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#134 COP26: Working in a Climate Conscious World
The world is in a climate emergency and as its inhabitants, we have a narrow window of opportunity to take control. And the infrastructure industry
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#133 COP26: The Legacy of the Lac Megantic Disaster
Early in the morning of 6 July 2013 a freight train carrying 7.7 million litres of crude oil derailed, destroying downtown Lac Megantic, a small
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#132 COP26: Decarbonising Buildings
Every year buildings around the world are responsible for 13.6bn tonnes of carbon equivalent to 40 percent of all emissions. These are generated by the
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#131 Cranes: How to Plan a Lift
Modern construction cranes are highly optimised. They’re designed to lift as much as possible, as far or as high as possible, while being able to
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#130 Navigating New Construction Technology
The money flowing in to new construction technology is unprecedented. In the in the five years from 2009 to 2014, $8 billion was spent on
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#129 A Vision for Clean Growth in Bradford
Bradford in the North West of the UK was at the heart of the industrial revolution. Its world class textiles industry made it one of
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#128 Positioning Satellites in New Space
As the regions of space around Earth become increasingly crowded with new satellites, the most popular orbits of all are becoming hazardous. Beyond a point,
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#127 Tools for Thinking
In today’s episode we are looking from the dawn of engineering to the modern day, at ‘tools for thinking’. These are the intellectual methods and
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#126 Propping up Vienna
Vienna, the capital city of Austria is also known worldwide as The City of Music and this musical metropolis is fine tuning the way that
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#125 Artificial Intelligence in Project Planning
New software using AI is enabling planners to identify options for engineering projects that are beyond the realms of human imagination. Traditionally, solutions are studied
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#124 Mussels: How to Save the Seas
Intensive farming leads to nutrients seeping into the groundwater and into rivers. These enriched waterways deliver immense quantities of nutrients to coastal seas and cause
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#123 Engineering Plants: Intelligent Growth Solutions
The world is on the brink of a climate related disaster. The solution requires a combination of engineering disciplines that do not come together very