by Vance Tan | May 20, 2013 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Engineering the Future (EtF), the alliance of engineering professional bodies hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering, has created a ‘snapshot’ of UK infrastructure policy across the five infrastructure areas, energy, ICT, transport, waste and water that...
by Vance Tan | Feb 8, 2013 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract A conversation between James Stewart, Chairman of KPMG’s Global Infrastructure Practice and former Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK, and Professor Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk and a Director of the Environmental Change Institute...
by Vance Tan | Jun 8, 2012 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract New methods for strategic analysis of infrastructure systems are helping to plan the billions of investment that will be needed to sustain society’s lifelines. Infrastructure, including energy, transportation, water, waste and digital communications, is...
by Vance Tan | Mar 31, 2012 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract The ITRC assessment aims to test performance (and robustness) across a range of future conditions (scenarios) of long-term strategies for national infrastructure provision. Scenarios are generated from variables exogenous to the analysis: changes to the...
by Vance Tan | Jan 26, 2012 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract The first report, A fast track analysis of strategies for infrastructure provision in Great Britain (FTA), reviewed the current status and future challenges for energy, transport, water, waste and ICT sectors. The report explores the effect of different...
by Vance Tan | May 1, 2011 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has launched a £4.7 million, 5-year research programme to model the interaction of national infrastructure systems – one of the largest research programmes in civil engineering. Research...
