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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#112 Hagerbach: The Bat Cave of Tunnelling

Posted June 17, 2021 • 00:31:53

Every good superhero universe has its origins story. Hagerbach’s begins with Rudolf Amberg, looking to innovate and find new efficiency savings for...

#111 Machine Learning: Construction’s Future

Posted June 10, 2021 • 00:34:47

When people think of digital tools to help with engineering problems, they usually think of a 3D model or a computerised image, representing something...

#110 London: Boosting Biodiversity

Posted June 2, 2021 • 00:23:18

London is the world’s first national park city, with about 50% green coverage of its surface area. This is a legacy of the public and Royal parks,...

#109 Spiders Versus Plastic

Posted May 27, 2021 • 00:21:33

For millions of years spiders have been spinning naturally occurring proteins into an incredibly strong and durable silk. By studying the anatomy of...

#108 Antarctica: Building Rothera Wharf

Posted May 20, 2021 • 00:40:42

Since the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, humanity has focused its activities in the southern continent on science and research. To...