All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 37
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Small builders let down by policy to deliver housing retrofit, FMB says
Report says retrofitting needs to become standard practice for homeowners and builders
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Eco-anxious young people will be the ones to clean up construction
The next generation have a vested interested in saving the planet, the industry must do all it can to harness that determination and drive
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Cost model: Data centres
Data centres have become vital infrastructure, but as their importance has grown, so too have their size, security threats and carbon output
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Contract notice for Parliament restoration to be published next summer
Delivery body for UK’s biggest ever restoration project gives firms until next month to take part in market engagement exercise
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CLC sets out plan to measure industry net zero progress
Organisation reveals 10 commitments it wants construction to meet in coming years
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Kingston Cycle Hub: no ordinary bike shed
Kingston council has spent £32m upgrading the borough’s cycling facilities, including a stylish storage hub beside the railway station with secure space for 400 bicycles. Could this be the direction of travel across the country?
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Construction minister to speak on industry’s net zero policy at ɫTV webinar
CLC chair and UK business net zero champion will also be speaking
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Bond Street making progress to meet next deadline, Crossrail boss says
Cost of statiion has shot up to £660m from an original £111m
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Fears growing that building decarbonisation strategy could be watered down
Industry experts tell government to stop dithering and publish its plan amid reports it will be delayed until the autumn
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HS2 having ‘no material impact’ on products cost and shortages, minister says
Andrew Stephenson insists scheme not causing supplies to run low on other jobs
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Hammersmith Bridge to reopen to pedestrians this weekend
Mott MacDonald report found safety risk was ”acceptably low” after temporary fix to prevent cracking
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Arcadis and Mace among firms appointed to £420m Highways England framework
Six-year framework to cover commercial and project management jobs
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HS2’s eastern leg ‘not needed’, says West Midlands mayor
Andy Street said the business case for connecting Midlands towns was ‘substantially better’ than for HS2
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Countdown to COP26: Getting back to nature should be the first consideration of sustainable design
There are many challenges when building in an urban setting, but resolving them using on-site natural resources is good for the environment and good for the wellbeing of those who live or work there
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Ban on new petrol and diesel trucks by 2040
Transport decarbonisation plan to phase out polluting HGVs, while pinning hope on new technology to make aviation green
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UK’s first net zero power plant to be built on Teesside
Facility will capture all carbon emissions and store them under the North Sea.
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Problems for contractors getting access to stations putting Crossrail at risk, consultant warns
Railway says it has set up a group to overcome issues
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Northern MPs call on PM to set up independent board to drive levelling up ‘at pace’
Group also wants infrastructure and transport upgrades
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Shoddy workmanship more dangerous than cladding, product manufacturers insist
BBA consultation received outpouring of complaints about the RMI sector
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Four appointed on £1bn prison expansion programme
ISG, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates to work together to build four new prisons using modern methods of construction