When you think about soil, you probably think of rolling fields of countryside. But what about urban soil? With city dwellers expected to account for 68% of the world’s population by 2050, this oft forgotten resource is increasingly important. 

In January 2021, Storm Christoph pummelled the United Kingdom with heavy rains and the threat of unmanageable runoff. But in flood-prone Manchester, a newly developed park was proving its worth.

What does the year hold for the development of technology in the UK? Here’s what five UKRI challenge directors predict.

In the second part of this two-part series, Daniel Collins discusses two case studies and a list of conclusions and lessons learned.

On June 1, 1974, 28 workers were killed and 36 were injured at the Nypro chemicals plant in Flixborough. Major legal and cultural changes regarding process safety were made as a result. In hindsight, the disaster highlighted some learning points in terms of Management of Change – even more so after the Piper Alpha disaster that later became important in plant design.

In Part I of this article, Daniel Collins describes his experiences of working on the parliamentary phase of the HS2 Phase 2a project, which centres around engagement with petitioners (objectors) against the scheme and producing evidence to defend it against challenge.