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A Blueprint for Growth
A Blueprint for Growth: Boosting the UK’s growth and productivity through the construction and infrastructure industry
Engineering Matters Podcast #269 The Pipeline to Net Zero
What are the engineering challenges that need to be overcome to create systems that can carry carbon dioxide, hydrogen, as well as ammonia and biogas at scale? And how can we take advantage of legacy pipeline infrastructure in historic industrial regions and bring new opportunities to local economies?
Brain on the water
Bob Anstey OBE, director of Costain’s Defence and Nuclear Energy business, recently spoke to ADS Advance magazine about why investment in infrastructure is vitally important to maintaining the UK’s defence capabilities.
Taking a systems-thinking approach to tackle water sector challenges
It’s clear the water sector faces profound challenges in the coming years and decades, from climate change to growing customer expectations, as well as concerns about affordability. With all eyes on PR24, Costain and British Water hosted a series of industry panel events to spotlight these challenges and discuss how the industry can work collectively to deliver more for customers and the environment.
Sharing expertise in the decarbonisation journey
High on the list of any large industrial operator, is the impact of its transport, plant and employee mobility needs. Essential Fleet Manager sat down with Jamie Colquhoun, Costain’s Transport Energy Advisor, who spoke about the ambitious steps the infrastructure solutions company is taking to decarbonise its own operations, and those of its customers, at pace.
Back to the future
How can we embed new value into developer-led archaeology? Dr Kate Faccia, Jeremy Galpin, Caroline Raynor, and Dr Sadie Watson report
Sowing the seeds of change
Costain’s Sam White and Gavin Stonard, reflect on discussions from the recent Social Contract summit and in particular the role behaviours and culture can have on the long term resilience and security of our water supply.
How to value social outcomes in the nuclear sector
In this article, John Edwards, Discipline Lead, Environment, Sustainability & Social Value and Trevor Brown, Sellafield Project Director, help to define social value and spotlight the work being undertaken in Cumbria as part of Costain’s role in the Nexus Decommissioning Alliance, supporting Sellafield on its Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP).
Applying a quality conscience to safety-critical major projects
We should all understand how to apply a quality conscience on a small scale, but how about when working on safety-critical major projects? Martin Davies, Project Quality Director, Lee Davies, HS2 Client Director, and Leigh Wakefield, Civil Nuclear Director, all at construction and engineering company Costain, draw on their cross-industry experiences to outline five key learnings for transforming the performance of infrastructure in heavily regulated environments.
Powering aviation with hydrogen
The aviation sector accounts for 6% of all UK greenhouse gases. It’s therefore unsurprising that a key challenge the country faces is ensuring that the sector plays its part in supporting our march to net zero by 2050. The recently announced Jet Zero strategy is central to tackling this challenge.