The Engineers Collective

The latest episode of The Engineers Collective looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) could transform how highway maintenance work is planned and prioritised. Joining NCE editor Claire Smith and features editor Nadine Buddoo special guests FM Conway consultancy director John Holliday and Roadbotics senior partner for success lead Stew Frick talk about the introduction of AI-led highway maintena...

A Happy New Year to you, from everyone at New Civil Engineer. In the first episode of 2021 editor of NCE, Claire Smith, is joined by Matt Gibson, principal engineering manager at Amey, and Chris Rolison, senior director of progressive assurance systems at Bentley Systems. The three explore the world of systems engineering after the recent ICE report on the topic. What is systems engineering? What...

In the last Engineers Collective podcast of 2020, the whole NCE news team join together to talk through the highs and lows of 2020 and look at the challenges facing the civil engineering industry in 2021. For the first time editor Claire Smith, news editor Rob Horgan and features editor Nadine Buddoo are joined by reporter Catherine Kennedy on the podcast as they reflect back on what has certainly...

In this month's Engineers Collective podcast, NCE news editor Rob Horgan and features editor Nadine Buddoo discuss the unfolding news stories, including Lower Thames Crossing. The pair also address the ongoing HS2 legal battle with Bechtel which is rumbling on, and non disclosure agreements: neccesary, or do they promote a culture of silence? Later, editor of New Civil Engineer, Claire Smith, inte...

In this month's interview editor of New Civil Engineer, Claire Smith, talks to WSP head of civil, bridge and ground engineering Steve Denton about Eurocodes, the impact of Brexit, and the future of BSI standards documents. Steve was speaking to The Engineers Collective following his appearance as a guest chair of sessions at the NCE Future of Transport conference which was held between 09-12 Novem...

Another episode of The Engineers Collective by New Civil Engineer, and another week spent working from home for most of us. This week Claire Smith, editor of NCE, is back with Rob Horgan, NCE’s news editor. The pair discuss TfL funding woes and pending spending reviews by central government. Hammersmith Bridge and the need for turning plans into action for the benefit of the industry are the main...

In the next episode of The Engineers Collective, Nadine Buddoo (features editor, New Civil Engineer) interviews Jamie Cudden, the smart city lead at Dublin City Council. Jamie established the 'Smart Dublin' regional initiative in 2015 and is passionate about all things smart cities, and loves emerging tech trends. Together the pair muse about what it takes to make a 'smart city' and what kind of b...

Join Nadine Buddoo and Rob Horgan from New Civil Engineer as they discuss the month's top stories, including the tighter Covid restrictions and their impact on the industry, and all things Hammersmith Bridge. The pair also talk about the role of independent regulators, leading nicely into this month's guest. This month the podcast features Deputy Director, Engineering and Asset Management at Offic...

This month’s episode of The Engineers Collective features Steve Cockerell and Shannon Clemons from Bentley Systems talking to NCE’s news editor Rob Horgan about Bentley Systems’ The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference. Due to COVID-19, Bentley Systems decided to cancel or postpone all the company’s physical conferences and events in 2020. This new digital conference format will bring together,...

This week editor of New Civil Engineer Claire Smith and news editor Rob Horgan address the multiple landslides and project delays caused by climate change in Scotland, including the recent tragic landslip which caused a train to derail and people to lose their lives. There’s also a nod to state of play with job losses in the industry – could we be facing an even more dire skills shortage in the ne...

In this episode of The Engineers Collective the New Civil Engineer team talk with WSP’s Simeon Butterworth and Amey’s Principal Engineer, Traffic and Transportation, Steve Tilby about the use of pop-up infrastructure to support more walking and cycling during the pandemic. The pair explain how government funding is allowing these schemes to evolve and develop more permanent changes to our lives. T...

In this episode Rob Horgan and Claire Smith discuss the stories dominating the news, including the abundance of roads-related announcements and the further delays to the Stonehenge Tunnel, as well as the challenge of planning delays for other projects.   Later, Rob is joined by the CEO of the Thames Tideway project, Andy Mitchell. Andy talks about the impact of coronavirus on delivery of the proje...

As the world cautiously emerges from months of Covid-19 lockdowns, The Engineers Collective looks at what impact the coronavirus is having on planning public spaces, specifically in relation to railway stations. Joining NCE editor Claire Smith and news editor Rob Hogan on the latest episode of the podcast are Atkins technical director Cameron MacDonald and Bentley Systems director for product mana...

In this edition of The Engineers Collective, the New Civil Engineer team talk about all things future-projects, including the impact of our change in travel habits and the possibility of an HS2 extension to Scotland. Later, they are joined by the National Grid’s project director for London Power Tunnels 2, Gareth Burden. Gareth addresses the ramping up of a major infrastructure project in the midd...

This week’s release features AECOM’s director of digital practice & technology, Michael Warren, as he talks us through the firm’s digital journey. Specifically Michael talks us through the impacts of Covid-19 on the industry at wide and adaptation of digital practices. AECOM was already on a digital journey but Michael joins editor, Claire Smith, and features editor Nadine Buddoo, to discuss how t...

In this month's episode of The Engineers Collective, New Civil Engineer's hosts Claire, Nadine and Rob are joined by Dustin Parkman from Bentley Systems to talk about how Covid-19 is forcing us all to find alternative ways of working. First up in this insightful episode you can join our hosts as they discuss what impact the easing of the lockdown measures in the UK might mean for the wider constru...

This month the Engineer’s Collective features Highways England project director David Bray talking about delivering complex infrastructure programmes, specifically the new A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme, which opened to traffic eight months ahead of schedule on 05 May 2020 during the Coronavirus outbreak. The £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme will transform journeys o...

It’s the end of April, and the fifth week of lockdown in the UK amid the Coronavirus crisis. This month’s episode begins with a conversation about the recent, somewhat surprising ‘Notice to Proceed’ which was given by the UK Government to HS2. Editor of New Civil Engineer, Claire Smith, talks to news editor Rob Horgan and features editor Nadine Buddoo about the ways in which Covid-19 may change ou...

This special episode of the Engineers Collective is a little different. Editor of New Civil Engineer Claire Smith is joined by the brand’s news editor Rob Horgan and features editor Nadine Buddoo to discuss the dramatic impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on our civil engineering and the wider construction industry. The trio stepped back from the studio microphones and recorded together from their...

This month editor of New Civil Engineer, Claire Smith co-hosts The Engineers Collective Podcast with NCE's new features editor, Nadine Buddoo. The climate crisis, flooding and the Chancellor's (original) budget announcement are all up for discussion. Also this month the NCE team are joined by Carlton Brown, CEO of Heathrow West, the Arora Group’s alternative expansion plan for Heathrow Airport. Ca...

This month The Engineers Collective welcomes two new faces into the hotseat. Claire Smith, the new editor of New Civil Engineer, gets together with the magazine’s news editor Rob Horgan to discuss the news of the month including HS2’s green light and what could happen to plans for smart motorways. The pair are joined 9mins in by the chief executive of Crossrail, Mark Wild, to talk about the reason...

It’s January 2020 and the start of a new year. The general election is over, Brexit is on-course for delivery in January and the upcoming twelve months will be fascinating for infrastructure. Co-hosts Mark Hansford and Alexandra Wynne discuss all this and more, including infrastructure abroad, net zero and climate change and the progress being made at Heathrow re: the third runway project. Later,...

This month, Mark and Alex discuss bridge catastrophes, HS2 being back in the news via the leaked Douglas Oakervee report, and the UK’s recent flooding. This episode very much follows the climate emergency theme, asking if we are doing enough as an industry to mitigate the threats and get the UK to carbon neutral. Keith Clarke CBE, chair of Forum for the Future joins our hosts to explain why ‘busin...

This month Mark and Alex are joined by National Infrastructure Commissioner and co-founder of dRMM Architects Sadie Morgan to discuss the value of high quality design – picking out what is currently being done well and what is being done less well. The HS2 mega-project comes under the spotlight as Sadie reminds us why it remains of such critical national importance. The interview with Sadie Morgan...

This month The Engineers Collective deviates from its usual format as an unprecedented political situation unfolds in the United Kingdom. As Prime Minister Johnson is found to have broken the law in his prorogation of Parliament, regular co-hosts Mark Hansford and Alexandra Wynne from New Civil Engineer discuss what all of this actually means for the immediate future of infrastructure in our count...