All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 7
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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
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Campaigners set to launch High Court challenge against £700m ITV Studios plans
Save Our South Bank announce intention to start judicial review against Michael Gove’s decision to approve scheme last month
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Spending watchdog slams DLUHC’s failure to ‘get money out of the door’ for levelling up
Majority of supposedly ‘shovel-ready’ schemes forced to extend deadlines
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Costing Steelwork 27: Market update and quality marking information
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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Developer unveils plans for chopped down rejig of rejected City tower
Multiplex replaces Mace as construction advisor on revised plans for 43-storey office next to the Gherkin
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UK’s environmental adaptation strategy ‘falls far short’, says Climate Change Committee
Group says national initiative published last year does not meet urgency of issue
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Cat A fitouts are two and a half times more carbon intensive than previously thought, research reveals
The study, carried out by AHMM, challenges the assumptions made in the RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment which has become the industry standard for calculating carbon emissions
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How robust management of ‘forever chemicals’ can help developers bring forward brownfield regeneration sites
PFAS contamination is impacting brownfield projects, but robust risk management can help developers bring forward sites even as regulations are tightened up
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Manchester United to make decision on Old Trafford redevelopment by end of this year, Burnham says
Manchester mayor said redevelopment of the ground and the surrounding area could be the “biggest regeneration scheme in the country”
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Heritage practice Donald Insall Associates to bid for Crooked House pub rebuild
Destruction of “Britain’s wonkiest pub” caused national outcry after it was damaged by fire and then unlawfully demolished last year
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Outline plan for Leeds to Bradford tram system revealed
Scheme backed by £2.5bn from central government
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Who would back a ‘retrofit only’ mandate? RICS debate airs range of industry views
Industry experts met last week at RICS’ Parliament Square headquarters to discuss how much weight should be given to retrofit schemes by the planners and regulators. Tom Lowe reports
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DLUHC picks top barrister to lead review into speeding up major infrastructure projects
Department also opens consultation on accelerated planning for big commercial schemes
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Comment
To retain or rebuild? M&S case shows the industry needs rules
The High Court ruling overturning Michael Gove’s decision to deny M&S permission to redevelop its Oxford Street store shows that a framework setting out the conditions for redevelopment is urgently needed
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What does the High Court’s ruling mean for M&S’s Oxford Street plans? Lawyers give their views
Developers offered “welcome reset” on planning policy, but full clarity is some way off, writes Tom Lowe
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High Court overturns Gove’s decision to reject M&S’s Oxford Street plans
Shock move follows last month’s appeal by retailer against last year’s landmark ruling
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Comment
Ӱ safety case reports explained
The requirement for principal accountable persons to prepare safety case reports under the BSA has now come into force. How can this best be done?