Money was no barrier when it came to the Thames

摘要

It is excellent that NCE is celebrating the 25th birthday of the great civil engineering achievement of the Thames Barrier.rnRW Horner (F) was the driving force behind what turned out to be the last major project of the Greater London Council.rnHe was not only a good practical civil engineer, but also a wily character who took a quiet pride in expertly outwitting the project appraisal economists in the civil service. Engineers of today could learn a good deal from his approaches.