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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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#76 Building with Biomaterials

Engineering Matters ·

2020/10/29

In this episode we have partnered with Autodesk Construction Solutions to look at a new approach to housing construction in Kenya. We take a look at how a local architecture, engineering and construction firm, BuildX, is working with modern methods of construction – manufacturing modular units offsite – to produce housing on a scale, and... The post #76 Building with Biomaterials first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#75 Last Howl of the Vulcan

Engineering Matters ·

2020/10/22

The Vulcan is one of the most iconic aircraft ever flown by the Royal Air Force. Although not quite the household name that the Spitfire has been, it has always been a crowd favourite at air shows. As well as the immense noise generated by its four Rolls Royce Olympus engines, which has thrilled children... The post #75 Last Howl of the Vulcan first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#74 Weaving a New Data Fabric for Infrastructure

Engineering Matters ·

2020/10/15

Imagine a world where Alexa can tell you the latest, greenest, safest and most cost-effective way to design, deliver or operate something. Advice on decision-making that takes into account whole life costing, and tell you where best to spend money, to save more money in future. We all understand this concept in our own lives;... The post #74 Weaving a New Data Fabric for Infrastructure first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#73 How to Build a Digital Twin

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2020/10/08

Anglian Water currently enjoys a daily surplus of 150 million litres of water, but this is forecast to become a 150 million litre deficit by 2045. To help mitigate this shortfall it is constructing hundreds of kilometres of large diameter pipeline, as well as pumping stations and storage points to divert water from areas with... The post #73 How to Build a Digital Twin first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#72 Seeing the Himalayas: Kickstarting Net Zero

Engineering Matters ·

2020/10/01

On a bright morning in April, people in the city of Jalandhar in the state of Punjab stood out in the streets and saw something breath-taking… something that many of them had never seen before. The skies were so clear that for the first time in decades the soaring peaks of the Himalayas standing almost... The post #72 Seeing the Himalayas: Kickstarting Net Zero first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#71 Stewards of the Soil

Engineering Matters ·

2020/09/24

Historically civilisations have sprung up wherever the land was most fertile, soils that supported good crop productivity to meet the food requirements of highly concentrated groups of people. Now with the global population close to 8 billion, and all arable land already committed to food production, we are turning to technology to help fertilise soils... The post #71 Stewards of the Soil first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#70 On Track for a Rail Revolution

Engineering Matters ·

2020/09/17

The railway network in the UK is old and vast and home to the first public railway to use steam locomotives in the world. The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 and connected coal mines in the northeast of England. It was the metal track, the coal-fired furnace, and the shrill whistle of the... The post #70 On Track for a Rail Revolution first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#69 Artificial Intelligence in Infrastructure

Engineering Matters ·

2020/09/10

Maintaining a tunnel requires many hours of dedicated work by highly skilled engineers. And as our network of tunnels expands, so does the maintenance demand. Asset owners and local authorities have been under pressure for years to find a cost-effective way of monitoring and maintaining their underground infrastructure. And now, engineers in Switzerland have turned... The post #69 Artificial Intelligence in Infrastructure first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#68 The Future of Design

Engineering Matters ·

2020/09/03

Changes to the way we do design are coming; construction is languishing at the bottom of the productivity rankings, now below hunting and fishing. Decision-making is happening late in the project lifecycle, meaning that design work has to be repeated unnecessarily, and a reward culture based on price rather than outcomes builds in more inefficiency.... The post #68 The Future of Design first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#67 The Future is Remote and Autonomous

Engineering Matters ·

2020/08/27

Remotely operated vehicles, uncrewed surface vessels and ever-increasing autonomy are removing personnel from dangerous work offshore in the North Sea and elsewhere. Inspection of maritime assets is now being controlled from onshore operations centres. We look at one of these command and control centres, the Fugro facility in Aberdeen. With a robust regulatory framework and... The post #67 The Future is Remote and Autonomous first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#66 Fever Screening in Airports

Engineering Matters ·

2020/08/20

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 work in as normal a way as possible. So said John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow Airport, who wants to see a more sophisticated way of opening our borders. He was... The post #66 Fever Screening in Airports first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#65 Every Little Helps

Engineering Matters ·

2020/08/13

At the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, one of the few reasons people were allowed to leave their homes was to shop for the basic essentials. Social distancing rules meant that shoppers were held in long queues that wound through supermarket car parks, moving slowly. One supermarket in northern England had the added problem of... The post #65 Every Little Helps first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#64 EDAROTH

Engineering Matters ·

2020/08/06

Manchester – the city has been on the cutting edge since the birth of the industrial revolution. From John Dalton’s Atomic Theory in 1803, to the invention of Graphene in 2004. More recently it has given the world the greatest music ever made. Home to 2.8 million people in 1.2 million dwellings over 500 square... The post #64 EDAROTH first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#63 Nine Days to Build a Hospital

Engineering Matters ·

2020/07/30

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 important, but had no idea quite what would be asked of him. With Covid-19 spreading exponentially, and the National Health Service looking increasingly vulnerable, he was the man chosen to... The post #63 Nine Days to Build a Hospital first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#62 The Washing Machine Project

Engineering Matters ·

2020/07/23

Hundreds of millions of people in the most economically disadvantaged places in the world spend up to 20 hours per week washing clothes by hand. This task, traditionally forced onto women, is back breaking and monotonous. Then in 2018 a promise made in a rural village in southern India has led Nav Sawhney to leave... The post #62 The Washing Machine Project first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#61 Countdown to British launch

Engineering Matters ·

2020/07/16

On 28 October 1971 the UK conducted its first and only successful orbital launch, firing the Prospero satellite into low earth orbit – LEO on a Black Arrow rocket. Since that time, the country has lacked a native launch vehicle. In this episode we speak with Joe Laynton, a mechanical engineer working for Skyrora, an... The post #61 Countdown to British launch first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#60 Covid 19: Creating safer spaces

Engineering Matters ·

2020/07/02

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 meet friends and loved ones, and head back out into the world – but they are scared. To help keep people safe in a world gripped by Covid-19, and to... The post #60 Covid 19: Creating safer spaces first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#59 Empowering Ethical Engineering

Engineering Matters ·

2020/06/25

Engineers are in a uniquely powerful position. Able to shape our built environment and so influence the direction of civilisation, the impact that their expertise can have for the good of society and the environment is incredible. But people are human, and if a negative culture is allowed to thrive in the organisations that employ... The post #59 Empowering Ethical Engineering first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#58 Construction declares climate emergency

Engineering Matters ·

2020/06/11

Since mid-2019, over 900 architectural practices in the UK have made a declaration of climate and biodiversity emergency, acknowledging the extreme seriousness of our situation and making a public commitment to positive change. Now joined by declarations from other disciplines in the construction industry, the growing movement needs coordination or it risks becoming siloed. In... The post #58 Construction declares climate emergency first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#57 Printing versus the pandemic: COVID 19

Engineering Matters ·

2020/05/28

The coronavirus pandemic that has torn through society has also seen supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) depleted at an alarming rate. As doctors and nurses are forced to improvise, and traditional suppliers struggle to meet the sudden increase in demand, help has arrived from an unexpected group of enthusiasts. The 3D printing community has... The post #57 Printing versus the pandemic: COVID 19 first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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