All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 28
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Features
Costing Steelwork 20: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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Comment
Part L has landed with too little time to ensure compliance
New energy efficiency standards came into force this week but not all the software to run the necessary calculations is available
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Comment
We must put people and their homes at the heart of the planning process
It is essential that we develop a consistent, national approach to community consultation before we start designing and building, says Sadie Morgan
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Comment
A lesson to us all: how Scottish schools are tackling the energy performance gap
A simple funding policy is incentivising the uptake of Passivhaus for schools in Scotland - it should be applied across the UK
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Making the business case for decarbonisation – the time to start is now
Decarbonisation funding is a long-term project so now is the time to begin, writes Annabel Clark
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Manchester Arena to undergo £50m redevelopment
HOK appointed to design ‘extensive transformation’ ahead of completion of rival Co-op Live venue next year
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Planners back HTA’s 31-storey tower as latest Isle of Dogs scheme
Practice adds five storeys to estate-regeneration scheme centrepiece for Mount Anvil and One Housing
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Civils and carbon: must try harder
Designers and specifiers of civils works are missing opportunities to reduce the carbon intensity of projects. Is it laziness, or are there deeper issues at play?
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Comment
Government must clarify its net zero expectations for construction
Chair of Environmental Audit Committee says industry needs consistent direction from government
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Make whole-life carbon assessments mandatory for buildings, committee urges government
Chronic skills gap an obstacle to cutting emissions
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Firm sought for £100m port upgrade job
Associated British Ports wants new infrastructure built at Immingham Port in Lincolnshire
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The Elizabeth line: a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, its stations are an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s transport network
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Comment
Let’s design better, specify better and consume more carefully – that’s my (not so) radical idea
While we should all be taking action in order to preserve our planet, direct action is actually rather less effective than well-placed words
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New energy laws mean 80% of London’s office space will need upgrading, Deloitte says
Warning made as firm’s latest crane survey says new build jobs in capital fell markedly in last six months
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In Pictures: Dragados completes Bank station upgrade
Northern Line’s Bank branch fully reopens following construction of new Wilkinson Eyre-designed platform
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In business with Frank Elkins: on guard at Travis Perkins
The boss of the UK’s biggest builders merchants tells Dave Rogers what soaring inflation and the squeeze on household budgets mean for his business
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To refurb or rebuild: what next for Old Trafford?
Man United has big decisions to make about its ageing stadium. Dave Rogers asked experts behind other iconic ground developments for advice
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Comment
A five-point plan for coping with volatility in a positive way
While no one can predict the outcome of the Ukraine crisis, we do know what tools are needed to make projects and teams more resilient
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Features
Gove intervention on ITV studios leaves many wondering which scheme is next in firing line
Communities secretary flexes political muscle on 72 Upper Ground, with worries that more developments will be stalled by minister’s decisions
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Industry bodies to draw up standard for verifying net zero buildings
RIBA, RICS and UKGBC among bodies developing plans to remove “ambiguities” around measurement of carbon emissions