The SCOPE
Welcome to The SCOPE. A podcast series addressing important issues influencing the sustainable future of real estate, infrastructure, the environment, and communities.
The SCOPE, brought to you by Stantec, offers insight into the breadth of subjects exercising the minds of real estate developers, investors, public bodies, and everyone involved in the built environment.
It combines industry leading voices with our own specialists for an engaging digest over a ‘commutable’ length.
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Episodes
10 episodes
Readying university estates for the next generation
University estates are under pressure. Budgets are tight. Campuses are ageing. Student expectations are rising. In this episode of The SCOPE, Trevor Payne, Director of Estates at the University of Oxford, and Bryan Murray from Stant...
Designing sustainable data centres
The pace of change and growth in the development of data centres is significant, but how much scope is there to improve their sustainability credentials? Operational efficiency and power usage can deliver big wins. But what about ma...
Powering the UK’s data centres – the need for new ideas
With the UK’s grid capacity stretched and an ever-growing need for data centres, what choices do we have to power them? What impact will grid connectivity reforms have? How can we scale alternative forms of power generation? And cou...
Data centres and net zero communities
techUK described the data centres market as “the backbone of the UK economy”. But as data centres move beyond traditional locations into semi-rural or urban locations, public perception becomes even more important. How can we quanti...
Smart grids - what are they?
The future is localised energy generation and storage - a smart grid.But what is a smart grid? How does it work? Who benefits? And who do tenants pay for their energy?What does a smart grid look like in both a residential and comm...
Competence and the Building Safety Act
Competence is a key word in the positioning and requirements of the Building Safety Act.How is the industry proving competence? If you're responsible for selecting suppliers or products, how are you assured of their competence?Wha...
Understanding the Building Safety Act
From competence to culture change, there's a lot to absorb around the Building Safety Act.So, what is meant by the level of detail required being proportionate to risk? What's the impact of a greater focus on detailed design upfront? Why...
Culture change and the Building Safety Act
The Building Safety Act brings ethics, responsibility, and competence to the fore. It demands a change in culture from the construction industry.So, how does this industry embrace culture change? What can we learn from other sectors that...
What obstacles do Local Authorities need to overcome to secure a net zero mobility future?
The SCOPE is a podcast exploring climate change as a force on, and result of, the built environment. Our guests are Monika Büscher, professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, and associate director in the Centre for Mobilities...