All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 41
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Kier picks up £50m civils deal for next phase of HS2
Work involves highways and utility diversions
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Balfour Beatty sells PFI stake in problem-plagued Aberdeen bypass
Scheme hit firm for £200m
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Making buildings net zero could cost £400bn, OBR warns
New report said total cost of hitting 2050 emissions target could be over £1.4tn across whole economy
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O’Rourke and Mace in push to reduce amount of carbon used in pre-cast concrete
Pair looking at initiatives to get emissions down during production process
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Minister discloses HS2 staff are picking up an average of £60k a year
Number of people employed by railway approaching 1,600
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Red chalks up major West End refurbishment job
Contractor overhauling building at junction of New Bond Street and Oxford Street
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New carbon reporting rules for construction unveiled
RICS, RIBA and UKGBC part of group drawing up emissions database
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Scaffolding firm sought for restoration of Nelson’s flagship
Job is for ongoing restoration of HMS Victory
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Crossrail 2 ‘ready to be restarted when time is right’, London’s mayor promises
Scheme was mothballed this spring
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Smaller housebuilders may get government help to cope with materials shortages
Housing minister says it will intervene if shortages become an 'ongoing and material obstacle'
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Nissan to build major vehicle battery plant in Sunderland
Gigafactory could cost around £1.7bn
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Comment
Net zero means valuing what we already have
For construction to hit the 2050 target everyone needs to radical rethink how they approach projects, Clare Masters warns
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Northern Ireland Water starts search for firms on £1.2bn major projects framework
Framework to run for maximum of eight years
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Woolwich latest Crossrail station to be handed over to TfL
Weston Williamson and Mott MacDonald also worked on the project
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Government too ‘timid’ on net zero, climate advisors warn
Major report slams lack of strategy on reducing aviation and decarbonsing buildings
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Nothing sinister in Jacobs not getting invite to key Crossrail meetings, project’s boss says
US consultant has been keeping tabs on scheme for government and Transport for London
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Features
Cost model: Reinvention
Reinvention – making obsolete buildings relevant to today’s market, including by conversion to more valuable uses – is a green alternative to demolition and rebuilding. Nic di Santo, Alastair Kenyon and Rachel Coleman of Alinea balance the benefits against the risks and constraints, and detail the costs of an example ...
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Red Construction to revamp Ace Hotel in east London
Shoreditch landmark will be rebranded by new owner
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Failure to publish rail plans leaves half the country in limbo, government advisor warns
Spending plans for regional rail links were due to be made public in February
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Features
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ at the bottom of the world: British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera research station
A £100m infrastructure modernisation programme is well under way in Antarctica, but working in this most remarkable environment presents unique challengesÂ