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The Future of Composite Materials in Rail Infrastructures
Modern high-strength composite materials present ample opportunities for energy-efficient solutions with lower environmental impact and reduced through-life costs for the rail infrastructure. Network Rail, the UK’s rail network owner, has partnered with the National...
You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See
Most of the CEOs I know are confronting the toughest leadership test they have ever faced — getting their business back to normal in an environment that is anything but normal. I empathize with leaders who want to restore what was, but the reality is that getting back...
“WOOP” Your Team’s Goals and Find Success
Building great leaders and high-performing teams is more than an exercise of recruiting people with the right credentials and experience for success.And, it takes more than just assembling a laundry list of attributes that you expect your team to demonstrate --...
Engineering a Response to the BVeirut Blast
Engineers from UK disaster response team SARAID are helping Beirut find stability after this summer’s catastrophic blast. Jason Ford reports.On August 4, 2020 the Lebanese capital of Beirut was rocked by an explosion that could be felt around 150 miles away on the...
World’s Largest Cement Manufacturer Commits to Science-based Targets and Net-zero Pathway
The global cement industry is estimated to account for 6-7% of man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually.LafargeHolcim has joined the SBTi’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C, committing to science-based targets aligned to the highest ambition of the Paris Agreement,...
A Guide to Material Transport During Construction Projects
Construction projects have many moving parts and managing all of these different elements is crucial to the success of your project. From onsite safety to choosing the right contractors, purchasing. Construction projects have many moving parts and managing all of...
How to Overcome the Distraction of Compassion
Distracted leaders are octopods spinning like tornados with sucker-filled tentacles clinging to ‘important’ trivialities.You can’t go eight directions at the same time and make meaningful progress. The centrifugal force of distraction drives leaders toward triviality,...
Searching for the “Just Right” Leadership Approach in this Era
For hundreds of years, individuals known as alchemists searched in vain for the mythical Philosopher's Stone, a substance that was imagined to have the properties essential for turning basic medals into gold or generating the elixir of immortal life. Today's...
How Climate Data Can Inform Better Urban Design: Report
To prevent that, urban planners are rethinking how cities can better harness existing cooling systems, such as wind and waterways, to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, according to a new report from Urban Land Institute. Using the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn...