Our People

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    Rudi Enos

    SSL Founder
    Award-Winning Master TentMaker

    Rudi Enos is one of the foremost engineering designers of special structures in the world. Long-span tension membrane structures require specialist expertise in design, analysis, manufacturing techniques, and installation procedures. Only a handful of engineers in the world have this expertise and Rudi is one of that select group. His portable venue designs are used to house the largest audiences, the most prestigious events and the most graceful installations the event business has ever seen.

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    Alex Prideaux

    SSL Technical Director

    M.Eng. (HS-Anhalt, DE) Membrane Structures, Archineer ® M.St. (IMS Bauhaus) Fabric Architecture

    Alex Prideaux is an accomplished, creative and proficiently practical tensile fabric structure specialist. As Technical Director at Special Structures Lab, he provides clients and collaborators with a range of unique and extensive experience in technical textile architecture, membrane engineering and lightweight structure installations for both temporary, portable and permanent applications.

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    James Roberts

    CEng BEng MICE Engineer

    James brings vast experience in civil and structural engineering in the the design of roads/infrastructure, drainage, SUDS, flood risk assessments and buildings for education, healthcare, social and private housing schemes, commercial and retail developments.

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    Zareen Rahman

    Zendium Design - Chartered RIBA & ARB Architects

    Proprietor and Principal Architect at Zendium Design. He is a RIBA Chartered Architect with over 22 years of experience, with extensive cross-sector architectural and constructional knowledge. Specialities include Design Management, first / second tier contractors and independent clients.

    Full Professional Indemnity Insurance.

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    Martin L Brown

    Professional Structural Engineer (PE)

    In the tensile membrane structures industry since 1981. Engineered many landmark tensile membrane structures around the world including the Millennium Dome membrane roof (London), the Great Hall Tent Structure, (Denver International Airport), and numerous membrane stadium roofs in America and Europe.

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    Alan White

    B.Sc. M.Eng., C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.H.T., M.I.E.Aust, C.P.Eng.

    Becoming a Chartered Civil Engineer in 1976, throughout his distinguished career, Alan has worked for local and central government as a consulting engineer. Between 1993 and 2000 Alan was National Advisor for Access to Bridges for the Scottish Executive. He founded Alan White Design in 1998 as an independent consultant specialising in Temporary Works, Access Engineering and Structural Design.

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    Lauri King

    BA Hons. Art Director

    Freelance Art Director working with Special Structures Lab on projects requiring Creative Direction & Strategy, Creative Concepts & Vision or Art Direction.

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