. ▁A ▁company ▁was ▁formed ▁and ▁funds ▁raised ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁months ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁but ▁the ▁money ▁raised ▁was ▁not ▁sufficient ▁for ▁the ▁construction . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁the ▁act ▁received ▁Royal ▁Ass ent ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 8 3 0 . ▁Brun el ▁produced ▁a ▁new ▁proposal ▁cost ing ▁£ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁less ▁than ▁T elf ord ' s ▁design ▁and ▁gained ▁support ▁for ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁press . ▁James ▁M ead ows ▁R end el , ▁William ▁Arm strong ▁and ▁William ▁Hill ▁also ▁submitted ▁new , ▁che aper ▁propos als , ▁compla ining ▁that ▁the ▁committee ▁had ▁not ▁set ▁a ▁budget . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁a ▁second ▁competition ▁was ▁held , ▁with ▁new ▁jud ges ▁including ▁Dav ies ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁John ▁Sea ward ▁exam ining ▁the ▁engineering ▁qual ities ▁of ▁the ▁propos als . ▁Th ir teen ▁designs ▁were ▁submitted ; ▁T elf ord ' s ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁ch ains ▁achieved ▁the ▁weight ▁per ▁square ▁in ch ▁required ▁by ▁the ▁jud ges ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁rejected ▁as ▁being ▁too ▁expensive . ▁The ▁winner ▁was ▁declared ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁design ▁by ▁Smith ▁and ▁Haw kes ▁of ▁the ▁E agle ▁Found ry ▁in ▁B irmingham . ▁Brun el ▁had ▁a ▁personal ▁meeting ▁with ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁persu aded ▁him ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁decision . ▁The ▁committee ▁then ▁declared ▁Brun el ▁the ▁winner ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁contract ▁as ▁project ▁engineer . ▁The ▁winning ▁design