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More SuDS schemes please – it’s not just about flood prevention

5th September 2017 ESI

Watching coverage of people losing their homes in the catastrophic flooding around Houston was a distressing experience.  Extreme rainfall patterns are always difficult to deal with, as UK floods have […]

Hostile vehicle attacks – how do we make places safer?

20th June 2017 ESI

As terrorist tactics evolve and shift, countermeasures also need to adapt to create resilience to different threats. One of the main considerations of counter-terrorism design is preventing unauthorised vehicles from […]

Steel bike racks by Omos

Bike racks: a best practice guide to getting cycle parking right

4th April 2017 ESI

A bike rack should be one of life’s simpler things – a safe place to leave your bike. So it’s pretty frustrating when it isn’t. Even when bike racks are designed […]

A guide to outdoor musical instruments

20th December 2016 ESI

What’s so great about outdoor musical instruments? Music is a language shared by everyone, and every bit of evidence shows that playing music is good for us.  We learn about […]

Why children have weak muscles and how playground equipment can help

16th November 2016 ESI

We all know that children are a lot less active than they should be. They spend way too much time sitting – at school, in front of screens, and getting […]

Tree diseases! Why you need to be planting some seed-grown trees

3rd November 2016 ESI

There is much alarm at the moment as British trees are threatened by a range of pathogens, from fungal diseases to invasive pests. Hardly a month goes by without news of […]

Park Benches

Six reasons to get to a park bench today

22nd September 2016 ESI

We have a great tradition of public seating in the UK.  Our parks are full of sturdy, dependable park benches that have been around for years, and our streetscapes contain […]

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