But for most companies, setting up the engineering infrastructure is a huge step full of peril.
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Yes, the UK clearly has much to offer that India needs, in terms of expertise in infrastructure, engineering and universities.
SembCorp - of which government investment arms will hold nearly 60% - will focus on infrastructure, marine engineering, information technology and "lifestyle" businesses.
Autodesk makes design software for engineering, construction and other infrastructure companies.
Without the Empire to fund major engineering projects and large scale infrastructure, many of the skills and techniques involved in monumental buildings and complex technologies were forgotten and lost.
"We are betting big on the cloud with our most successful product, and we are investing heavily both in the product engineering side and the physical infrastructure side, " Tim O'Brien, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, said last year when the company first unveiled a Web-based version of its Office software.
It sounds great but I question the usual scale-up and engineering required to inaugurate a huge infrastructure based on biogas.
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"If people think of it at all, they tend to associate engineering with heavy industry and civil infrastructure, " the academy says on its website.
This approach shows the potential of creating engineering universities within line ministries to support infrastructure development.
By acquiring Volvo, Geely purchased an industry leading brand, and all of the technology, engineering, styling and marketing resources and infrastructure that contribute to that position.
In return, Beijing is getting engineering contracts to build port and road infrastructure, winning business for Chinese state-owned enterprises, and showing off what China is good at: building major infrastructure projects in record time.
Meanwhile, Iraq needed food, technical support, appliances, automobiles and, perhaps most importantly, engineering services to build and improve its infrastructure, all of these things that the Brazilians were not only able but eager to offer.
Other strategic interventions include engineering training facilities as part of all new major infrastructure projects.
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The main challenge is the lack of alignment between infrastructure strategies and the need to expand engineering training.
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It is not possible to meet development and integration needs without building a strong engineering base for the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities.
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Such investments provide opportunities for African countries to work with international partners to build the engineering and managerial capabilities needed to design, build, and maintain infrastructure projects.
"Right now, I don't think banks are ready to lend to large infrastructure projects, " says Rupen Patel of tunnelling specialist Patel Engineering.
Building intelligence into a car so that it could drive itself safely will require a significant engineering work on the car and changes to how we design the transportation infrastructure.
It does not make sense economically as ANY alcohol fuel cost more to produce and supply than the gasoline it is replacing especially if you consider the infrastructure improvements necessary to transport and contain the material and the engineering required to design an engine that can run on it.
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Civil engineers design and develop the construction of transportation infrastructure and water supply and sewage systems, after attaining at least a bachelor's degree in engineering and several years of experience.
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