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World Service,18 Jun 2016,49 mins

The Engineers

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Razia Iqbal meets three of the world's greatest engineers for a special event at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, held in collaboration with the Royal Commission of 1851. The record-breaking engineers are Bill Baker, the chief engineer of the Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest skyscraper; Michel Virlogeux, the chief engineer of the Millau Viaduct - the world's tallest bridge; Ilya Espino de Marotta, the chief engineer of one of the biggest engineering projects on the planet - the expansion of the Panama Canal. (Photo: L-R, Razia Iqbal, Michel Virlogeux, Ilya Espino de Marotta, and Bill Baker)

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