Project Management |
Royal Greenwich Observatory,
on behalf of the Science & Engineering Research Council |
TELESCOPE |
Consulting Engineers for Mounting
and Drive |
Freeman Fox & Partners,
London |
Design |
Overall Concept and Design Co-ordination |
Royal Greenwich Observatory,
in conjunction with UK Universities |
Mounting and Tube Structure |
Freeman Fox & Partners,
London |
Drive and Servo Systems |
Marconi Radar Systems Ltd.,
Leicester |
Hydrostatic Bearings |
SKF Bearing Co., Gothenberg |
Optical Components |
Grubb Parsons, NEI Parsons
Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne |
Computer Control |
Royal Greenwich Observatory |
Construction |
Main Contractor for Optics, Tube
and Mounting |
Grubb Parsons, NEI Parsons
Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne |
Drive and Servo Systems |
Marconi Radar Systems Ltd.,
Leicester |
Hydrostatic Bearings |
SKF Bearing Co., Gothenberg |
Other contracts |
Mirror Aluminising Plant |
Balzers, Liechtenstein |
Mirror Blanks |
Owens-Illinois, Toledo, Ohio |
OBSERVATORY
BUILDING |
Consulting Engineers |
Freeman Fox & Partners,
London |
Architects |
Díaz Llanos y Saavedra,
Tenerife |
Piling |
Cimentaciones Especiales,
Rodio S. A., Madrid |
Main Contractor |
Entrecanales S. A., Madrid |
DOME |
Contractor (Design & Construct) |
Brittain Steel Ltd., Vancouver |