Ronald Yee

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 Ronald Yee

About

Ronald Yee is a registered architect and engineer with over 40 years’ experience of designing long span bridges and structures. His bridge designs include Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong (the world’s longest combined road and rail bridge); Rose Kennedy Fitzgerald Bridge (longest span extrados bridge in the world and the longest bridge in Ireland) and the Clackmannanshire Bridge in Scotland (second longest incrementally launched bridge in the world).

His design accolades include British Construction Industry (BCIA) - Supreme Award for Tsing Ma Bridge; International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) – outstanding Structure Award for Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge; Saltire Award for Clackmannanshire Bridge; British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) Steel Design Awards for Sheppey Crossing in Kent, and City Bridge in Newport.

Ronald is a former commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers and is an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 

Ronald is the author of “The Architecture of British Bridges” Crowood Press 2021.

  • Steering Committee of London Community Land Trust (London CLT).
  • Trustee – Bennerley Viaduct.
  • Member of the Carpenters Fellowship.
  • Member of the Newcomen Society.
  • Member of the Construction History Society.

Research interests

  • The structural design of long span bridges & structures.
  • The promotion of resource efficient structures.
  • The structural benefits of timber Split Beam Girders.
  • The resistance to bending of heavy timber carpentry joints.
  • Self-build Construction.

Teaching

ARCH3200 Building Envelope
ARCH3250 Light & Structure (Brick & Sticks)
ARCH5490 Forms & Structure
ARCH5570 Sustainable Urban Intervention
ARCH5580 Design           
ARCH6100 Contemporary Architectural Investigation
ARCH6200 Detail
ARCH8410 Structural Appraisal of Historic Buildings


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