South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP)

Peter Kydd's latest blog is a great read if you want a better understanding of the latest developments in energy reform.

🔌 Renewed energy: will post-election reforms supercharge the path to net zero? Peter Kydd discusses how post-election reforms are set to accelerate the UK’s path to net zero, with a renewed focus on energy independence, public-private partnerships, and advancements in clean energy. 📖 Read his new blog⬇️ https://buff.ly/3McGwFV #energy #renewables #cleanenery #netzero #postelection #UK #SouthWest

Join us to collaborate with infrastructure professionals and stakeholders across the region. You'll be invited to contribute to discussions on key infrastructure challenges for the region. This year, we've had workshops and roundtables on climate adaptation pathways, PAS 2080 and carbon management and floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. Sign up now to receive an invite to our conference this November. https://buff.ly/3GEtmyU #SWIP #infrastructure #SouthWestEngland #collaboration

The Sustainable Earth Institute at the University of Plymouth is offering a Future Climate Leaders CPD course. In Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, the course is fully funded for enterprises through the Future is Green: https://buff.ly/4fKWnsM In Devon, it is up to 90% funded for enterprises as a Skills Bootcamp: https://buff.ly/4fLaTB4 The course starting in October is one day per week for 10 weeks. It's suitable for any size business and sector but employees must be given an additional sustainability or climate responsibility following the course. Please share with anyone you think will benefit, or apply yourself!

🏖️ Secret summer: how National Highways works behind-the-scenes to keep the South West moving during the holidays 📰 Read the new blog for the South West Infrastructure Partnership by Jason Hones, Regional Director – South West at National Highways and highways sector representative on the SWIP Steering group. He highlights the often unseen efforts that go into making summer travel on the region’s roads smooth and safe for holidaymakers and local communities. READ JASON'S BLOG⬇️ https://buff.ly/3X0eEuT #highways #summer #traffic #travel #roads #SouthWestEngland #holiday

🚀 Adding uncertainty and sensitivity analysis into DAFNI (the USARIS project) - hear more about this important project at the DAFNI Conference 2024! ⛈️ This project is one of an exciting line up of 14 projects across infrastructure, climate change, energy, water, and transport being discussed at the DAFNI Conference 2024. Book your ticket before end of August to obtain our Early Bird pricing! 🖥️ Get a preview of USARIS in the latest DAFNI blog where you'll hear about bringing uncertainty analysis into the DAFNI platform thanks to work being carried out by Francesca Pianosi, Associate Professor in Water and Environmental Engineering, and Saskia Salwey, Research Associate, both in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering at the University of Bristol. University of Bristol Engineering https://lnkd.in/enHQD7Ye   🖥️ The USARIS project (Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Resilient Infrastructure Systems) will bring methodologies for Uncertainty and Sensitivity analysis of model outputs into DAFNI and deliver recommendations for best practice in their application. It will also investigate scalability and provide recommendations for future developments of the DAFNI platform to support the uptake of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis by the DAFNI users’ community.   🎟️ Register for the conference now (book by end August to benefit from Early Bird pricing): https://lnkd.in/efi7q8CX ❗From September standard prices will rise from £45 to £60, student prices will rise from £20 to £30  📍Aston University 🗓️ 10 September 2024 #transportinfrastructure #infrastructure #modelling #flooding  #railways #digitaltwins #datasharing #DAFNIfacility #aviation #infrastructuremodelling #infrastructuredata #infrastructuremodels  #RAEng #USARIS

This event has all the characteristics we at South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP) identified as essential when we drew up our net zero road map (https://lnkd.in/dUVC7mwZ). In summary, leadership, carbon literacy and collaboration in a living lab environment to get things done quickly and efficiently.

📢 All six episodes for the third series of Beyond Brunel are in the bag! Thanks so much to our guests this week Mark Holmes, Emily Taylor, David Eccles CBE, Stephney Jary, Jan Ward CBE and Dan Pritchard. Look out for their episodes from this autumn on electricity connectivity and capacity, hydrogen and infrastructure for growth. Our podcast about infrastructure in the South West, hosted by Christopher Ackland, has now been downloaded more than 22 thousand times. Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e8zVHE_V Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e5QXxrmC Or search for “Beyond Brunel” wherever you get their podcasts. And please let us know if you have any suggestions for topics or guests for future episodes. With thanks to Martin, Mark and the team at Fresh Air Studios Ltd in Plymouth. #BeyondBrunel #podcast #infrastructure #SouthWestEngland #electricity #hydrogen #growth #investment

🗳️Hundreds of votes have already been cast but there's still time to have your say! Explore the 12 shortlisted projects in the running for the ICE South West People's Choice Award 2024. Please support your colleagues and communities by voting for the scheme you think has made the most positive difference to its local area or the region as a whole. You must vote by 5pm on Friday 30 August 2024. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e376Pcs9 #ICESWAwards #civilengineering #civilengineers #projects #vote

🎙 Exciting News! 🎙Recording for Series 3 of Beyond Brunel is underway! We’re delighted be back at Fresh Air Studios Ltd in Plymouth with podcast presenter Christopher Ackland exploring important infrastructure issues in the South West. We’re joined by fascinating guests from across the region discussing a broad range of topics, including the circular economy, natural infrastructure, inclusive design, hydrogen, electricity connectivity and infrastructure for growth. Get ready for new episodes coming later this year by subscribing to Beyond Brunel. Catch up on previous episodes! Join us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e2aQS-N8 #BeyondBrunel  #podcast #infrastructure #SouthWest #SWIP