Roma Agrawal, associate structural engineer at WSP, designed the foundations that keep the UK's tallest building, the Shard, from toppling over - Full WIRED 2014: Next Generation talk
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"Don't worry," she reassures the audience, "my boss double checked them." Agrawal can claim responsibility, for parts of the building we can actually see too, having designed the glass spire at the very top.
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