{"id":7822,"date":"2026-09-16T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aed.consulting\/structural-engineers\/?page_id=7822"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:26:46","slug":"engineering-for-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aed.consulting\/structural-engineers\/portfolio\/engineering-for-art\/","title":{"rendered":"engineering for art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#6e6e6e;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#888;border-color:#ffffff;color:#fff;\">\n<h6>AED was founded on a succession of well received arts based projects and in the last few years this aspect of our work has once again come very much to the fore. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about the art. 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