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#102 Crushing Climate Change
Every two years the Peak District hosts ‘Hillhead’ in a disused quarry. It is the largest event for the Quarrying, Construction and Recycling industries. It
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Global Risks and Shapeshifting Infrastructure
Author: Alex Conacher Partner: Mott MacDonald In 2020 the weight of the built environment exceeded that of the total biomass. The weight of our buildings,
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#91 Global Risks and Shapeshifting Infrastructure
With the weight of the built environment exceeding that of the total biomass for the first time, the human impact on the planet has passed
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NHS Nightingale Birmingham: Nine days to build a hospital
Supporter: Autodesk In March 2020 Covid-19 was making its way around the world, threatening to overwhelm the UK like a tsunami. The National Health Service
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Fever Screening in Airports
Supporter: Costain The economic impact of COVID19 on the UK’s airports has been devastating. This summer John Holland-Kaye, chief executive of Heathrow told Sky News
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#66 Fever Screening in Airports
As a small island trading nation, Britain risks killing its economy and losing millions of jobs, unless it can allow people to get back to
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#63 Nine Days to Build a Hospital
When Dan Harmer received a call in March that told him to clear his schedule and prepare for a meeting, he knew it would be
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Drones deliver Covid testing kits to Scottish islands
Drones will deliver coronavirus testing kits and technology to islands off the west coast of Scotland. Skyports will be working with NHS Highland, which serves
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Printing versus the pandemic: COVID 19
While most of us were able to shelter at home, key workers were forced to come into daily contact with COVID19 as they attempted to
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Happy Birthday Engineering Matters!
Engineering Matters is two years old! For the past 24 months we have been telling stories about engineering that is solving some of the world’s
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#60 Covid 19: Creating safer spaces
Britain is emerging from some of the toughest social restrictions placed in peacetime history. As people come out of their homes, they are eager to
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Robot disinfects warehouse with ultraviolet light
During a pandemic every surface is a potential threat, a welcoming host for infectious disease. Hand-washing and chemical cleaning products are some protection, but in