All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 5
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Stanhope to submit planning application for revised 70 Gracechurch tower in summer
Construction on 33-storey scheme not expected to start before 2028
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Stanhope rejigs approved City tower plans to make scheme more sustainable
Developer to focus on re-using existing building at 60 Gracechurch Street two years after buying site from Hong Kong firm
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SNP’s decision to ditch Scotland’s 2030 climate target ‘disappointing’, housing body says
Climate Change Committee warned last month that 75% emissions reduction target was unachievable
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Why the industry needs another net zero carbon buildings standard
David Partridge has been tasked with bringing together construction’s many and varied definitions of net zero. He tells Thomas Lane why setting a recognised and easily understood benchmark for whole-life carbon emissions is so importantÂ
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City’s Museum of London plans ‘completely at odds’ with its own carbon policy, heritage group says
Square Mile councillors voted to approve Diller Scofidio & Renfro scheme this morning following intervention by Michael Gove
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East West Rail chief to leave
Former Landsec head of development Beth West says she’s going for ‘new challenge’
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Kier to work on roll-out of fleet of mini-nuclear reactors
Construction firm will explore opportunities to deploy reactors after signing MoU with nuclear specialists
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Industry commission urges policy changes to close £44bn urban ‘growth gap’
Lack of investment holding back cities outside London
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Intensification must come with flexibility built in
We undoubtedly need more building in our cities, but it must be easily changeable if we are to extend its shelf-life, writes Sadie MorganÂ
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Plans unveiled for retrofit of brutalist Glasgow groundscraper
Former oil company headquarters was once the largest single-occupant building in the UK
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From the archives: The world’s first nuclear power station, 1956-57
The Builder makes a badly timed recommendation to build nuclear power stations in urban areas, two months before the UK’s worst ever nuclear accident
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CIBSE takes over from BRE as new NABERS UK administrator
Chartered Institute of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Services Engineers picks up licence agreement for influential operational energy tool
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IPA launches framework to encourage AI use on public projects
Body set to support series of pilots using technology
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City launches initiative for reducing carbon in historic buildings
Heritage practice Purcell worked on guide explaining how heritage assets can be retrofitted responsibly
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Planning reform ‘at the very centre’ of Labour economic vision, says Reeves
Infrastructure investment and planning reform two of ‘three pillars’ of party’s economic strategyÂ
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Another delay on Parliament restoration as decision on what to do likely to be made after election
Fresh hiatus will allow more time to cost rolling maintenance programme, new report says
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Sellar’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station plans hit by more than 2,000 objections
Westminster and Hackney councils among onslaught of objectors to planning application expected to be heard later this year
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Consultants appointed to V&A framework
Arcadis and Lendlease among firms signed up to project management and QS services deal
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Government relying on ‘optimistic assumptions’ on heat pumps, NAO warns
Prices of low carbon devices have fallen just 6% since 2021 despite target for 25% reduction by next year
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‘It’s an amalgamation of everything we have’ – Richard Robinson and the AtkinsRéalis rebrand
The Canadian engineering services giant which owns Atkins and Faithful+Gould has completely rebranded as it seeks to put past problems behind it and focus on growth.  The group’s UK president tells Carl Brown about his strategy for success