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JCB Electric Digger Wins Prestigious 2020 MacRobert Award for Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering has today announced JCB’s electric digger (19C-1E) as the winner of the 2020 MacRobert Award, the most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation.

8 Jul 2020

Woodsafe Timber Protection from Sweden Sets Sail for Britain

Woodsafe Timber Protection, one of Scandinavia's leading companies in fire-retardant wood surface layers and fire-retardant wood products, is establishing in the UK.

From Woodsafe Timber Protection 1 Jul 2020

Hybrid City Competition Results Offer Solutions to Improve Both Sustainability and Efficiency

Metsä Wood’s Hybrid City Challenge called for ways to make construction more sustainable, while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The answer lies in hybrid construction: modular construction practically combining wood and other construction materials. The Hybrid City Challenge gathered some 40 ideas from 22 countries.

From Metsä Wood 1 Jul 2020

New Methods Show Promise to Enhance Evaluation of Concrete Structures

Be it porous bridge piers, collapsing tunnel walls, or cracks in concrete facades, damage caused to concrete structures by numerous environmental impacts cost several billion euros globally per annum, reveal statistics from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE).

29 Jun 2020

Winners of Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability Revealed

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) is delighted to announce the winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards. Now in its fifth year, the 2020 WE50 celebrates women who have made a sign...

23 Jun 2020

Engineering Must Work Harder to Attract Females, Expert Urges

Alan Lusty, Founder and CEO of multi-disciplinary engineering business, adi Group, says his industry must develop a laser sharp focus on inspiring a generation of female engineers, if it is to secure a sustainable workforce.

From Systems adi Group Ltd 22 Jun 2020

Peab Expands Port of Trelleborg

Peab has been commissioned to build two new ferry berths including ramps as well as a side ramp to an existing ferry berth in the Port of Trelleborg. The customer is Trelleborgs Hamn AB and the contract is worth SEK 328 million.

From Peab AB 17 Jun 2020

Cintec Announces Newport Engineers Save Egyptian Step Djoser Pyramid

Egypt’s oldest pyramid has been saved from ruin thanks to a team of Newport engineers. The step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, known as the step pyramid, had been unstable since a massive earthquake in 1992 and was in danger of collapse at any moment.

From Cintec International Ltd 29 May 2020

Anti-Freezing Polymer Additive Could Help Make Concrete More Durable

In the modern-day infrastructures, concrete is one of the strongest and most abundant building materials. However, it has a weakness—ice—which causes crumbling and spallation of concrete.

28 May 2020