Tag: Sustainability
Jeshika Ramchund: Sustainable communities need different infrastructure and skills
Unlock the potential of young populations and give engineers the space to innovate for resilience, says Jeshika Ramchund of Bosch Projects in South Africa.
Joseph Daniels: Sustainability depends on information
How can we change an industry overnight? How can we introduce products that enable such drastic change and meet such targets on such a large scale? Project Etopia CEO outlines the need to use better information.
Maria Rózpide: Environmental community planning has only just begun
Sustainability challenge is huge but so is our sector’s capacity for future transformation, says Typsa’s director of consulting and environmental assessment.
Tony Barry: We must ask fundamental questions of ourselves
FIDIC chair poses fundamental questions to industry as time runs out to limit climate change.
Turning wastewater treatment pipes into micro-hydropower plants
While some have focused on how to use waste product sustainably, Hatch saw a very different opportunity at Halton, Canada – setting an innovative example that may be replicable around the world.
Uniquely sustainable and biodiverse highway for Reunion
A new coastal road viaduct has set new standards for durable design, future-proofing, biodiversity and resilience to extreme conditions and climate change.
Beijing Daxing International: a new model airport
Between Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province, one airport is setting new standards in passenger movement, sustainability and design.
Chengdu-Guiyang High-Speed Railway – boosting cultural and natural diversity
A 648km high speed railway that has boosted ethnic minority cultural awareness and protected biodiversity.
Pingtang Bridge: Hyper-local impact in action
A new bridge spanning a canyon has been built with local people, connecting two sides of a canyon like never before.
“Sustainability disputes will certainly arise”
Vice President of the ICC’s Arbitration Commission, Nicholas Gould, tells IG that construction law needs to adapt and support greater clarity to avoid disputes holding sustainable infrastructure back.
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