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The SCOPE

The SCOPE

By: Stantec UK
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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.

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Episodes
  • Readying university estates for the next generation

    Readying university estates for the next generation
    Apr 15 2026

    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 Stantec explore how universities can futureready their estates. From smarter use of space and realtime data, to adaptable design, sustainability and climate resilience, they discuss practical ways estates teams can deliver better outcomes — now and for the long term.

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    27 mins
  • Designing sustainable data centres

    Designing sustainable data centres
    May 1 2025

    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 material choices? How do good intentions make it to reality? Is there an argument that design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) could be adopted more widely?

    Putting the sustainability arguments to the test are Angela Vico Correas, director at studioNWA, Roy Andrade, technical director at Sweet Projects, Timo Hendy, technical director at Stantec, and Stephen Meleady, MEP director and sector lead for data centres at Stantec. Hosted by Graham Munday at Stantec.

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    25 mins
  • Powering the UK’s data centres – the need for new ideas

    Powering the UK’s data centres – the need for new ideas
    May 1 2025

    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 could data centres even help to address power loads and support decarbonisation?

    Sharing their views are Amy Turner, power connections lead at SEGRO, Jon Clark, associate at construction consultancy RLB, Peter Sibley, divisional director for nuclear at Stantec, and Jesal Chandi, senior utilities consultant at Stantec. Hosted by Graham Munday at Stantec.

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    25 mins
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