In this week's episode we’re taking a close look at the New Hospital Programme, a programme which has been described as perhaps the most ambitious National Health Service infrastructure investment in decades.The NHP programme is tasked w...

In this week's episode  we are once again discussing data, digital tools and the use of artificial intelligence and the way that it’s set to transform infrastructure performance.My guest today is Nathan Marsh, Senior Vice Preside...

In this week's episode we’re diving into the world of digital ground movement monitoring – a rapidly evolving field that’s quietly transforming how we manage, maintain, and future-proof our critical infrastructure.Emerging into this mark...

This episode was recorded live at the recent Transforming Infrastructure Performance summit held in Toronto, Canada in October and hosted by Bentley Systems. I’m joined by Divya Shah, Managing Director of the Trade & Transportat...

In this week's episode  we take a look at airport development and specifically how, contrary to popular believe, it can actually positively benefit local communities.To do this we are going to focus on Luton Rising, the community-ow...

This week's special episode is a live recording in front of an audience in the newly revamped main gallery at the Building Centre in London. My guest is Baroness Hilary Armstrong of Hill Top, Chair of the Independent Commissi...

In this week's episode we focus on New Towns and specifically the government’s on-going ambitions to tackle the UK’s housing crisis through the creation of a new generation of communities across England. Now Britain’s housing crisis...

In this week's episode we’re taking a closer look at infrastructure’s use of data – how emerging digital technologies and AI tools are shaping and transforming the way we manage our built and natural environment.To help me I am joined by...

In today’s episode we turn our attention to architecture and its role in shaping not just our buildings and infrastructure, but the society, environment and communities that are created by our built environment.To tackle this challenging...

In today's episode we take a close look at the investor’s perspective on the UK’s infrastructure market — and, in particular, what the landmark Final Investment Decision on the new Sizewell C nuclear power station tells us about the appetite, t...

In today's episode we tackle one of the construction sector’s most persistent and costly challenges: productivity.The UK construction industry is under huge pressure as it copes with economic pressures, a shrinking workforce and a pipeli...

In today's podcast we are talking about bioenergy and specifically looking at how carbon capture and storage is set to transform the technology.The UK’s net zero energy transition is firmly underway and one of the most promising new tech...

In today's episode we’re talking about steel — but not in the usual way. My guest, Ben Holmes, is Head of Sustainability at Elliott Wood, the structural and civil engineers behind, amongst many other things, 30 Duke Street, the UK’s...

In today's podcast we dive into the rapidly evolving world of infrastructure investment — a space that has moved from the periphery of specialist portfolios to the centre of global capital markets.Once the preserve of a relatively narrow...

In today's episode we’re diving into cement – a material that underpins every road, every railway, every school, hospital, bridge, and home we build.Because without it, the UK’s infrastructure ambitions would, quite literally, crumble!

In today's bumper post summer special episode we return to the HS2 project - infrastructure’s poster child for delay and cost overrun – as we discuss the content of a brand new book examining how this project went, as the title suggests, so bad...

In today's episode we revisit the subject of project commissioning - a vital, often underestimated stage of infrastructure delivery. What is commissioning – well in a nutshell it’s the complex process of preparing an asset to operat...

In this episode we’re focusing on the management of nuclear waste; one of the most complex, long-term, and often misunderstood aspects of the UK’s energy future.Because while nuclear power is increasingly seen as a vital part of the tran...

In today’s episode we’re diving into one of the most pressing – and controversial – sectors in UK infrastructure: water.Following years of public outrage over pollution, poor service and rising bills, the water industry in England and Wa...

In today's podcast we delve into the fast-evolving world of infrastructure investment - an area that has never been more critical to delivering the economic growth, national resilience and transition to a net zero future demanded by the ...

In today’s episode we are focusing on the government’s latest - and long awaited - 10 year infrastructure strategy.Because after decades of underinvestment, fragmented planning, and inconsistent delivery, the government has finally publi...

In today' podcast we are focusing on the UK’s new nuclear power ambitions and specifically, exploring the Sizewell C project.As I said a few weeks ago on the podcast, it’s perhaps one of the most significant moments for the UK’s nuclear ...

Today’s podcast takes a deep dive into High Speed 2 via the recently published Stewart Review, a detailed piece of work which attempts to help government to learn lessons and take stock from this much discussed project.And I’m pleased to...

In today’s episode we will focus on the state of public infrastructure in the United States of America.Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers releases what’s been called “the nation’s most important report you’ve proba...

In today's podcast we’re going to explore the UK government's latest announcement to invest vast sums of public cash in the nuclear industry.The latest spending review included £14.2bn to kickstart the Sizewell C plant and £2.5bn to unde...