All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles
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NewsGovernment signs deal to remove mobile signal blackspots along busy rail routes
Agreement with Network Rail and telecoms firms signals move towards public private funding models for infrastructure upgrades
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NewsEnergy costs for high growth sectors to be slashed under 10-year industrial strategy
Steel and life sciences among sectors to be given discounts
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NewsIndustry welcomes government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy
Plan sets out how £725bn will be spent on infrastructure over next decade
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NewsMark Wild lays bare scale of HS2 failures as he outlines plans to ensure suppliers take on more risk
HS2 chief executive reveals he considered pausing construction to implement ‘comprehensive reset’ of project
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NewsHS2 to be delayed by at least two years with transport secretary set to highlight ‘litany of failure’ on project
Heidi Alexander due publish findings of two reviews on project today
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SponsoredData centres as critical national infrastructure: Are we doing enough to get them connected?
A roundtable hosted by Building and JSM Group Serviceslooked at the challenges of providing adequate energy connections for the UK’s data centres
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CommentLabour must shore up materials security or fall short of infrastructure strategy ambitions
By importing key construction materials such as cement, the infrastructure strategy faces potential disruption due to supply chain bottlenecks and geopolitical issues. Diana Casey, executive director at the Mineral Products Association, makes the case for a thriving domestic industry
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FeaturesWhat will the Treasury’s Green Book review mean for construction?
Boris Johnson’s 2020 review of the Treasury’s appraisal process for government investments led to some improvements in how value in schemes is judged, but a new review commissioned by Labour this year has found that many of the old practices remain embedded. Rachel Reeves has said she wants to go ...
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 32: Market update and guidance on specialist contracts
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building London’s millennium projects, 1999
Building speaks to the project teams working under pressure to finish the Millennium Dome, the London Eye and the Jubillee Line extension in time for New Year’s Eve
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CommentThe genie is out of the bottle – what next for commercial property in the capital?
The City of London’s workspace market has weathered a turbulent few years, but shifting workplace strategies and sustainability-driven renovations are shaping a resilient, adaptable future for the capital’s offices, says Chris White of CPMG Architects
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NewsGovernment to spend £15bn on transport projects outside the South-east
Schemes include jobs in Liverpool, Bradford and Newcastle
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CommentWe need a new and fair infrastructure funding model now if we are to build for the future
Delivering critical infrastructure and public facilities is a complex process that carries huge risk for small rewards. That system has to change, says John Wilkinson, chief operating officer at BAM UK & Ireland
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FeaturesHow hard is it to decarbonise the construction of new homes?
Source: Shutterstock The embodied carbon of new homes can be reduced by using alternatives to carbon intensive brick such as the timber boarding on these homes at Aborfield Green, a new village in Berkshire More than 60% of a new home’s total carbon footprint is emitted before ...
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NewsRace starts for £1.5bn housing retrofit framework
Procure Plus has put contractors on notice to carry out the installation of low and zero carbon technologies in social housing stock.
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Features‘It will take time’ … WSP’s head of structures on industry gender parity, juggling work and life and going to the Palace
Claire Gott has been at WSP since 2010 after graduating from university. She’s now in charge of the firm’s structures business in the UK
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CommentThe government promises ambition – what’s the key to realising it?
Our industry must expand, upgrade, collaborate and increase productivity if it is to play its part in realising the UK’s infrastructure strategy, writes Ramboll’s Neil Sansbury
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NewsNew images of Network Rail’s £1bn Liverpool Street station plans as City publishes planning application
Documents reveal team tested options including building over station’s entire listed trainshed
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NewsLessons must be learned from past PFI failures, government infrastructure advisor warns
Comments from NISTA’s Matthew Vickerstaff come as ministers weigh up benefits of relaunching initiative next month
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FeaturesMore space, more clarity, more welcoming and accessible: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
Ben Flatman explores the remodelling of the Sainsbury Wing and asks what is lost when a celebrated postmodern building is updated to make it more welcoming and accessible