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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#132 COP26: Decarbonising Buildings

Posted October 26, 2021 • 00:28:03

Every year buildings around the world are responsible for 13.6bn tonnes of carbon equivalent to 40 percent of all emissions. These are generated by...

#131 Cranes: How to Plan a Lift

Posted October 21, 2021 • 00:29:14

Modern construction cranes are highly optimised. They’re designed to lift as much as possible, as far or as high as possible, while being able to...

#130 Navigating New Construction Technology

Posted October 14, 2021 • 00:27:47

The money flowing in to new construction technology is unprecedented. In the in the five years from 2009 to 2014, $8 billion was spent on digital investments...

#129 A Vision for Clean Growth in Bradford

Posted October 7, 2021 • 00:25:15

Bradford in the North West of the UK was at the heart of the industrial revolution. Its world class textiles industry made it one of the richest cities...

#128 Positioning Satellites in New Space

Posted September 30, 2021 • 00:38:05

As the regions of space around Earth become increasingly crowded with new satellites, the most popular orbits of all are becoming hazardous. Beyond...