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Digital Twins: Transforming The Infrastructure Sector
Posted 29/04/2020
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Wireless Charging Roads-The Future For Electric Vehicles
Posted 29/04/2020
According to the last Climate Change Conference held in Madrid in December 2019, the common commitment is to reach zero emissions in 2050. In addition, the European Union's goal is to reduce emissions by 37.5% by 2030. These are ambitious targets, so how are these going to be achieved?
This is an opportunity to set our sights on climate change. The...
Posted 31/03/2020
Strange, how one challenge can help shine light on another. This is precisely what we’re seeing thanks to COVID-19. As social distancing measures slow...
Pre-empting growth: a glimpse into the future of aviation
Posted 31/03/2020
The numbers are clear: all over the world, we’re flying more and more. Global air traffic grew 6.5% in 2018, according to the International Air...
Mapping a greener future for our roads
Posted 31/03/2020
The world’s roads are changing. And we’re not just talking about advances in traffic management or route development. This is something even more...
Covid-19, a tsunami or a rogue wave?
Posted 25/03/2020
When a tsunami hits, it’s hard to tell from the initial surge if it’s just a rogue wave or something bigger. Never an analogy felt so appropriate to...
The carbon burden is growing. Air travel needs to change.
Posted 27/02/2020
It’s no surprise that the air travel industry is currently one of the world’s biggest polluters. For context, the sector’s direct emissions now...
Paying for Reliability
Posted 27/02/2020
Tolling roads has often been predicated on the reduced travel time they offer to users. There is a certain willingness to pay for a shorter journey...
2020 ushers in a new Space Race, and this time it’s private
Posted 27/01/2020
It’s now more than fifty years since man’s first landing on the moon. While the past five decades have seen a wealth of innovation and scientific...
On or off the balance sheet? The EPEC pushes for clarity on PPPs
Posted 27/01/2020
There’s no avoiding it: building good infrastructure costs money. Whatever value such projects can – and do – provide in the long run, governments...
Infrata expands team
Posted 09/01/2020
Infrata are pleased to welcome former Atkins PPP advisory director Ian Paterson as its new technical director in the London office.
Colombia adapts: A new approach to infrastructure post-La Niña
Posted 19/12/2019
It’s not often we see a watershed moment in infrastructure. But that’s precisely what happened in Colombia in 2010-11. A natural phenomenon known as La Niña caused colossal rainfall and devastation across the country, dealing a major blow to Colombian infrastructure. The country was forced to respond. The La Niña phenomenon is part of a global...
The Equator Principles: Time to Take Stock
Posted 19/12/2019
Back in 2003, the World Bank launched a new risk management framework called the Equator Principles. The Principles comprised a set of voluntary...
Musk's Hyperloop: Masterstroke or Fantasy?
Posted 26/11/2019
Planes, trains, automobiles, and boats – the four conventional pillars of travel. But what if there were a fifth? In 2013, Elon Musk revealed his...