When working well, the infrastructure we use is all but invisible. Its seamless integration into our daily lives means we rarely stop to think "How did this get here?" Sounds Like Infrastructure reveals the secrets and stories behind some of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects. Learn more at Ferrovial.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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07 - The Floating Building: CaixaForum Madrid | Ferrovial
The Caixaforum Madrid is a building that makes you stop for one reason: it looks like it’s floating. Even after staring at it for a couple of minutes, it’s difficult to figure out. There are so many design decisions that just don’t seem to make sense. And that’s exactly what makes it beautiful.On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure, we see how Ferrovial took the iconic Herzog and De Meuron design and made it happen. The team would need to make this old industrial power station five times its original size and completely re-engineer the structural integrity of the building. And this design, paired with a 460 square metre vertical garden, would become one of Madrid’s most photographed buildings and one of Ferrovial’s most iconic projects.Sounds Like Infrastructure is a collaboration between Ferrovial and Veleta Media. Our team includes Kevin García King, José Luis García Guaita, Theresa Beno, Arantxa Gulias Valverde, Manuel Sánchez Medina and Craig Lawless. Editing by Craig Lawless.In addition to the podcast, we have a great blog with so many more stories about infrastructure projects. https://blog.ferrovial.com/en/. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the other episodes on the official Ferrovial Podcast page. We also have a Spanish Podcast channel.You can also find out more about us at www.ferrovial.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06 - Earthquake Engineering in Chile | Ferrovial
What is it like to build in one of the most seismically active countries in the world? How do you design an earthquake resistant building? On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure, we dig into the rules that govern construction in Chile and find out the techniques that engineers and companies like Ferrovial are using to combat the huge forces produced by an earthquake. Sounds like Infrastructure is produced by Ferrovial and Veleta Media. Our team includes Kevin Garcia King, Candela Del Valle Dominguez, Jose Luis Garcia Guaita, Theresa Beno, Arantxa Gulías Valverde, and Craig Lawless. Editing by Craig Lawless.We have a great blog with more infrastructure stories like this one at https://blog.ferrovial.com/en/. You can also learn more about Ferrovial at www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05 - Tube Travelers: Hyperloop & the Atmospheric Railway | Ferrovial
In 2013, a whitepaper that aimed to revolutionise transport appeared on the internet. The paper had been published by Elon Musk, who had sat down with some SpaceX and Tesla engineers to flesh out the idea for what they called Hyperloop. People thought the whitepaper would come with the news that Musk was launching a new company. But surprisingly, it didn’t. Instead, he made the idea and research open source. By doing that, he had left a tantalising engineering challenge.Almost a decade after the publication of Musk’s paper, Ferrovial are collaborating with Hyperloop TT, a company aiming to have passengers in pods in a 3-5km tube in the next three years. On this episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure we look at the technology behind Hyperloop, what it means for the train and plane, and ask what benefits Hyperloop could bring to our cities in the form of social equality. We also find out what happened in the 1840’s when a system that uses some of the same technology as Hyperloop was brought into service. Spoiler alert, it didn’t go well… Sounds like Infrastructure is a podcast produced by Ferrovial. Our team includes Kevin Garcia King, Candela Del Valle Dominguez, Jose Luis Garcia Guaita, Theresa Beno, Arantxa Gulías Valverde, and Craig Lawless. Editing by Craig Lawless. We have a great blog with more infrastructure stories like this one at https://blog.ferrovial.com/en/. You can also learn more about Ferrovial at www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04 - Dynamic Pricing and the Price Tag | Ferrovial
Here is a question that you’ve probably asked yourself: is it possible to have a road where there is little to no congestion? A road where cars don’t get stuck in traffic? In 2008, Ferrovial and Cintra asked themselves that same question as they were about to build a new stretch of highway in Dallas that would aim to solve this problem. The answer? To dynamically price the road. In this episode, we are looking at where dynamic pricing came from and why it’s cropping out in so many areas of the economy. We look at how one decision in the airline industry set the whole dynamic pricing ball in motion, what dynamic pricing on a highway actually looks like and how the concept of the price tag came about. This episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure was produced by Craig Lawless and Kevin Garcia King. Original music and editing by Craig Lawless. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends or go to our channel to listen to other cool stories! To learn more about Ferrovial and check out some of our other projects, visit www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03 - Explosive Infrastructure | Ferrovial
In this episode we take a look at two stories related to explosives and infrastructure. One for destruction, the other for construction. At the beginning of the second World War, the Swiss found themselves surrounded by fighting in Europe. Although they had been officially neutral for more than 100 years, the military weren’t convinced the Germans wouldn’t invade. To help deter an invasion, they came up with a strategy of defense that included placing more than 3,000 demolition points on different bridges and tunnels across the country. Fast forward to today and explosives are still being used in our infrastructure. But instead of preventing an invasion, they're now being used as a form of innovation to make construction processes much more efficient.After a number of fatal rockfalls on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, the local community petitioned the government to connect the ring road that was being built around the island to the towns of El Risco and La Aldea. The decision was made to construct more than 8km of bridges and tunnels, and working in this difficult landscape under strict regulations brought about an innovation that had never been seen before in civil works in Spain: the team would be manufacturing their own explosives on-site. This episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure was produced by Craig Lawless and Kevin Garcia King. Original music and editing by Craig Lawless. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends or go to our channel to listen to other cool stories!To learn more about Ferrovial and check out some of our other projects, visit www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Chat Lab - 03. Maniv Mobility
Michael Granoff, Founder and Managing Partner of Maniv Mobility, on MaaS | Episode 3 | The Chat LabIf you are a mobility enthusiast, you'll enjoy #TheChatLab, a YouTube program in which our colleagues interview other experts in the sector. You can also listen to it as a podcast. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8l-qQaea7cjtdSUU2D_Ba8UVpQFiW99eDo you want to learn all about the current trends of “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS)?In this episode of #TheChatLab, we speak with Michael Granoff, founder of Maniv Mobility, a mobility forum that invests in large start-ups in the sector. Michael has become a leader in the world of mobility and he tells us first-hand what innovations are coming, how infrastructure will evolve to integrate them, and what users are going to ask for. He is interviewed by Ion Cuervas-Mons, CEO of Wondo, Ferrovial's MaaS app.Enjoy the episode and welcome to the show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Chat Lab - 02. Urban Mobility
Nir Erez, CEO of Moovit, about Intel’s acquisition and urban mobility | Episode 2 | The Chat LabIf you are a mobility enthusiast, you'll enjoy #TheChatLab, a YouTube program in which our colleagues interview other experts in the sector. You can also listen to it as a podcast. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8l-qQaea7cjtdSUU2D_Ba8UVpQFiW99eWe are launching the second episode of #TheChatLab, a place where we bring together mobility experts for in-depth discussions. Ion Cuervas-Mons, CEO of Wondo, leads this interview with Nir Erez, CEO of Moovit.Moovit is one of the most relevant mobility start-ups in the world and a reference worldwide. We talk to them about the impact of their business, the implementation of “Mobility as a Service” (Maas) and the new trends that are coming to mobility.Welcome to the show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Chat Lab - 01. Autonomous Vehicles
Yasmine Fage, Autonomous Vehicles and post-COVID Mobility | Episode 1 | The Chat LabIf you are a mobility enthusiast, you'll enjoy #TheChatLab, a YouTube program in which our colleagues interview other experts in the sector. You can also listen to it as a podcast. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8l-qQaea7cjtdSUU2D_Ba8UVpQFiW99e Our expert in mobility and CEO of Wondo, Ion Cuervas-Mons, takes over The Chat Lab to interview Yasmine Fage, COO of one of the leading startups in the Goggo Network sector. We are talking about autonomous vehicles, robo-taxis, the new regulation of mobility and the impact that Covid-19 will have on the industry.In short, we are bringing together two experts to talk about what they know best. This is the first chapter of The Chat Lab. We hope you enjoy it!https://www.ferrovial.com/en/innovation/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02 - Sounds of the Underground | Ferrovial
Between 1799 and 1843 there were three attempts to tunnel under London’s river Thames. But only one was successful, and it would use an invention so simple yet genius that even today’s tunnels are built using an adaptation of it. The idea? Mark Brunel’s tunneling shield. We take a look at how the first underground tunnels were built, the questionable health and safety involved in their construction, and how one American financier and ex-convict created the modern underground as we know it. We’re also in London to see how Ferrovial Construction are building the latest addition to London’s underground network: the Northern Line Extension. This episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure was produced by Craig Lawless and Nicholas Hewson. Original music and editing by Craig Lawless. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends or go to our channel to listen to other cool stories!To learn more about Ferrovial and check out some of our other projects, visit www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01 - Down by the River | Ferrovial
In 1858, London was engulfed by a smell so bad that the pungent odor hovering over the city was given its own name. Even the blinds at the houses of parliament had to be soaked in lime of chloride to protect politicians from the afflictions it was believed to cause. By this point, Londoners had been dumping thousands of tons of raw sewage into the Thames on a daily basis. The combination of raw sewage and an unusually hot summer led to not just the smell, but a devastating outbreak of cholera in the world’s most populous city. What Londoners didn’t know was that it wasn’t the smell that was causing cholera, but the simple fact that they were drinking the water from the very river they were dumping sewage into. To hide the smell, Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette was hired to create a network of sewers beneath the city. His sewers were a huge success but today they’re at full capacity and the Thames is once again at risk of pollution. To help provide a cleaner Thames, Ferrovial Construction is working as part of a joint venture to build the central part of what is known as the Thames Tideway super sewer. This episode of Sounds Like Infrastructure was produced by Craig Lawless and Nicholas Hewson. Original music and editing by Craig Lawless. If you liked this episode, share it with your friends or go to our channel to listen to other cool stories!To learn more about Ferrovial and check out some of our other projects, visit www.ferrovial.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This is: Sounds Like Infrastructure | Ferrovial
When working well, the infrastructure we use is all but invisible. Its seamless integration into our daily lives means we rarely stop to think "How did this get here?" Sounds Like Infrastructure reveals the secrets and stories behind some of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects. Sounds Like Infrastructure is produced by Ferrovial. You can learn more about Ferrovial at www.ferrovial.com or go to our channel to listen to cool stories! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.