We were delighted to have members of the Milestone team guest lecture at Cambridge University recently.
Milestone’s Strategic Improvement Director, Alex Winchester, delivered the first talk to a cohort of PhD students that are a part of the Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE3) at the University’s Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT).
Alex gave his perspective as both a Transformation Leader and a Civil Engineer. He spoke about how Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence will help us progress the transformation to Net Zero Infrastructure.
Alex used examples of what Milestone are doing with Devon County Council to radically accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions associated with the maintenance of UK highways. Examples include: using low carbon concrete, recycling existing surfaces or site-work materials and installing streetlighting with solar power wrap panels. He went on to explain how developing these new initiatives, together with Digital Technology, will make Carbon Negative Highways not just possible, but standard in the near future.
Milestone’s Environmental Director Ed Godsiffe also delivered a guest lecture at the University recently and gave insights on how we can use Radical Circularity in highways to deliver Net Zero. Radical Circularity is a closed-loop system of reuse, recycle, repair, resale and repurpose. Ed used Milestone’s innovations and case studies such as A382 LiveLabs Carbon Negative Highway Project and the Micheldever Road Materials Recycling Facility to explain the challenges and opportunities with delivering a Circular Economy within the highways sector for clients, contractors and supply chain.
We are proud to have embarked on a four-year collaboration as an industry partner of the University of Cambridge. Through co-delivery of this doctoral training programme Milestone will be helping to advance the Infrastructure Net Zero Agenda in the UK.
We look forward to further collaborations with the University of Cambridge over the next four years.
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