Jun 17, 2024 | Energy & Power, People, Rail: Civils & Structures, Rail: Electrification, Sustainability
A creative thinker with a passion for solving complex engineering challenges, Ricardo Villamil, Senior Civil Design Engineer at Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS), believes innovation and fresh perspectives are vital in driving progress in the field of civil...
May 15, 2024 | Energy & Power, Sustainability
Westminster City Council is rolling out the UK’s largest fleet of electric refuse collection vehicles, in a bid to support the capital’s transition into a net zero economy. UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS) chose Whitfield Consulting Services (WCS) to serve as the...
May 15, 2024 | Energy & Power, People, Rail: Civils & Structures, Sustainability
Meet Senior Civil Engineer Konstantina Vasilopoulou, whose childhood awe of impressive civil structures ignited a lifelong passion for engineering. Konstantina’s journey, from taking part in STEM activities from an early age in her home country of Greece, to her...
Apr 22, 2024 | Energy & Power, Sustainability
Synchronous condensers are essential in making the UK’s transition to renewable energy possible. Most renewable energy sources are variable, falling in output as wind or sunshine reduces, for example, and typically do not use rotating generators, so lack the inertia...
Dec 20, 2023 | Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability
It is well recognised that the carbon costs of construction and building operations form a large part of the world’s overall carbon footprint. Those who are now designing, building and reimagining structures are, therefore, vital in achieving the national and...
Oct 31, 2023 | Sustainability
The UK is shifting to renewable energy sources, with emissions from electricity generation falling by 69% since 2010. But the current rate of change is too slow to meet the government’s net zero commitments; as the Climate Change Committee states “a reliable secure...
Sep 26, 2023 | Sustainability
Energy provision in the UK is changing fast, with the government hoping to see 95% of our energy coming from low-carbon, mainly renewable sources by 2030. Many shifts in practice and technology will be involved in that change, but one crucial area is perhaps lower in...
Sep 21, 2023 | Corporate Social Responsibility, People, Sustainability
WCS won Environmental, Social and Governance Leader at the inaugural New Civil Engineer NCE Awards held last night, 20 September, in London. The award recognises the impact of WCS’s ’SustainableFuture’ plan. Introduced in 2021, this ambitious strategy puts the three...
Jul 18, 2023 | Rail: Electrification, Sustainability
COVID, net zero and other factors are changing the way we live our lives and what we want from our towns and cities. WCS is heavily involved in infrastructure projects such as designing substations for connecting renewable power sources to the grid, and updating the...
May 3, 2023 | Sustainability
Few outright deniers remain when it comes to man-made climate change and the need to address it by reducing the carbon emissions that cause the greenhouse effect. But how should business leaders view the subject? Is it like charitable giving, where those with morals...
Sep 5, 2022 | Sustainability
Presently, the built environment in the United Kingdom generates around 25% of the country’s overall greenhouse gas pollution from its buildings and infrastructure[i]. With the often devastating impacts of climate change continuing to dominate headlines, there...
Nov 4, 2021 | Sustainability
Although a long way from Glasgow and the COP26 conference, it felt apt to meet our clients UK Power Network Services on site this week to kick off our work on the Green Recovery electric vehicle charging project. WCS is providing survey support and...
