Author Archives: Gavin Pearson

Since being elected in July, the government has announced changes to planning, a schedule for 12 new town sites to be selected, a fund to support renewable energy projects and a move to improve longer-term certainty through a two-year lead time on strategic spending reviews.

Floating wind farms are becoming ever more viable, opening up new possibilities for renewable energy from the sea.

Speaking to NCE at its Water conference on 20 June, South West Water director of asset management Mark Worsfold made clear the only long term path to improve public perceptions around water industry pollution and supply.

Speaking to NCE at its Water conference on 20 June, Safetytech Accelerator head of market development Helen Evans has warned that the art what's possible is not as big a challenge as embedding the possible into delivery.

Delivering £96bn worth of investment during the water sector’s eighth asset management period (AMP8), between 2025 and 2030, is an “exciting” opportunity to push the boundaries of innovation in the supply chain, according to Northumbrian Water asset director Monisha Gower.

The use of technology including digital twins is set to play a “massive role” in delivering the ambitious £96bn of investment in the water sector’s eighth asset management period (AMP8) between 2025 and 2030, according to Severn Trent’s digital engineering lead.

Decisions are at the heart of engineering and those decisions need the best possible information. More data about the condition of structures can be helpful, but identifying the right data matters.

The fundamental principles that underpin good bridge design practice may not have changed in thousands of years, but the bridges themselves have. Their uses, structural materials and scale have all expanded and so have the many specialisms involved in delivering them. What has not changed is the end result. Bridges…

AMP8 represents a doubling of capital investment and the start of a process that will deliver the UK’s first new reservoirs in generations. But how can industry scale up to that challenge?

The need to heal the environment and achieve greater sustainability could not be clearer. Ramboll UK managing director Philippa Spence tells us the industry must recognise the complexity involved if it is to achieve the impact it is aiming for.