18 - Hurricane Season: How to Be Informed and Prepared | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
4M ago
During the hurricane season in the Atlantic, a period that runs from June 1 to November 30 each year, the tropical cyclones that head towards the US and Caribbean coasts test the management and strength of all constructions and infrastructures. Meteorologist Albert Martinez explains how to predict the path of a hurricane and the deadlines citizens have to prepare for potential hazards.  Edgar Acosta, Design Build Estimating Manager at Webber, and Daniel Morrow, Construction Manager at Webber, tell us how Hurricane Harvey impacted the Houston area in 2017 and how neighbors organized to he ..read more
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17 - Skyscrapers: Engineering Reaches New Heights | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
8M ago
We have always been struck by the incredible height of skyscrapers. Do you know how tall the tallest building in the world is? The current record is 2,717 feet, over half a mile. Nonetheless, we are sure that somewhere in the world, an even taller one is already being planned. Have you ever wondered how tall they are downwards? How many feet would they have had to build underground, to support such a height above? And how is the tallest building in the world built? In this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure, we dive, or rather climb, to the tallest building in the world. We want to discove ..read more
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16 - State-Of-The-Art Construction | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
10M ago
In 1765 the Scotsman James Watt invented the steam engine. In 4500 BC, humans from way back then invented the wheel.   More than six thousand years of difference between one invention and the other, but both completely transformed society at the time and all that was to come.   On a smaller scale, construction, engineering and architecture evolve thanks to the accumulation of experience and the arrival of new technologies that drive change. In this episode of Sounds of Infrastructure, we delve into how innovation has pushed the wheel of evolution to keep turning: sustainability, digi ..read more
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15 - AIVIA and the future of smart highways | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
Imagine the highways of the future with faster drive times, fewer accidents and reliable, instant safety alerts that are navigated by a mixture of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). As vehicles are getting smarter, so as the roads in which they circulate in thanks to emergence of new technologies like 5G, C-V2X and real-time sensing which are being retrofitted into the existing infrastructure. In this episode, Cintra's Senior Innovation Manager, Jen Duthie, explains the concept of smart highways, using Cintra's AIVIA Smart Roads initiative (Smart Roads Technology Solution - C ..read more
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14 - Plaza Mayor Madrid | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
On a warm August night in 1790, Madrid’s Plaza Mayor was home to one of the worst fires the city had ever seen. Over the course of nine days, the fire not only burned most of the square, but also wreaked havoc outside of it too.  After the fire was finally put out, the king commissioned the architect Juan de Villanueva to rebuild the square. His task? To make sure it never burned down again.  On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure we tell you the story behind Madrid’s most famous square and the work Ferrovial took on to bring the square back to its former glory.  Sound ..read more
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13 - Can a City Really Run Out of Water? | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
This World Water Day, we take a look at what cities across the world are doing to diversify their water supplies and make sure they don’t face their very own ‘Day Zero’ - the apocalyptical sounding event that threatened Cape Town in early 2018.  Peter Bailey guides us through Houston’s plan to diversify from groundwater and stop the city from sinking, and Eva Muñoz Manzanera explains how the Spanish city of Águilas is using desalination to help irrigate the region.  Sounds Like Infrastructure is a collaboration between Ferrovial and Veleta Media. Our team includes Craig Lawless, Ke ..read more
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12 - Conversations: Diversity, Inclusion and How to Implement Them in the Workplace | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
Diversity and inclusion are terms we’ve been hearing a lot more of recently. But although their definitions are pretty straightforward, we don’t always know exactly what they mean when it comes to their use in the world of business.  To help celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve decided to dig a little deeper into what these two words mean. We talk to Webber’s Chelsea Russo about her experiences working in often male dominated fields, and how that has influenced her perception of diversity in different companies and her day to day work. We also chat about the Women of Webber pr ..read more
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11 - Formula 1: Bad Surfaces (And How to Fix Them) | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure we get to grips with Formula 1 surfaces. We get to the root of the problem of what made the asphalt feel like ice at the Turkish Grand Prix in 2020, ask what caused a disastrous resurfacing of Silverstone in 2018, and find out what it takes to formulate the perfect asphalt for the perfect circuit.  Thanks to our F1 experts Damien Smith and Chris Medland and our asphalt experts Fernando Moreno and José Javier García for chatting to us for this episode. Sounds Like Infrastructure is a collaboration between Ferrovial and Veleta Media. Our team ..read more
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10 - Megaprojects II | Hoover Dam | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
The part of the story about Hoover Dam that most people don’t know is that the dam itself nearly didn’t happen at all.  On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure, we talk to the author and LA Times journalist Michael Hiltzik, who’s book ‘Colossus’ details the history of the dam.  We find out how Herbert Hoover finally convinced the seven states to come to an agreement, learn about the construction methods invented to pull off the project and ask what the future holds for the dam and the region it serves. Sounds Like Infrastructure is a collaboration between Ferrovial and Velet ..read more
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09 - Building the Golden Gate: The Impossible Bridge | Ferrovial
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by Ferrovial
2y ago
The bridge that we see today is not the bridge that chief engineer Joseph Strauss had in mind when he first pitched his idea for the Golden Gate. His 1921 design was big and clunky. Like one of those old metal railway bridges you see in the movies. Not something that would fit in with the surroundings of the San Francisco Bay.  But Strauss had designed his bridge (a mix of a cantilever and suspension bridge) like this for one reason: No suspension bridge had ever spanned a gap as big as the Golden Gate before.  It would take over 10 years of planning, hundreds of sketches and an al ..read more
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