[poekfpojoibien]

Scary... All I see is a terrorist attraction [shocked]

[GillTeepbew]

the palm islands in Dubai is Dutch engineering too.
The salvaging of the Kursk = Dutch
but we shall not underestimate other countries, we can not sta living from what we learned in the past, we shall have to move on and we should get our government to put in money on future projects.

But all by all.. I dont think much countries have made land out of water, the way we did. we're good, but we gotta keep on moving to stay ahead of competition.

the sea based airport in japan for example, is very much doable for us, but government doesn't want to support it.

Yeah and the kitchens in the houses on palm island are german engineering

marvin: Holland is a poor excuse for a beach [yes] and its a 2 hour drive before we see water...

[ViaxobbimeVar]

the palm islands in Dubai is Dutch engineering too.
The salvaging of the Kursk = Dutch
but we shall not underestimate other countries, we can not sta living from what we learned in the past, we shall have to move on and we should get our government to put in money on future projects.

But all by all.. I dont think much countries have made land out of water, the way we did. we're good, but we gotta keep on moving to stay ahead of competition.

the sea based airport in japan for example, is very much doable for us, but government doesn't want to support it.

They worry more about polution then the economical boost it can give, it's the same with Schiphol itself. It's more important for those 1.500 houses which have some issues with planes flying fairly low level, so they limit the number of flights which can use a certain runway during certain weather conditions. Idk, I always felt those people are less important then the thousands of jobs it would create if you removed the limit.

Anyway, sorry OP for derailing the thread German engeneering at his finest... wait a min!





There you go, M6 [thumbup]

Yeah and the kitchens in the houses on palm island are german engineering

marvin: Holland is a poor excuse for a beach [yes] and its a 2 hour drive before we see water...

Well it doesn't stop allot off you Let's just say the region I live it helps in summer to speak atleast some german

[YabbaIn]

There are a lot of good things built by german engineers!! But it's not only the german engineers who are good, but I think we are some of the best on earth!! (Yeah, I'm a german engineer, too!! :-P)

I always love to see, when some engineers (no matter where they come from) build some crazy things (like a "water bridge"), that no one ever thought of before!!

Anyone got more like these please?? :-)

[immelawealecy]

Closer to home...the Falkirk wheel is impressive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjqr6dycBcI

Damn right...

[DarrenBent]

They worry more about polution then the economical boost it can give, it's the same with Schiphol itself. It's more important for those 1.500 houses which have some issues with planes flying fairly low level, so they limit the number of flights which can use a certain runway during certain weather conditions. Idk, I always felt those people are less important then the thousands of jobs it would create if you removed the limit.

Anyway, sorry OP for derailing the thread German engeneering at his finest... wait a min!

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true , I think same way. We got to keep the rating high of Schiphol and not let a minority stop it.

I love german machines, well engineerd, although I know one company who's ego have burst.. But someone else took in , on my feelings as I work with one, Koenig&bauer. The also made the first printing roation pers, newspaper print that is.

One last edit, Japanese are excellent with elektronics.. and Siemens is highly sensitive to errors.

[Jenisoisy]

newcastle bridge is kinda cool to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN445dM-L9M it doesnt life boats but just how far it goes up into the air and it costs less than a mcdonalds meal to open lol

The construction of the bridge won the architects Wilkinson Eyre the 2002 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize. In so doing they became the first, and so far the only, firm of architects to retain British architecture's most prestigious prize - after winning the prize in 2001 for the Magna Science Adventure Centre. In 2005, the bridge received the Outstanding Structure Award from IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering).

[GillTeepbew]

and Siemens is highly sensitive to errors.

in which way??

the dusseldorf airport train was built by siemens and the airport actually held some millions back until it will work as intended.

It was "finished" about 4 years ago

[DarrenBent]

in which way??

the dusseldorf airport train was built by siemens and the airport actually held some millions back until it will work as intended.

It was "finished" about 4 years ago

Their magnet switches are sensitive and some frequency changers...

Please do understand that I not say Siemens is poor, they make quite good products overall.

[GillTeepbew]

I misunderstood.. i thought you meant they are fixing their errors fast

which wouldn't be true really...