Foresighting

SISTech continues to monitor the latest thinking in sustainable development and how this is applied to practicable solutions. To this end we have experience in assessing the skills and technologies that organisations will need to be equipped with in order to best deal with future conditions. While precise forecasting of future technology and best practice is, by definition, impossible to achieve, skilled analysis can provide evidence of the general situations that will evolve in the medium to long term.

Example Projects

Engineering without Frontiers - EwF examined how civil engineering should understand and respond to society's expectations, sustainability and to the challenge of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Inland Waterway Waste Transportation Opportunities for Scotland - The aim of the project was to assess whether water based waste transportation in Scotland was a sustainable option to be promoted in the future.

Environmental Enhancement Action Plan for the South East Wedge Development - A partnership to ensure that the environmental potential of a new development is maximised.

The Changing Role of Engineers in Society - A study for the Institution of Structural Engineers into how changing procurement processes, socio-demographics, sustainability concerns and advances in technology would impact on the role of the engineer in the next twenty years.