What was Brunel’s direct descendent Morwenna Wilson doing in an origami boat? Helping promote engineering as a career, says Paul Jackson, a vital activity for a sector needing 182,000 new recruits a year.Read more
Bechtel’s Tom Sturman shares his experience of developing a career in rail and how a Top Gear style cool wall set him on the route to being an engineer.Read more
The future of construction will not be wholly about building but about delivering better service to the ultimate customer – us, writes Mark Enzer.Read more
It has taken five years for SuDS to make it from legislation into planning requirements but from April that will finally be the case. Now we just need the planning guidance, says Sam Ibbott.Read more
Oil prices remaining low could see some projects delayed and the use of private finance for infrastructure in the Middle East, says Tim Risbridger of EC HarrisRead more
The Public Accounts Committee’s concerns last week about public sector strategy for high speed rail missed the benefits that will come from private sector support, says Greengauge 21.Read more
Infrastructure Bill avoids fracking hurdle, Transport for the North meets, big support for Barking Riverside Overground and A14 on course for 2016 start.Read more
The UK General Election, a falling oil price and the emergence of Africa as a major market mean this year will be full of challenge, says Nelson Ogunshakin.Read more