With the UK seen to be at the start of the road of a transport revolution, ministers are keen to accelerate the progress of innovation and explore regulations around new types of vehicles like electric scooters. In what is being described as the biggest review into transport in a generation, the Future of mobility: urban…
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Background 2018 was a year of progression, adaptation and advancement for i3P. Earlier in the year the then-Chair of i3P Andy Mitchell (CEO Tideway) who was instrumental in the conception of i3P and put in place robust foundations during his 18 months as Chair, handed over control to new co-Chairs, Mark Thurston (CEO HS2)…
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Following the successful workshop held with the chemical sector last month the first of the deeper-dive activities is now being planned. This is a workshop to explore how modern Technical Standards promote and encourage innovation. While this workshop will cover a range of materials it will centre on a case study on cementitious material…
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Attend the Future of Rail conference, taking place at America Square, London on the 26-27 June 2019. The 2019 event will give you 4 hours of networking with senior industry leaders, insight into investment plans of major clients and discussion on how technologies are shaping current and future projects. Registration is now open, and you…
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Claudio Veritiero, chief operating officer at Kier, explains how our Diversity Report is looking to bring diversity to the forefront of the agenda and drive change to ensure that we attract and retain people from under-represented groups and they thrive at organisations like our own. “It is well-documented that the built environment has an image…
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Successful infrastructure investment requires the understanding and influence of behaviour as much as the development of assets, say Craig McMaster and Garry Sanderson. Environmental upheaval, technological revolution, economic pressures and shifting customer expectations mean the challenge faced by our modern infrastructure sector has never been more complex. In the UK, the need for substantive improvement…
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Sunday 23 June 2019 will mark 2019’s International Women in Engineering Day (#INWED19). The annual campaign day highlights industry transformation through diversity in engineering. The global awareness campaign is coordinated by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). It increases the profile of women in engineering worldwide and focus attention on the career opportunities available to girls…
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Balfour Beatty has landed a £220m contract from Transport for London (TfL) to deliver London Underground track renewal works. The four-year contract covers all aspects of track renewals including track, points and crossings, and trackside drainage across over 1,047km of the network. Starting in April, with an option to extend the contract for a further…
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Stuart Calvert will be the man responsible for leading Network Rail’s digital transformation programme after David Waboso retires next month. Responsible for boosting the use of digital signalling and train control technologies through the Digital Railway Programme, Waboso has been the man at the helm of ensuring Network Rail embraces and adopts new technology to…
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The Offsite Construction Awards is a celebration of outstanding examples of prefabrication and factory-based methods, products, systems and disciplines that increasingly strive to develop a sustainable, streamlined and cost-effective way to deliver a better built environment. This year, The Offsite Awards have received over 200 entries. Chairman of the Judging Panel, Darren Richards talks about surprising…
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