon Street, like a lot of 1960s buildings was no longer fit for purpose and in need of redevelopment. We worked with the design team to demonstrate the whole life value and carbon benefit of retaining the original concrete frame and how we could help morph the […]

Millbrook Park – Phase 5 is one phase of a large-scale redevelopment project located in Mill Hill, North London. Phase 5 consists of 33 townhouses and 111 apartments over a basement car park. It is one of the later phases to be developed and had been used as a spoil dump by the earlier neighbouring plots. […]

Expedition worked with architects Stanton Williams on the two glass entrances to Tottenham Court Road underground station at St Giles Plaza, in front of Centre Point in central London. They are part of a larger redevelopment of Tottenham Court Road station and have been built following the completion of the new ticket hall structures below. […]

Relocating the largest floating dry docks on the Thames will unlock the regeneration of Greenwich Wharf as a new, mixed-use riverside quarter (see residential projects). In moving the docks to their new site near the O2 Arena (Millennium Dome), the derelict Bay Wharf Boatyard will be brought back to life as an enlarged, upgraded facility, […]

Since 2012, Expedition has worked with One World Design Architects on the structural design for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the Thames between Chelsea and Battersea. The bridge, to be built as a legacy for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, is an elegant three span structure with intersecting arches. Sympathetic to its context and responsive to […]

Expedition are the lead designers for this 180m long footbridge across the Tees.

We were appointed to carry out a strategic review of the existing surface water and foul drainage infrastructures serving Heathrow Airport. The replacement cost of the drainage infrastructure at Heathrow would be well in excess of £200M. The drainage systems are fundamental in the disposal of liquid waste, surface water runoff and the prevention of […]

Expedition has been working in collaboration with Beckett Rankine marine specialists and architects Studio Octopi on proposals to repurpose the hulls of the soon-to-be replaced Woolwich ferries into floating pontoons to create HMS Parliament. We developed and assessed lightweight framing solutions to provide the accommodation within an acceptable increase in the ferries’ loading. Building on our modular […]

The London Cable Car is an important new addition to the London transport network, marrying the regeneration hotspot of the Greenwich Peninsula and 02 centre in the South, with the Royal Victoria Dock, Excel Centre and onward DLR transport links to the North. The cable car provides pedestrian and cycle access across the river on an […]

Up and coming architects Glowaacka Rennie won a competition calling for visionary ideas for a Landmark for the East of England, ‘a sustainable icon and put the region on the map, not just nationally but internationally; a major project to inspire a sense of pride for those who live in the region and showcase more […]

Shweeb uses a pedal-powered monorail as the basis of an innovative urban commuting system. The system combines existing monorail technology with the aerodynamic efficiency of recumbent bicycles offering sustainable transportation for a campus or park-type setting. This pioneering transport system raised new questions regarding existing building codes and design approaches. We carried out research and development to […]

Expedition provided structural and civil engineering services for the preplanning design of the new development of Enderby Place on the Greenwich peninsular. The 263 residential units are arranged in two towers: 30 and 21 stories above a landscaped podium over basement parking levels. The scheme also incorporates the on-shore facilities for London’s first international cruise port including […]

As part of the Section 106 provision (planning gain) for our Millharbour mixed-use project, we were commissioned as lead designers for a new pedestrian bridge across South Dock. With a span of 76m. the bridge is key to reinforcing the existing public transport links between the Canary Wharf hub and the new Millennium Quarter on […]

Expedition Engineering carried out engineering concept and scheme design studies for the Station Roof and piazza Approach Canopy that form part of the Naples Capodichino Station Masterplan, in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSH+P). We worked on the development of integrated structural engineering, solar shading and roof drainage concepts for the canopy roofs. […]

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Expedition and a team of local engineers were appointed to develop the design of a new transport interchange at Naples Capodichino Airport. The creation of a landmark entrance to the new station and the rationalisation of the circulation of passengers between the airport, the underground station and a bus station […]

We worked with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners on the design of the canopy roof for the new Santa Maria del Pianto underground station in Naples. The 2,300m2 canopy roof for the station will consist of a honeycomb structure made of vertical steel plates. The arrangement of the honeycomb elements has been optimised using a […]

As part of a consultant team led by WSP, Expedition has been appointed to work on the new HS2 Euston Station in London. HS2 is will be the first high speed railway within the UK that provides new connections between its major conurbations. Recognised as the county’s largest infrastructure project, HS2 will significantly enable the […]