Ferrovial and Amref, an NGO, launched a joint project in 2008 to combat poverty in Tanzania. The objective was to provide drinking water and sanitary infrastructure to thousands of people in the Serengeti District. The initiative was called Maji ni Uhai, which means “Water is Life” in Swahili. Today, on World Water Day, we turn [...]
03/05/2012
Engineering and Architecture
Few would question that there exists an irrefutably important link between the architectural design and the engineering and construction work that allow a project to be carried out. In the case of Ferrovial, working with architects such as Norman Foster, Luis Vidal, Frank Gehry and David Chipperfield has ensured that inspiring projects such as the new [...]
02/13/2012
Programmable humans?
Rumours of a new version of the movie Blade Runner have been confirmed. We still don’t know if it will be a sequel or a prequel, of whether Harrison Ford will be the star, but the project is under way. This is indubitably very good news for lovers of good films and science fiction. The [...]
01/17/2012
Waste as a source of resources: comments and opportunities
With the world in a deep economic crisis, driven by rising oil and commodities prices, there is increasing demand to make better use of the resources available in waste. Traditionally, certain fractions of waste have been recovered (metals, plastic, organic material, etc.), and others have been used as fuel for energy production. However, a large [...]
01/16/2012
A Polish Take on Smart Cities?
It is great that information concerning examples of the introduction of intelligent infrastructure is now coming from different parts of the world; intelligent infrastructure for which there is a variety of expectations, depending on people’s specific knowledge or ideas. Some achievements in this field come about through enforcement by legislators – as has been the [...]
01/03/2012
The new way
The Houston Chronicle takes a look at the investment firm of Henry Cisneros and an apparent decision to diversify its holdings by investing in toll road projects and bridges. As blog readers may recall, Cisneros is the former mayor of San Antonio who served in the Cabinet of then-President Bill Clinton. See full article here.
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