Infrastructure View Spring 2020 SAFETY NET

Will improved infrastructure create the much-discussed Northern Powerhouse?

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A photo of Barry White the Chief Executive of Transport for the North in Manchester Picadilly Train Station

Is waste to hydrogen recycling the answer to the UK’s plastic problem?

SPRING 2020

Can the way you engage with the public change perceptions of major infrastructure projects?

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FIRING UP THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE

According to chief executive Barry White, the UK is “waking up to the pent-up economic potential in the North, waiting to be unleashed with the right impetus and investment”. Infrastructure View travelled to Manchester to meet him.

Last July, on just his third day in office as the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson set out from Downing Street to visit to Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. There, standing in front of Robert Stephenson's iconic Rocket steam engine, he committed the nation to investment in the region’s transport infrastructure and, specifically, to building Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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WINNING THE WAR ON PLASTIC

Can an industrial development site on the Manchester Ship Canal hold the key to drastically reducing the UK’s plastic waste problem? We visited Jane Gaston, development director at Peel L&P's Protos, to find out.

Jane Gaston, development director at Peel L&P's Protos

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Barry White, chief executive of Transport for the North at Manchester Picadilly train
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Images of Barry White, chief executive of Transport for the North

A picture of Jane Gaston, development director at Peel L&P's Protos

BUILDING A WORKFORCE FIT FOR

For professional service firms, its staff are its prime asset. Investing in that asset has never been so important and so rewarding, explains Carter Jonas’ Head of Human Resources Claire Matthews.

INFRASTRUCTURE’S FUTURE

DRIVING:

The future of motoring in the UK is, without question, electric. But, as Carter Jonas energy expert Steve Hopley explains, there are still lots of hurdles to overcome before consumer take-up accelerates.

A FOSSIL-FREE FUTURE

TOP 10 TIPS

FOR SUCCESSFUL CONSULTATION

Ben Heatley, Managing Partner at Copper Consultancy, discusses ways in which the teams behind some of the country’s largest, most complex and often controversial infrastructure projects establish a valuable dialogue with communities they impact.

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EMBRACING THE DIGITAL TWIN

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Images of Claire Mathews, Head of HR at Carter Jonas

an animation of a pair of digital twin trains

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ENVIRON-MENTAL LEGISLATION POST- BREXIT

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ENVIRON-MENTAL LEGISLATION POST- BREXIT

DEALING WITH POPULATION GROWTH

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DEALING WITH POPULATION GROWTH

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LAND ASSEMBLY INTEGER ENIM NEQUE

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LAND ASSEMBLY INTEGER ENIM NEQUE

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THE CAV ROADMAP TO 2030

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JOINING THE 5G REVOLUTION

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JOINING THE 5G REVOLUTION

COMETH THE HOUR

COMETH THE WOMAN

Infrastructure View caught up with Rachel Skinner, incoming President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, to find out her perspective on the future of UK infrastructure.

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