Summer Placement - Façade Engineering

Buro Happold

Jan 10, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Architecture & Urban Planning
Engineering
£25.6K
London

Requirements

About you:
Ideally, the candidate will be studying towards a degree or master’s level in a relevant discipline, for example, Environmental Sciences, Waste Management, Logistics, Behavioural Sciences, Geography or Sustainable Development. However, relevant academic achievement will need to be matched with a demonstration of a candidate’s passion and enthusiasm for the better management of materials and waste.
In addition, a candidate could demonstrate skills and knowledge in:
Awareness of key environmental issues affecting building operations
Understanding of construction sector and ability to interpret engineering and planning drawings
Proficient in handling Excel spreadsheets and standard office software
Pro-active attitude in regard to project work and in the support of other job leaders
Being aware of timetables for their own deliverables and maintaining good relationships with other stakeholders inside and outside the company
We support hybrid working however as a professional at the start of their career journey we actively encourage and support working from the office, learning from peers and engaging workplace face to face conversations, workshops and problem sharing. Candidates would be expected to be in the preferred office four days per week.
Which degree could I be studying towards?
Architecture Engineering
Façade Engineering
Civil Engineering
Structural Engineering
Sustainability
Building Physics
Architecture
Building Surveying

Responsibilities

Assist in developing jobs technically from initial client ideas, using various materials such as: aluminium, steel, concrete, stone, glass and timber. Understand architectural component detail design including aesthetics.
Deliver work in a timely and technically competent manner.
Increase your awareness of basic weather performance issues, basic building physics including ventilation, solar gain control, thermal insulation and glare control.
Develop your experience of the practical aspects of handling and fabricating typical cladding materials.
Understand the design life of various façade components and materials and have the opportunity to inspect existing buildings to understand what failure or a defect looks like.
Hone your understanding of international standards and building codes. (For example, British Standards, Eurocodes, International Building Code, UBC, Aluminium Design Manual, Australian and NZ standards, ASTM Standards, Saudi Building Code.)
Work with other teams and gain an awareness of the problems and constraints of the other major design disciplines such as Architectural, Structures, Building Services/MEP, Fire Engineering, Acoustics, and computer modelling.
Develop strong design leadership on façade issues to the rest of the Client's design team.
Maintain good client relations throughout the job.
Improve your competency across various software such as Autodesk Robot, STAAD, Strand, SAP2000, MEPLA and Therm.

Buro Happold

Engineering | Consultancy | Advisory

Real Estate

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1976

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We are an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers. For over 45 years, we have built an unrivalled reputation by delivering creative, value-led solutions for the benefit of people, places and planet. Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative' and 'collaborative', Buro Happold is synonymous with the delivery of exceptionally complex projects on every continent, working with the world's leading architectural practices and organisations, such as the United Nations, UNESCO and C40 Cities. Through our global community of driven, world-leading engineering, advisory and design professionals, we are acting to address major challenges in an ever-evolving world.

Culture & Values

We value human wellbeing, and are discontented with limitations. We commit to taking this as seriously for our people as our projects.
We are a diverse, one-firm culture. When we get it right, it sings. Internal barriers are always to be overcome through inclusivity and equity above all else.
We embrace mutual responsibility. It is easy to default to individual success. Teams need to share success and failure in the same way.
We are more than a business. We care about the legacy of our work. We have a responsibility of care as an employer and influencer in the shaping of the world.
Sustainability is intrinsic to the economic and social impact of our work. Going beyond compliance requires challenging preconceptions, taking extra steps.
It takes courage to create. Our culture fosters a dynamic between technology and empathy to gain deeper insight, unleash imagination, and manage risk.

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Summer Placement - Façade Engineering

Requirements

Responsibilities

Buro Happold

Mission & Purpose

Culture & Values

We value human wellbeing, and are discontented with limitations. We commit to taking this as seriously for our people as our projects.

We are a diverse, one-firm culture. When we get it right, it sings. Internal barriers are always to be overcome through inclusivity and equity above all else.

We embrace mutual responsibility. It is easy to default to individual success. Teams need to share success and failure in the same way.

We are more than a business. We care about the legacy of our work. We have a responsibility of care as an employer and influencer in the shaping of the world.

Sustainability is intrinsic to the economic and social impact of our work. Going beyond compliance requires challenging preconceptions, taking extra steps.

It takes courage to create. Our culture fosters a dynamic between technology and empathy to gain deeper insight, unleash imagination, and manage risk.

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