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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
#8 Cargotecture: scaling up shipping container construction
Floating along Copenhagen’s central waterway is a new proposition in affordable student accommodation, Urban Rigger. Each of these 745m2 units starts with a…
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#7 The woman who built Trump Tower
The story of how Brooklyn born maths genius Barbara Res became head of construction for Trump Tower, despite deep-rooted sexism that sat at the heart of…
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#6 Minecraft: inspiring young engineers
The story of how schools, colleges and professional institutions are working with Minecraft Education Edition to inspire the next generation of young…
- Engineering Matters
#5 Community Power: solar gains for villagers
How a small village in Buckinghamshire developed and delivered a clean, green, solar energy project that generates enough electricity to power over 1000 homes…
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FIRE 4: New tech for a safer future
From apps that can tell building residents what to do in a fire, to smart psrinklers and localised external fire detection and suppression, new technologies…
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FIRE 3: In event of a fire use the lift
In the event of a fire do not use the lift, use the stairs. We have been conditioned to fear using an elevator to escape a fire. But one major London project…
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FIRE 2: Incentivising good practice
In the second of our series of podcasts examining fire safety in tall buildings we ask how can developers of tall buildings be incentivised to build in more…
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FIRE 1: Making buildings safer
Now is the time for change when it comes to fire safety in tall buildings. The catastrophic events at Grenfell Tower in London on 14 June 2017 have become the…
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#4 The Rise of the Digital Twin
Digital twins are revolutionising business models for aviation, industry and engineering. These virtual replicants of assets enriched with real time and…
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#3 Worms and plastic: a waste treatment revolution
The UK in now at war with waste plastic creating major new opportunities for the waste industry. In January Prime Minister Theresa May published a new 25 year…
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#2 Lost in spaces
Satellite based global positioning systems have revolutionised navigation outdoors and now software engineers are bringing the same innovation to indoor…