Best Reby Media Podcasts (2025)

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#342 Real Solutions and the Industrial Metaverse 33:42

20d ago33:42

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The metaverse is often thought of as an alternative virtual space, a world separate from reality where we can hang out with avatars of our friends and families, or shop at virtual stores. But the industrial metaverse ties the physical and the virtual much more closely together, with a focus that is less on photorealism, and more on using connected …

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#341 Opening the Door to Engineering – Engineering Matters Awards winners 19:47

27d ago19:47

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Alan Lusty founded adi Group, a multidisciplinary engineering business supporting major manufacturers. He is part of a group that offers engineering services in 23 sectors, with over 750 employees. But he left school at 16 without qualifications, instead pursuing an apprenticeship. At adi Group, more than 10% of employees are apprentices: double th…

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#340 Diving Deep into Electric Machinery 29:41

1M ago29:41

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Electrification of construction equipment is an ongoing and necessary part of the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and restrict global warming. Sixty years ago, Fugro developed the first commercial cone penetration testing equipment to run on electrical power, and today it is continuing on that journey by electrifying the machine that carri…

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#339 Integrated Contracts and Innovative Delivery 40:41

1M ago40:41

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On two major road projects in the UK work was completed on time and under budget. But not every project can claim such success. Defects, delays and cost overruns plague projects around the world. Projects such as those at Junction 10 on the M25 London orbital motorway, and on a stretch of the A19 near Teesside in England’s north east, are inherentl…

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#338 Bio-Inspired Innovation & Systemic Sustainability 38:37

2M ago38:37

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Nature has long served as a blueprint for engineering breakthroughs from the kingfisher-inspired design of Japan’s Bullet Train to termite mounds that inform energy-efficient buildings. Siemens Digital Industries is taking this concept further by combining biomimicry with digital technology to tackle sustainability challenges across entire industri…

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#337 Breaking Barriers to STEM with Lightyear Foundation – Engineering Matters Awards winners 27:29

2M ago27:29

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In this episode, we spotlight the remarkable work of the Lightyear Foundation, the winner of the Engineering Matters Awards 2025 Gold Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. The foundation is the only UK charity dedicated to engaging disabled and neurodivergent young people with STEM. Chief Executive Jeff Banks and Senior Programme Manager Emma Zeale…

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#336 Gravity-Powered Heavy Haul – Engineering Matters Awards winners 23:44

2M ago23:44

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At a quarry in Turkey, heavy haul trucks are carrying hundreds of tonnes of materials, with no external power. It’s not quite perpetual motion, but it is removing the need for diesel or cables on a hard working site. NUH Cement commissioned ABB to repower a 30-year-old Euclid haul truck. The truck collects loads from a hill top quarry, carries them…

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#335 Monitoring Methane: The Tech Behind the Tech 25:00

2M ago25:00

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LongPath Technologies has taken Nobel-winning discoveries, and applied them to a key cause of climate change: methane leaks from oil and gas facilities. The sector now turns to LongPath to establish monitoring across facilities. But as LongPath sought to scale from innovation to commercialization, it turned to Red Pitaya for a vital component. In t…

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#334 Digital Construction’s Past, Present and Future 33:22

3M ago33:22

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In 2016 management consultants McKinsey released a report that reverberated around the construction and engineering sectors. This sector, the report said, was consistently delivering projects late—often 20% longer to finish than expected—and over budget: by as much as 80%. The report’s authors pointed out that the tools that could resolve these del…

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#333 Agents of Change – AI in Industry 49:23

3M ago49:23

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Generative AI has swept across our society. In every app, up it pops, eager to offer a helping hand. The opportunity to talk to computer systems as if they are human, or to create memes at unprecedented speed, has great appeal for many. But is it ready to do the hard work at the heart of our economy? Not yet, perhaps, but soon, AI systems will be w…

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#332 The Future of Airports Around the World 33:58

3M ago33:58

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Airports are at the forefront of a global transformation, rethinking their role not just as transport hubs but as sustainable, connected cities of the future. In this episode we explore how airports around the world are responding to environmental pressures, technological advancements, and increasing passenger demands. From Hong Kong’s ambitious ru…

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#331 Life Extension for Infrastructure 36:45

3M ago36:45

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In the second half of the 20th Century, the world was transformed through infrastructure construction. New roads and railways, levees and power lines, delivered unprecedented comfort and convenience, and laid the foundation for an economy driven by easy transport and trade. But today, as many governments struggle with budgetary constraints and the …

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#330 A Village Full of Maths Tutors – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners 19:27

3M ago19:27

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Helping the next generation achieve their full potential doesn’t just take commitment from their parents or carers, or from professionals like teachers. It takes, as the saying goes, a village. In Derby, nuclear engineer Katie Jarman has assembled the equivalent of a village full of volunteer maths tutors, all recruited from her employer Rolls-Royc…

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#329 Scaling Low Carbon Innovation – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners 27:57

4M ago27:57

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Ben Gibbons and his colleagues at Circular11 are developing ways to add value to hard-to-recycle light plastics. They take packaging, and turn it into a lumber-equivalent, suitable for long term use as post and rail fencing. But to maintain tight loops of circularity, they needed to understand the supply chain they were targeting. National Highways…

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#328 Listening for Leaks – Engineering Matters Awards Innovation Champion, FIDO 24:54

4M ago24:54

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Worldwide, water is in short supply and high demand, with very real consequences for human health and security. Many countries struggle to maintain aging networks, meaning that more than 20% of clean water is lost before it reaches the customer. New industries, like data centres, are adding to demand, as they use water for cooling.... The post #328…

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#327 Nuclear Engineering for School Children – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 19:21

4M ago19:21

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On the coast of rural Cumbria, in England’s northeast, a once-secretive nuclear site is transforming its legacy by investing in the engineers of tomorrow. Sellafield, known historically for producing weapons-grade plutonium and nuclear energy, has now begun the 100 year process of decommissioning. At the Sellafield Engineering & Maintenance Centre …

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#326 Revisited: The Green, Green, Shores of Home 36:37

4M ago36:37

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The past months have seen a shift in international trade, of a scale not seen for decades. New US tariffs have created uncertainty for investors, and promise to spark a global trade war. While these new challenges to cross-border trade are unique, recent years have seen another shift in industrial policy, particularly in the UK,... The post #326 Re…

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#325 Real world sustainability and the digital revolution 33:58

5M ago33:58

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The rise of AI and machine learning promises a revolution in how we live and work. Expert reasoning and mundane tasks will be completed for us in the cloud. But the cloud is not ethereal or abstract. It is a globe spanning mass of physical infrastructure. Enabling this transformation will demand a huge expansion in... The post #325 Real world susta…

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#324 A Shift of Power on Europe’s Borders 48:11

5M ago48:11

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This February, with the flick of a switch, there was a vast shift of power on Europe’s borders. The Baltic states’ electrical grids, built in the 1960s while these countries were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union, had been under the control of Moscow. In one weekend, the transmission system operators in Latvia, Lithuania, and... The post …

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#323 Engineers Deliver Impact: The Engineering Matters Awards 2025 41:10

5M ago41:10

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Engineers from around the world gathered at the Postal Museum in London for the Engineering Matters Awards 2025, presented in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IMechE, and Engineers Without Borders UK, EWB UK. In this episode, we introduce the award gold champions. In episodes to come, we will look in more detail at... The p…

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#322 Engineering Ecosystems: Italy’s Seagrass Meadows 32:16

5M ago32:16

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Seagrass meadows are the engineers of the marine ecosystem. They provide habitats, support biodiversity, prevent coastal erosion and sequester carbon dioxide. For this reason Italy has embarked upon a world leading project to map these coastal ecosystems at a national scale, enabling it to plan protection and restoration measures that will improve …

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#321 Circular Construction – Designing for Disassembly 20:39

6M ago20:39

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We can reuse and retrofit buildings to extend their lifespans, and reduce their embodied carbon impact. But some structures may not be suitable for full reuse: some will have reached the end of their safe life; others will have no viable reuse; and some retrofit projects may require partial dismantling to reduce loadings on the... The post #321 Cir…

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#320 International Year of Quantum: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics 35:34

6M ago35:34

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Quantum mechanics has transformed our understanding of reality, but how did we get here? In this episode, we celebrate the International Year of Quantum, marking 100 years since the birth of this groundbreaking field. From the fierce debates between Einstein and Bohr to the mind-bending implications of superposition and entanglement, we explore how…

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#319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison 23:31

6M ago23:31

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Britain’s biodiversity has been declining sharply over the last 50 years. The country is now one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world. Despite legislation and efforts to stem the tide of wildlife population decline, little has helped. In February 2025, the UK government announced a new approach to reintroductions of beavers in England..…

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#318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear 33:56

6M ago33:56

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At a unique hackathon in Manchester, a diverse group of hackers, coders, and gamers gathered to design digital solutions for the nuclear industry, blending innovation, teamwork, and pressure-driven problem-solving. The event, called HackAFuture, served as a groundbreaking careers initiative, offering the winning team not just bragging rights, but j…

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#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design 28:38

6M ago28:38

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When we search for causes of accidents, we often assume a binary: either mechanical failure, or human error, were to blame, and we must pick between them. But labelling an accident as caused by human error doesn’t teach us anything. It makes no effort to understand what caused people to make the decisions they did.... The post #317 Human Factors, H…

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#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals? 43:29

7M ago43:29

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AI is evolving so fast it eludes definition. The potential impact of the field is barely understood, even by those working in it. ‘Move-fast-and-break-things’ practitioners are deploying AI systems in autonomous vehicles, in courts, in medical diagnosis, and now even at the heart of the US federal government. Few of the constraints that govern indi…

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#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet 43:23

7M ago43:23

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How should engineers think about their duty to design safe structures? For IStructE’s head of climate action Will Arnold, this duty extends beyond the structure, to the safety of everyone on the planet. With renewable energy cutting operational carbon emissions, the majority of the engineering sector’s impact on climate change now comes from embodi…

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#314 Remote Operations, To the Moon and Back 44:54

7M ago44:54

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Ten years ago, Fugro set out on an ambitious mission: to bring expert staff off of vessels, and into a purpose built remote operations centre, or ROC. The first of these ROCs, in Houston, now allows specialist staff to work on multiple projects at once, giving customers the real time data and analysis they need... The post #314 Remote Operations, T…

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#313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for Biodiversity Gain, from Planet Beyond 40:09

7M ago40:09

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The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has a 100 year history of mapping the world’s oceans. John Nyberg, technical director, explains how the organisation’s role in understanding our oceans is evolving. Now, rather than just recording ocean depths for mariners, the organisation is setting standards for how we record environmental data. …

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#312 Lifting Each Other Up — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, People 44:38

8M ago44:38

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What do engineers build? Often, the answer will be bridges and dams, apartment blocks and factories. But in everything they do, engineers are also helping to build communities. They are contributing to building people’s careers, and it is those jobs that are central to building a better world. In this episode, the last of four... The post #312 Lift…

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#311 Transforming the World, and the Economy — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 3 59:31

8M ago59:31

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At the core of engineering and manufacturing, is the transformation of materials. A tree becomes a book. A stone is transformed into a concrete bridge, rocks into steel and glass skyscrapers. Each of these transformations are inefficient. Raw materials are lost to waste. Mechanical energy is converted into lost heat. In this inefficiency, we gradua…

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#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 2 1:02:45

8M ago1:02:45

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Across every sector, from manufacturing to transportation, energy to construction, the race toward a net zero future is reshaping how we work, produce, and consume. These industries have powered global growth for decades, but now, they must also lead the way in securing a sustainable future. The scale of the challenge is immense. Achieving a... The…

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#309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 1 55:26

8M ago55:26

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What links draught excluders and nuclear reactors? Or carbon capture and methane monitoring? As we enter a generation of change, these and other ideas will be key to developing efficient, decarbonised energy, and to how we use this energy in our homes. This week, we introduce the shortlisted entries for the 2025 Engineering Matters Awards.... The p…

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#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s 32:12

8M ago32:12

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We live in a world where data and connectivity are essential to almost everything we do. Cable and satellite connections add value to business through trade and collaboration, and enrich our personal lives with the ability to engage with friends and family around the world. Maintaining these connections is a central aim of engineers in... The post …

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#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering 19:24

9M ago19:24

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For many of us, now is a season of giving. A well chosen gift can bring lasting joy. But it’s easy to get wrong. One of the finest gifts anyone can give, is the gift of engineering. But how can engineers and designers ensure that when they share their gifts, they really meet the needs... The post #307 Giving the Gift of Engineering first appeared o…

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#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf 41:34

9M ago41:34

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This week, we are returning to Rothera, in the Antarctic, where, in 2021 the British Antarctic Survey had just completed work on a project it has called ‘the world’s most extreme construction site’. Pour yourself a warming drink, and enjoy the episode. We’ll be back with a new episode next week. Since the end of... The post #306 Revisited: Building…

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#305 Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions 39:11

9M ago39:11

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Nature-based solutions are emerging as vital tools to tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss by leveraging nature’s inherent resilience to protect and restore ecosystems. This episode explores how innovative approaches can make these solutions mainstream and economically viable while addressing complex challenges like urban …

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#304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm 43:55

9M ago43:55

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During the last Ice Age, glaciers scored huge trenches through the land beneath the Irish Sea. Today, those valleys are filled with softer material and sit between tracts of hard rock, creating a diverse landscape that wind farm developer Codling Wind Park has had to research in painstaking detail before it can begin installing its... The post #304…

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#303 Gathering data at the speed of a train: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Health & Safety Gold Champion – Fugro RILA 21:46

10M ago21:46

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Monitoring and maintaining an entire rail network can be costly, slow and, for those working on the track, very dangerous. Specialised trains were developed that could be mounted with sensors for collecting data on track gauging and track condition, however these couldn’t be mounted together. In this episode we look into the development of RILA... …

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#302 Conservation, Community and AI: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Community Gold Champion — iNaturalist 20:00

10M ago20:00

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From habitat destruction, to use of pesticides, the arrival of invasive species and the growing impact of climate change, life, in all shapes and sizes, is fighting to survive. To protect the world’s biodiversity, first we have a better understanding of what and where that biodiversity is. In this episode we delve into iNaturalist, the... The post …

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#301 Electrifying Sydney: Transformational Energy Systems 36:42

10M ago36:42

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In the early 1900s Sydney was transformed by its first electric lighting system, which was so bright compared to gas lamps it was hailed as “turning night into day”. The network did much more than just light up the streets. It democratised power, electrifying communities, homes and businesses for the first time. The system, designed by... The post …

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#300 Bonus: Powering Net Zero 37:48

10M ago37:48

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Governments and businesses around the world have made commitments to achieve Net Zero by the middle of the century. This will require engineering innovation, and changes to practices, standards and regulations, across the generation, transmission, storage and transport segments. In this episode we explore these challenges and how they intersect. Th…

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#299e Highways UK Live – A Legacy of Excellence 42:25

10M ago42:25

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The Thames had been for thousands of years London’s main route to the sea. But it is also an obstacle. The last crossing east of London is the bridge and tunnel at Dartford, and this is often congested. But a new crossing has been proposed further down the river. Throughout its planning, the focus has... The post #299e Highways UK Live – A Legacy o…

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#299d Highways UK Live – The Journey to Net Zero and Resilience 52:19

10M ago52:19

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National Highways has adopted clear net zero targets: its own operations will be carbon free by 2030; those of contractors on its roads by 2040; and of road users by 2050. The challenge will be meeting those goals, while also fulfilling its mission of getting drivers where they need to go, safely and efficiently. The... The post #299d Highways UK L…

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#299c Highways UK Live – Next Generation Asset Management 45:44

10M ago45:44

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In 2024, National Highways completely closed parts of the M25, London’s orbital motorway. This blockage in the arterial system of the UK economy wasn’t a mistake. Instead, it was an example of meticulously planned surgery, performed by experts. In the previous episode of this mini-series, recorded live at Highways UK, we saw how data is... The post…

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#299b Highways UK Live – Roads Reimagined 55:32

10M ago55:32

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As an engineer, it is easy to think of roads as a challenge to be solved. Many of the innovations we will discuss in this mini-series will have a real impact on the safety, efficiency, and environmental impact of roads. But roads should be thought of as a service, not as an end in themselves.... The post #299b Highways UK Live – Roads Reimagined fi…

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#299a Highways UK Live – The Future of Highways – Mini-series Preview 15:48

10M ago15:48

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Why should we be thinking about roads as a service, not just an engineering challenge? What does it mean for a road to be a computer wrapped in asphalt? How can we use data from cars, highway assets, and even the road itself, to plan maintenance with minimal disruption to road users? How can roads... The post #299a Highways UK Live – The Future of …

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#298 Making Everyone Welcome in Construction: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Gold Champion — EKFB 32:19

10M ago32:19

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We should all want to build workplaces where everyone feels safe and included. But how can we do that when we don’t know what everyone needs? How can we make sure that we understand our colleagues and potential recruits, and provide them with the tools they need to be welcomed, and to be successful? Engineering... The post #298 Making Everyone Welc…

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#297 Revisited: A Deep Dive Into the Past 31:22

11M ago31:22

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In 1985 diver Henri Cosquer discovered a submerged cave entrance in the Mediterranean near Marseilles. Exploring over the next six years he discovered a chamber filled with prehistoric art. Conditions in the caves and the submerged passages leading to it are extremely dangerous: three divers lost their lives exploring the caves. Efforts to map the.…

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