Meet the Hong Kong-born engineering whizz behind the city’s biggest bridges
British civil engineer Dr Robin Sham, the engineer behind the construction of Kap Shui Mun Bridge, was responsible for the world’s longest suspension bridge made of Lego blocks
Aspiring doctors grow up with a yearning to restore people to health, teachers to educate the next generation, and entrepreneurs to build business empires.
For Hong Kong-born British civil engineer Dr Robin Sham, it was a desire to build bridges – both literally and figuratively – that drove him. Now the veteran is looking to pass on that passion.
Sham was recently made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or CBE, for his services to civil engineering.
He is now embarking on a global mission to spread the art of bridge building, starting with schools.
“I hope more of the younger generation will consider civil engineering,” he said in an interview with the Post. “There is something exciting about creating something big and being in control of your destiny.”
He designed a Guinness World Record-breaking suspension bridge in 2016 built entirely of Lego blocks. It was the world’s longest, and the “megastructure” was reconstructed in Hong Kong last month.