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Engineering Matters

Five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. In the UK alone 5.7million people work in engineering related enterprises from manufacturing and agriculture to construction and transportation. Their work ensures that the country has sustainable power supplies, better connectivity between cities, increasing efficiency in

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#113 Food Waste: Making a Net Zero Jet Fuel

Engineering Matters ·

2021/06/24

Every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted. The waste occurs all through the supply chain, from the farm itself, all the way to the household. It represents enough calories to potentially feed every undernourished person on the planet, and there is an environmental cost to this. About 6% of all human greenhouse gas... The post #113 Food Waste: Making a Net Zero Jet Fuel first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#112 Hagerbach: The Bat Cave of Tunnelling

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2021/06/17

Every good superhero universe has its origins story. Hagerbach’s begins with Rudolf Amberg, looking to innovate and find new efficiency savings for his iron mine. So began a 50-year journey from testing equipment and explosives, to fire and tunnel safety simulations, and ever more creative uses for underground space. Ultimately the mining industry in Switzerland... The post #112 Hagerbach: The Bat Cave of Tunnelling first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#111 Machine Learning: Construction’s Future

Engineering Matters ·

2021/06/10

When people think of digital tools to help with engineering problems, they usually think of a 3D model or a computerised image, representing something that exists in the real world. Machine learning is not that. What it does is completely alien to your way of thinking. It operates in such a way that is totally... The post #111 Machine Learning: Construction’s Future first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#110 London: Boosting Biodiversity

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2021/06/03

London is the world’s first national park city, with about 50% green coverage of its surface area. This is a legacy of the public and Royal parks, Victorian tree planting, and is something Londoners enjoy on a daily basis. Behind the scenes, major organisations and stakeholders are working to raise the profile of environmental sustainability. ... The post #110 London: Boosting Biodiversity first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#109 Spiders Versus Plastic

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2021/05/27

For millions of years spiders have been spinning naturally occurring proteins into an incredibly strong and durable silk. By studying the anatomy of these arachnids, scientists in the UK have cracked the code to reassembling natural proteins creating a new alternative to plastic. Pioneering research company Xampla says that its supramolecular engineered protein is fully... The post #109 Spiders Versus Plastic first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#108 Antarctica: Building Rothera Wharf

Engineering Matters ·

2021/05/20

Since the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, humanity has focused its activities in the southern continent on science and research. To do this effectively, logistics are critical. To prepare for the arrival of its new ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, the wharf at Rothera Research Station needed to be replaced. The... The post #108 Antarctica: Building Rothera Wharf first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#107 Africa: Connecting a Continent

Engineering Matters ·

2021/05/13

Preparation is currently underway for installation of one of the world’s longest fibre optic communications cables. Survey vessels are circumnavigating the entire coast of Africa determining the best locations for laying the cable on the seabed and bringing it onshore. At around 36,000km long it will provide connectivity to countries throughout the continent and form... The post #107 Africa: Connecting a Continent first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#106 A Beginner’s Guide to Social Value

Engineering Matters ·

2021/05/06

Why do we build? Why develop society? And who reaps the benefit? In this episode we look at the new interest the construction industry is taking in quantifying and appreciating social value. That difficult-to-define idea that has also enjoyed the recent attention of central government, with legislation mandating that projects and tenders take it into... The post #106 A Beginner’s Guide to Social Value first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#105 Solar Grazing at Shaker Village

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2021/04/29

In a field a few miles southwest of the city of Lexington in Kentucky, a sheep is quietly grazing in the shade. This is a very special sheep. It has been carefully selected from a rare breed to control the vegetation at Kentucky’s largest solar farm. The practice is known as Solar Grazing, an environmentally... The post #105 Solar Grazing at Shaker Village first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#104 Solving Rail’s Hidden Hazard

Engineering Matters ·

2021/04/22

In 2019/20 an estimated 693,000 workers in Great Britain sustained a non-fatal injury at work in Great Britain. The figure, which comes from the Office of National Statistics Labour Force Survey, represents 2,160 injuries per 100,000 workers. The rate had been steadily decreasing for decades. This self-reported rate passed just below 4,000 per 100,000 in... The post #104 Solving Rail’s Hidden Hazard first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#103 A Canadian Blueprint for Net Zero

Engineering Matters ·

2021/04/15

What is Net Zero? And how can we get there? Can we mitigate the damage of three centuries of fossil fuel-powered industrialisation, with three decades of new energy infrastructure? While Canada is rich in renewables and already produces 80% of its electricity using non greenhouse gas sources, it, like countries around the world, has a... The post #103 A Canadian Blueprint for Net Zero first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#102 Crushing Climate Change

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2021/04/08

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 is known both for its lively equipment demonstrations and unpredictable weather. This year the coronavirus forced the event online, and the new format forced the organisers to reconsider the focus.... The post #102 Crushing Climate Change first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#101 Powering and Protecting Scottish Heritage

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2021/04/01

Along the west coast of Scotland lies a chain of island communities where fishing and farming have been a way of life for thousands of years. In securing the future of these islands through providing reliable electricity, engineers and archaeologists are looking to the past to ensure that the rich history is not lost. Replacing... The post #101 Powering and Protecting Scottish Heritage first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#100 Megaprojects (Part 3): Learning from Experience

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/30

This is the third and final episode of our three-part special looking at the delivery of megaprojects. In this episode we examine the lessons learned from two of the most iconic tunnelling projects of recent times: London’s Crossrail and New York’s East Side Access. Crossrail was the largest infrastructure project in Europe. Weaving in and... The post #100 Megaprojects (Part 3): Learning from Experience first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#100 Megaprojects (Part 2): How to Deliver?

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/30

For the 100th episode of Engineering Matters we bring you this three-part special looking at the delivery of a megaproject. In this second episode, we look at how a client can assess the scale of the task of delivering an impossibly complex scheme, such as a megaproject and supplement gaps in its skillset with industry... The post #100 Megaprojects (Part 2): How to Deliver? first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#100 Megaprojects (Part 1): What Makes a Megaproject?

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2021/03/30

Megaprojects are among the most complex and challenging of society’s undertakings. Each is grand is scope and due to the scale, none are ever built twice. Although they leverage the resources and political will of a nation, most encounter cost and schedule overruns, damaging reputations and souring public support. For the 100th episode of Engineering... The post #100 Megaprojects (Part 1): What Makes a Megaproject? first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#99 Urbanisation: Infrastructure for Growing Cities

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/25

Today the world holds 33 megacities, cities that are home to over 10 million people. As these sprawling urban centres become more crowded than ever before infrastructure is under pressure to do more, last longer and respond faster. In this episode we find out why it is so important to understand exactly what is in the... The post #99 Urbanisation: Infrastructure for Growing Cities first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#98 The Construction Playground

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/18

As projects grow ever more complex, with tighter delivery demands placed on the entire supply chain, a baseline of digitalisation has been essential for the past few years… the companies that have adapted and thrived in this environment are now looking into areas they might not have worked with before. Predictive analysis, material tracking, sensors,... The post #98 The Construction Playground first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#97 The Gateway to Indonesia

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/11

To alleviate the burden on its largest city Jakarta, Indonesia is going to move its capital more than 1,000km from the densely populated island of Java, to less developed Borneo. The new city will be constructed near the port city of Balikpapan, an economic boon for the region but an increased strain on its already-tested... The post #97 The Gateway to Indonesia first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#97 (Indonesian) Bandara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman...

Engineering Matters ·

2021/03/11

Dalam episode ini kami bermitra dengan Shell untuk membahas pengaspalan ulang landasan pacu (atau runway) Bandara Balikpapan – Bandara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan. Kita akan mempelajari bagaimana peningkatan jumlah penumpang dan armada pesawat yang lebih baru dan berat telah mendorong landasan pacu yang ada melampaui batasnya. Frekuensi serta beban yang meningkat, yang dikombinasiikan dengan... The post #97 (Indonesian) Bandara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan first appeared on

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