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 5.7milli

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

Posted October 28, 2024 • 00:15:48

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?...

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

Posted October 24, 2024 • 00:32:19

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...

#297 Revisited: A Deep Dive Into the Past

Posted October 17, 2024 • 00:31:22

In 1985 diver Henri Cosquer discovered a submerged cave entrance in the Mediterranean near Marseilles. Exploring over the next six years he discovered...

#296 A Safer, Faster, Way to Build Offshore Wind

Posted October 10, 2024 • 00:26:38

The North Sea’s natural conditions, with shallow waters and strong winds, make it ideal for wind farms. But, these same factors pose challenges for...

#295 Decision Time for the Hydrogen Economy

Posted October 3, 2024 • 00:47:59

The first stable atom to form after the Big Bang was hydrogen. Transformed into other atoms through stellar nuclear fusion, it is the foundation of...