All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 3
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AHMM submits plan for redevelopment of Carpenters’ Hall in the City
Proposals partly a response to a roof extension scheme at the neighbouring 75 London Wall
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Reeves confirms funding for HS2 Euston station tunnels, but not for station itself
Government has previously warned private funding would be required to move forward with line’s central London terminus
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Wates hires former ISG fit-out boss to head up new team
Lee Phillips latest to land new role as firm looks to expand into London commercial fit out and refurbishment sector
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Parliament restoration programme names new delivery authority boss
Russ MacMillan to take up post in February
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CO-RE’s City block retrofit approved
Woods Bagot-designed plans to add two storeys to postmodern building near Bank station
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Features
What Brookfield is doing to repurpose its 5 million sq ft office portfolio
Relatively new office buildings right across the world have fast become outdated as occupiers expect greater sustainability credentials. Tom Lowe speaks to one of London’s largest commercial landlords about how it is dealing with the challenge
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Network Rail’s Olympics logistics hub scheme gets planning green light
Maccreanor Lavington-designed plan to transform 30-acre site into freight hub and leisure destination unanimously approved
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HS2 contracts under review as government rules out resurrection of second phase
Transport secretary slams poor project management and supply chain performance
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Sellar to cut down controversial tower on £1.5bn Liverpool Street station redevelopment
Contemporary internal elements also expected to be scrapped in favour of “heritage-led” design
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Rail lobby calls for private investment to boost infrastructure
HS1 Ltd, Mott MacDonald and others urge government to explore various investment avenues for public transport growth
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In partnership
What more can investors and regulators do to help project teams decarbonise buildings?
As part of last month’s Climate Week NYC, Ӱ hosted a roundtable with the support of Gleeds and in partnership with the Climate Group. Our discussion with leading construction experts identified the blockers to greener buildings and key drivers for change
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‘Systemic weaknesses’ drive up UK infrastructure costs by as much as 25%, NIC finds
New report comes as government announces creation of new body combining NIC with IPA
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Features
Highlights from New York’s Climate Week
To coincide with the UN General Assembly last week, more than 2,000 climate advisers, business leaders and politicial figures gathered to find ways to accelerate the path to net zero. Here are some of the themes they discussed at the Climate Group’s conference
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Meta injects cash into low carbon concrete in the US
Tech giant Meta has moved into investing in low carbon concrete production in an attempt to reduce the embodied carbon used to build its data centres. Facebook’s parent company announced the agreement with CarbonBuilt, a company that has developed a concrete product replacing high-carbon Portland with a proprietary low-cost cement ...
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Comment
The urban heat island is actually pretty cool
There is a lot of fuzzy thinking about the higher temperatures experienced in urban areas. The benefits could be life-saving and should not be dismissed, says Barny Evans at Turley
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Nearly half of firms are prepared to pay extra for low carbon sustainable steel and concrete, research finds
Research from Ramboll and Climate Group says most firms are more willing to foot the bill for sustainable products than they were a year ago