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Work Smarter, Not Harder. The Future of Estimating

I talked with Sanathanan Rajagopal, the current Chairman of the Society of Cost Analysis and Forecasting (SCAF) and Qinetiq Fellow. We talked about the future of estimating and how big data, AI and machine learning means working smarter not harder. Because of new tools, software, there is an expectation that estimates should be produced quicker. […]

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Valuing the Circular Economy

In the next episode I discuss the practical implications of the Circular Economy with Dr Anne Velenturf. We talk about how implementing Circular Economy principals affects decision-makers and whether social value should be monetised. Episode available from 14th September 2020

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The Cost of Crossrail, Chartering a Jet

Crossrail Cost So, first, let’s talk about Cross Rail, a high profile UK rail project, some would say as the precursor and example of how HS2 (High speed Rail) will fare over the next 10 years. Crossrail is a new underground railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line (purple on the tube map) […]

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Human-Induced Climate Change – the winners and losers

I discussed the cost of human-induced climate change with Dr Rucha Karkarey, a coral reef ecologist and marine conservation biologist from India. She has been studying how habitat loss from climate change impacts the diversity and functioning of coral reef fishes. Her work has been based in the lesser known Lakshadweep archipelago in India, which […]

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Mini Nuclear Reactors, Modularity and Donuts

Listen in on Spotify! Cost and time overruns in nuclear power is one of the major barriers to widespread investment in the technology, particularly in western countries. You need wind and solar… but you also need the stuff like nuclear to provide the baseload… to achieve low carbon with the right energy mix “Professor Giorgio […]