Build
SHORT: Tunnelling on Target
An era of tunnelling megaprojects has dawned as governments have invested in the underground the world over. Skills shortages are nothing new to the engineering
Environmental
#177 The Abandoned Mine Lands of Wyoming
Founded in the late 1800s to supply coal to the Union Pacific Railroad, the town of Hanna, Wyoming has a proud place in the industrial
Digital
#176 Bangalore and the Digital Transformation
In Bangalore, the high-tech heart of India, sits a centre of technology. A state-of-the-art engineering facility working on projects across the globe. In its time,
Digital
#175 Tarmac on the Future of Road Technology
The UK’s roads are in increasing need of repair and local councils are facing a nine year long backlog of overdue road maintenance. However, with
Build
#174 Closing the Building Performance Gap
Buildings can use around three times as much energy as design models anticipate. This is an incredible figure and becomes a real problem when considered
Environmental
#173 Europe’s First Energy Island
Denmark is embarking on the largest construction project in its history with the assembly of the first energy island in the North Sea. The 120,000sq.m
Make
#172 Vaccibox: Revolutionising Kenya’s Vaccine Storage
Norah Magero, the co-founder of Drop Access talks about her invention the Vaccibox. In Kenya a large majority of the population live in remote rural
Digital
#171 Ultraviolet light: Preventing the Next Pandemic
For most environments, disinfection has barely changed since the 1918 influenza outbreak; many of the same companies offer similar chemical products with which to douse
Environmental
#170 Pet Food vs Climate Change
Although ‘pet food’ and ‘engineering’ may not immediately align in the mind, one supplier wanted to ensure its products were both sustainable and ethical; from
Environmental
#169 Ocean Science: Ten Years to Turn the Tide
This week we are bringing you a guest episode from the Planet Beyond podcast. This is another podcast we produce, and is brought to you
Make
SHORT: Making the Big Decisions
Supply chain disruptions that initially left companies entirely without critical materials have given way to inflation of shipping and production costs, shortages of skilled labour,
Digital
#168 Industry 4.0: Finding the Hidden Factory
In the 1970’s Dr Armand Feigenbaum coined the term ‘Hidden Factories’ to talk about the hidden part of organisations where as much 40% of production