5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (362+ words) Eighty-three per cent of Britain’s cities – 59 urban areas – are classed as highly vulnerable to urban heat in new spatial analysis by Ordnance Survey, the Met Office and 4 Earth Intelligence. The dataset combines OS building footprints, surface cover and green space…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) Flash flooding in Birmingham on 27 August, triggered by intense short‑duration rainfall on parched, largely impermeable urban surfaces, overwhelmed a combined sewer network sized for historic return periods rather than today’s convective storm patterns. Drainage specialists are calling for a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (401+ words) Engineers on the latest Engineers Collective podcast debate whether the UK’s ageing infrastructure—much of it Victorian-era water, sewer and rail assets—can withstand more frequent extreme rainfall and heatwaves driven by climate change. Discussion centres on retrofitting existing embankments,…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (417+ words) HS2 engineers have completed the first major launch of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct, pushing the steel and concrete structure over the live Birmingham–Derby main lines on the approach to Curzon Street station. The incremental launch was carried out during tightly…...