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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#95 Saving Oceans with Science

Posted February 25, 2021 • 00:38:07

The world’s oceans are in crisis. Plastic pollution, rising sea levels, warmer waters and chemical changes are degrading ocean systems and the world...

#94 Barriers to Data Rich Design

Posted February 18, 2021 • 00:21:46

Construction has not always recognised the value of using data from past projects to deliver better results in the present. It often finds itself starting...

#93 Tomatoes and the Road to Net Zero

Posted February 11, 2021 • 00:28:36

Something remarkable is happening in East Anglia. Waste heat from sewage treatment is being pumped into two enormous greenhouses creating low carbon...

#92 The Most Flooded Town In England

Posted February 3, 2021 • 00:34:54

In this episode we partnered with WSP to tell the story of Looe, a fishing port in Cornwall. The small town has the dubious accolade of ‘most flooded...

#91 Global Risks and Shapeshifting Infrastructure

Posted January 28, 2021 • 00:27:12

With the weight of the built environment exceeding that of the total biomass for the first time, the human impact on the planet has passed a symbolic...