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The Week | April 15, 2020

Aurigo Software and Autodesk, Inc. today announced an alliance to develop the most comprehensive set of cloud-based solutions for public and private owners. Aurigo will integrate with Autodesk Construction Cloud, a powerful portfolio of construction management software and services, soon giving owners a single end-to-end technology platform for design, planning, construction and operations of infrastructure and private assets. As part of the alliance, Autodesk will acquire a minority stake in pr...

Formula One | March 30, 2020

Mercedes Formula One engineers and researchers at University College London have together created a coronavirus breathing aid in less than 100 hours that has been approved for use within the UK's National Health Service. Since March 18, the researchers and engineers have been working to develop the breathing devices together with clinicians at UCL Hospital, where they will now undergo clinical trials. The aids have already been cleared for use by the UK's regulator, the Medicines and Hea...

Williams Advanced Engineering | March 12, 2020

What happens when you combine world-class talent and cutting-edge technology with a deeply ingrained passion for expanding the boundaries of what’s possible? Jonny Williamson finds out. Over the past four decades and counting, Williams F1 has typified the drive for engineering excellence. From its in-house-developed eight-speed, seamless-shift, semi-automatic gearbox to the carbon-fibre chassis of this year’s car, performance and reliability permeate every component. Williams Advance...

The Engineer | March 11, 2020

The infrastructure sector is tasked with responding to huge societal and environmental challenges. It is a crucial piece of the puzzle in our efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and in, ultimately, enabling a world that can thrive socially, economically and environmentally. But in order to do this, engineers in the sector must confront some innate contradictions between sustainable development and traditional approaches to infrastructure development; contradictions that have contri...