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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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#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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#56 The Biodiversity Emergency

Engineering Matters ·

2020/05/14

Biodiversity in the UK is facing an emergency with around 30 percent of native species becoming extinct since the 1970s. This loss of wildlife, which echoes trends all over the world, could have catastrophic impacts on food, air quality and the environment. However for the UK change is on the horizon with a new Environment... The post #56 The Biodiversity Emergency first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#55 Saving Structures with Satellites

Engineering Matters ·

2020/04/30

How data from satellites can track structural movement, and give early warning of potential failure. New research shows that catastrophic bridge collapses could have been prevented if engineers had been paying attention to the right information, information that is currently being collected by satellites orbiting our planet. Satellite monitoring is one of the many innovations... The post #55 Saving Structures with Satellites first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#54 Keith Bannerman: A life underground

Engineering Matters ·

2020/04/17

Carving out underground space for railways, roads, waterways, urban development and even fishing and farming is how some people spend their entire careers. One of those people is chair of the International Tunnelling Association Young Members Committee Keith Bannerman, who was obsessed by the industry from the moment he attended a short course in Brisbane... The post #54 Keith Bannerman: A life underground first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#53 Technology vs biology: fighting COVID 19

Engineering Matters ·

2020/04/03

As cases of COVID 19 explode, the World Health Organisation is urging countries around the world to learn from South Korea. Before even recording its first case of the virus its technology industries mobilised, enabling it to test anyone with symptoms, perform extensive contact tracing and isolate those at risk – fast. This enabled the... The post #53 Technology vs biology: fighting COVID 19 first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#52 Tunnelling Podcast: Propping up Luton Airport’s...

Engineering Matters ·

2020/03/27

How a new 2.5km cable pulled railway will connect Luton Airport’s terminal to the UK rail network boosting future growth. Today rail passengers arriving at the airport must disembark from the train and finish their journey on a shuttle bus. But not for much longer. Deep sheet piles are currently being driven into the ground... The post #52 Tunnelling Podcast: Propping up Luton Airport’s new rail link first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#51 Covid 19: Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Engineering Matters ·

2020/03/20

The rapid and exponential spread of the new coronavirus, COVID 19 is changing the way that we live and work. First detected in December 2019 in Wuhan City, China, within three months it was a global pandemic. To keep operating through the crisis businesses turned to digital technologies to support home working. But this connectivity... The post #51 Covid 19: Disaster Resilient Infrastructure first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#50 Dealing with Nuclear Waste

Engineering Matters ·

2020/03/13

The UK has a legacy of 600,000 tonnes of nuclear waste being held in temporary storage facilities at 30 sites around the country. It is enough to fill a football stadium and despite over 60 years of generating nuclear power in the UK, we still don’t have a long-term plan for disposing of it. Scientific... The post #50 Dealing with Nuclear Waste first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#49 Uncharted waters: Flooding and drought

Engineering Matters ·

2020/03/05

This winter a series of weather bombs detonated across the UK, overwhelming river systems and overtopping flood defences. River levels were off the charts, 4000 properties flooded, some temporary defences failed and people took to the streets in canoes. The UK is entering unchartered territory as far as flooding is concerned. Yet the threat of... The post #49 Uncharted waters: Flooding and drought first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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