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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…
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- Engineering Matters
#278 Capturing carbon with concrete: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Innovation Gold Champion Seratech
Around the world, 8% of CO2 emissions come from the production of concrete, and 90% of those emissions come from the production of cement. This episode…
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#277 The Race to Net Zero – Innovation at Pace
The race to hit Net Zero targets will require an unprecedented surge in innovation. As Dame Laura Sandys, CBE, explains, energy systems will be reshaped, with…
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#276 A Deep Understanding of the Ground Beneath Our Feet
Cone Penetration Testing is a conceptually simple technology first developed in the Netherlands almost a century ago, but is still a critical component in the…
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#275 Serving Countries to Serving Communities
For any military operation the objectives of the mission are absolutely paramount. Failure is not an option. The team is motivated to achieve a common goal…
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#274 Seeing the Future of a City
Dar es Salaam is one of the world’s fastest growing cities. In the 1970s, it was home to less than one million people. Today, it has a population of more than…
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#273 The Core Technologies of a New Power System
In this episode, we delve into the dynamic world of Power Electronics, Machines, and Drives (PEMD), exploring its pivotal role in shaping the future of energy…
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#272 Designing Dinorwig: Inside Electric Mountain
In late 1973 the UK’s Central Electricity Generating Board gained parliamentary approval to build the largest and most difficult pumped storage hydroelectric…
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#271 Pumped Storage: Australia tackles Intermittency
On the receiving end of among of the worst natural disasters in modern history, while being blessed with some of the most abundant natural resource reserves…
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#270 A Blueprint for Low Carbon Roads
In the UK, over a quarter of a million kilometers of road have been laid. From motorways and A-roads to small country lanes, every kilometer of construction…
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#269 The Pipeline to Net Zero
It will be just as important to upgrade pipeline networks for the energy transition, as it is the electric grid. These will carry carbon dioxide and hydrogen…
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Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 5: How to Swim in a Sea of Data
HS2 is one of the most complex and challenging railway scheme the UK has ever undertaken. As such, it has been generating vast amounts of data across the…
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Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 4: Being Safe and Inclusive Every Step of the Way
HS2 is focused not only on safety, but on overall health and wellbeing on all employees and contractors. Identifying long term risks to wellbeing is a…
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Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 3: Reducing and Reusing
HS2’s place within the current climate and environment has always been its top priority. Once operational, the British-built bullet trains will provide…
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Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 2: The Blueprint and the Real Thing
Design not only encapsulates the creativity and innovation of new products, but is the main source of information for construction to take place. Episode 2 of…
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Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 1: Building a Learning Legacy
The concept of the Learning Legacy programme has been around for longer than you might think. Starting at London 2012, collating and sharing knowledge…
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#268 Mastering Time: The Challenge of Time Synchronisation
Timekeeping has been a pursuit fraught with challenges throughout history. From ancient sundials to mechanical clocks, humanity has continuously sought methods…
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#267 AI and Humanity, with Darren Martin
With the launch of ChatGPT, the power of generative AI has captured public attention. Systems like this can not only work through millions of options, like…
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#266 Building Communities Together
Cities around the world face a housing crisis. In countries like the UK, local authorities struggle to finance projects and to find space for development. In…
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#265 Tunnelling Innovation: Inventing the Bentonite Shield
Sixty years ago a civil engineer called John Bartlett of Mott, Hay & Anderson had a revolutionary idea. He noticed that bentonite clay could be used in a…
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#264 Finding Career Pathways into Social Value
Social Value is a term that has been used to mean the additional benefits a company can provide to wider society beyond their business as usual. In the built…
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#263 The Tipping Point
Digitalisation is changing every part of the economy. Modern mobile cranes have been developed based on some of the most fundamental concepts in engineering…
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#262 The Engineering Matters Awards – Net Zero, part 3
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
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#261 The Engineering Matters Awards – Net Zero, part 2
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
- Engineering Matters
#260 The Engineering Matters Awards – Net Zero, part 1
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
- Engineering Matters
#259 The Engineering Matters Awards – Innovation, part 3
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
- Engineering Matters
#258 The Engineering Matters Awards – Innovation, part 2
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
- Engineering Matters
#257 The Engineering Matters Awards – Innovation, part 1
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
Engineering Matters#256 The Engineering Matters Awards – Environment
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
Engineering Matters#255 The Engineering Matters Awards – Sustainability, part 2
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be…
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#254 The Engineering Matters Awards – Sustainability
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be…
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#253 The Engineering Matters Awards – Community
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be…
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#252 The Engineering Matters Awards – Health and Safety
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be…
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#251 The Engineering Matters Awards – Diversity and Inclusion
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be…
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#250 The Observational Method – Engineering’s Best Kept Secret
The use of “The Observational Method” could be one of the best kept secrets of the engineering world. Time and time again it has been used to deliver world…
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#249 The Cables That Bind Our World Together
The modern world is bound together with cables. As our economy moves to the cloud, the vast majority of data traffic passes through subsea cables. As we…
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#248 Revisited: Secrets of the Hoover Dam
Are there really bodies buried in the Hoover Dam? Was the hard hat really invented here in 1931? And why was it originally called Boulder Dam? In this episode…
Engineering Matters#247 Saving Structures with Cathodic Protection
In this podcast we go back in time to the invention of cathodic protection 200 years ago by President of the Royal Society Sir Humphry Davy. Initially applied…
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#246 Tiny Robots, Big Moves: The Basics of Microrobot Actuation
From tireless assembly lines in bustling factories to the delicate precision of diamond cutting, robots are transforming industries by becoming superhuman…
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#245 Transparent Concrete
What would it mean to be able to look at a bag of concrete, and see its embodied carbon? That’s the goal of the new benchmark rating scheme for concrete…
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#244 Water Quality: Navigating Challenges in UK’s Wild Waters
Post the industrial revolution the UK’s waterways became very polluted, but the last 30 years have seen a massive turnaround in the UK’s water quality. Since…
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#243 Virtual Reality: A New Vision for Construction
Virtual Reality has been steadily growing in the gaming market over the past few years, but now it could be about to change not how people play but how they…
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SHORT: Recycling, Without Waste
It can seem, at times, as if we are drowning in a sea of waste, a great ocean of paper and tin, glass and plastic, all mixed together, and resistant to…
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#242 Partnerships and Resilience
It is vital that we limit the impact of climate change, through decarbonisation. But communities around the world are already experiencing harm, through…
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#241 Wind, Waves and Wildlife: Navigating Biodiversity in Offshore Wind
Across the ocean there is an intricate relationship between human activity and marine biodiversity. The energy transition means a huge increase in the number…
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#240 Saving Homes, Saving the Planet
The West Kentish Town Estate provides more than 300 flats to social housing tenants. Built in the 1960s, using a panel building system, it has provided…
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#239 The resilience mindset, on Planet Beyond
This week, we’re bringing you a guest episode from the Planet Beyond podcast. In this episode, Planet Beyond host Jon Baston-Pitt talks to Resilience…
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#238 A Greener More Pleasant Land
For the last three summers, shire horses have been at work each Lammas Day, mowing the new wildflower meadow on the former lawn of King’s College, Cambridge…
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#237 Climbing the Ladder to Gender Equality
Katie Kelleher, is a trailblazer in the construction industry. Her incredible story, from a career in recruitment to becoming a crane operator, defies gender…
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SHORT: Junade Ali – The Youngest Fellow at the IET
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a renowned professional organization at the forefront of advancing engineering and technology. The IET…
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#236 RAAC: The Misunderstood Material?
RAAC, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, enabled a boom in public building in post-war Britain. It allowed schools, hospitals and other services to be…
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#235 Ffestiniog: 60 Years of Pioneering Storage
Hidden in the mountainous peaks of Snowdonia’s National Park is a clean source of energy storage that has been supporting the UK’s electricity grid since it…
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Introducing: Connected Places
Around the world, engineers, project owners, and policymakers must make hard choices as they work to ensure our infrastructure is fit for the future. They must…
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#234 Microreactors: From the Moon, to the ends of the Earth
For more than a century, the UK’s Rolls-Royce have designed power systems for cars and planes, ships and submarines. Today, they are developing a novel form of…
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#233 Rebuilding the Dawlish Sea Wall
The Dawlish sea wall, a historic and iconic structure, has long served as a critical link connecting South Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK. Its rich…
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#232 Future of Technology and Engineering
Many organisations undervalue the role young employees can play, one in five UK employers outright refuse to hire from the 22-25 age group. However young…
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#231 Powering Net Zero
Governments and businesses around the world have made commitments to achieve Net Zero by the middle of the century. This will require engineering innovation…
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#230 National Security’s New Frontlines
In our increasingly complex and interconnected world, wars are fought not only on the battlefield, but within the infrastructure that supports our society. To…
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#229 Chip Manufacturing and the World’s Most Complex Machine
Ever since the first computer chip was created the size of transistors on chips has been getting smaller and smaller. Gordon Moore, who went on to co-found…
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#228 Hydrogen, and the road to Net Zero building materials
For consumers, and for many businesses, the road to Net Zero is simple: replace fossil fuels with electricity, source the electricity from renewable sources…
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#227 Electrifying the Skies: Harbour Air’s Green Revolution
The De Havilland Beaver is a single pilot, seven passenger piston airplane that’s an icon of Canadian aviation. It has been out of production for over 50 years…