All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 34
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Green light for temporary HS2 construction college and site office
Camden scheme will be demolished after 10 years to make way for railway’s new central London lines
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Goodbye to The Godfather: Steve Pycroft interview
As Mace chairman Steve Pycroft prepares to bow out, he will be remembered above all else as the man who delivered the Shard – and delivered it in style. Â
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Costing Steelwork 18: Market update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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Integrated Rail Plan: industry reacts
Government’s confirmation that HS2’s eastern leg will be scrapped and Northern Powerhouse Rail downgraded divides opinions
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HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds scrapped with Northern Powerhouse Rail also pulled, government confirms
Ministers finally unveil long-awaited plans for regional rail upgrades
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UKGBC proposes bringing forward minimum EPC ratings for UK homes by seven years
Policy would mean homeowners would be unable to sell their homes if they do not meet stringent energy efficiency ratings from 2028
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UK ‘missed opportunity to show leadership’ by not announcing retrofit strategy ahead of COP26
FMB chief says initiative could have set example for other countries to follow at Glasgow climate summit
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Politicians have failed so it’s over to industry to take the lead
After two years of build-up and two weeks of debate, COP26 is over having achieved depressingly little in terms of meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis
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Infrastructure update: Carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage will play a vital role in meeting the UK’s emissions reduction targets. Agnieszka Krzyzaniak and Tim Cooper of Arcadis consider how close the UK is to large-scale application of this technology
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That was COP26, so what next?
Progress on carbon trading was the biggest outcome from the climate conference for construction and should drive demand for low-carbon materials
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UK’s infrastructure priorities over the next three decades revealed
National Infrastructure Commission sets out nine areas most in need of government investment ahead of official report due in 2023
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Good COP or bad COP?
Jack Pringle looks back at what’s been achieved at the COP26 climate conference and what is just blah, blah, blah
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Northern Powerhouse Rail plan set to be scrapped
HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds also expected to be binned as government gears up to publish long-awaited plan for rail upgrades this week
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The race to build gigafactories
There is huge UK market potential in manufacturing facilities for electric vehicle batteries, but also significant challenges ahead
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Industry’s progress on net zero ‘feels different’ to previous efforts, CLC boss says
Andy Mitchell led CLC’s event on construction day at COP26
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 3
Tom Lowe has been covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. Here’s his final despatch
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch Â
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch Â
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A science-based approach is the way to achieve net zero
If companies in the construction sector are serious about addressing the issues of climate change and sustainability, they need to set wider, science-based targets that go beyond the industry standard, Stephen Hemmings writes