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Sweco is delighted to be celebrating the 10th annual National Apprenticeship Week, taking place from 6-10 March. This year s theme is the ladder of opportunity which celebrates the diversity of all apprenticeships, from traineeships through to higher and degree apprenticeships. Read more
On January 12th, the Government closed it long-awaited consultation paper A Smart, Flexible Energy System , a call for evidence which asked businesses for advice on how to best to develop a smarter, more flexible and user-friendly energy system. Read more
MapAction is a UK based charity, and the world s only NGO with the capacity to deploy a fully trained and equipped humanitarian mapping and information management team anywhere on the planet. Since 2003, the team has been deployed to over 60 events. In 2016, the team has been in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria, Iraq, Tanzania, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Paraguay and Fiji. Read more
For many children here in the UK, Christmas can be a very difficult time. Whilst many children will spend Christmas Day unwrapping the latest it item from underneath the tree, 1 in 3 will awake to nothing. Others who will spend the day in hospital. Read more
Our Technical Manager, Malcolm Durie, assesses the role of light weight deflectometers in construction foundation testing and considers the benefits for contractors, specifiers and roads authorities. Read more
Our director of energy, Andy King, lists four things that must happen to enable the UK to capitalise on the full potential of district heating. Read more
Our Landscape and Environment colleagues welcomed 100 of their colleagues from Sweco Sweden s Environment team to the UK for a 3 day study trip. Read more
Linking the electricity systems of two countries, interconnectors could be the key to ensuring energy security in the face of continued uncertainty. Our director of energy, Andy King, explores their potential. Read more
As the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) celebrates the 60th year of its prestigious Occupational Health and Safety Awards, Sweco is delighted to have been awarded with a President s Award, which recognises its sustained high standards of the gold level over 12 consecutive years. This is our second President s Award. Read more
Andy King, director of energy for Sweco UK, has operational responsibility for 80 multi-disciplinary engineers and consultants working across the energy market in offshore and onshore wind, waste management and waste-to-energy/biomass, thermal generation, district heating, gas-to-grid, solar, hydro and grid services. Read more