All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles
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NewsFrontrunner emerges in race for £200m London Stock Exchange makeover
Three firms had been chasing Paternoster Square scheme being masterminded by Oxford Properties
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SponsoredRegenerative development: what does it mean, what does it take – and is it a better goal than net zero?
Does the sector needs a broader ambition – one capable of holding together climate action, resilience, wellbeing, biodiversity and long-term economic value?
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NewsCity gives green light to £200m London Stock Exchange makeover with winner expected shortly
Three firms chasing Paternoster Square scheme being masterminded by Oxford Properties
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FeaturesInside Hornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive – if mildly eccentric – restoration
Residents of Crouch End in north London have had a long and sometimes fraught wait for Reginald Uren’s 1935 former council HQ to reopen, but they now once again have a building to enjoy and cherish
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FeaturesMiliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with the public and industry’s confidence in retrofit at a low ebb
The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne
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Features‘We need more self belief’… Chris Ball of AtkinsRéalis explains how the industry can deliver the UK’s infrastructure ambitions
As the government’s 10-year strategy begins to unfold, the president of the UK and Ireland business of the UK’s largest construction consultant tells Tom Lowe what the sector needs to do to avoid some of the mistakes of the past
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NewsIndustry welcomes government’s £15bn Warm Homes Plan but warns of skills shortages
Experts say more focus is needed on skills to ensure quality of work
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NewsFrench parent of UK consultants appoints MD for region as firm eyes ‘significant expansion’
Egis, which owns WW+P and Thomas & Adamson, says it sees UK and Ireland as ‘priority markets’
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FeaturesBuilding Systems Thinking: Crunch time
The deteriorating condition and performance of existing infrastructure is a looming threat to UK economic and social progress. The government and industry need to get serious about asset management, and fast.
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NewsCity approves Studio Moren’s plans for hotel roof extension on listed office block
Scheme to be the latest office-to-hotel conversion in the Square Mile
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NewsWilson James handed Sizewell C logistics contract
Firm will also partner with College on the Coast initiative
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 34: Market update and and structural steel coatings guidance
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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CommentCOP30: Let’s focus on the practical wins despite the fossil fuel shortfall
COP30 may not have delivered the headline ambition that many hoped for, but it has shown that practical cooperation can drive real change, writes WSPs David Symons
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CommentThe infrastructure opportunity we’re overlooking: Smarter asset use
Built environment professionals know that the most sustainable solution is often not to build at all. Last week’s Budget invited the industry to focus on optimising what already exists, Holly Davis writes
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NewsControversial £750m Marlow Film Studios scheme gets green light from government
Planning inquiry held into Buckinghamshire proposal earlier this year after scheme was rejected last May
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NewsGovernment picks Heathrow’s £49bn third runway plan over cheaper rival option
Final decision expected by the end of this Parliament
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NewsNuclear taskforce says regulatory reform needed to cut cost of building plants
Government-commissioned report says risk-averse policies ramping up prices
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CommentWe need concrete solutions to save the UK cement industry. The chancellor can start the process
As UK concrete demand hits a 62-year low, cracks are exposed in how materials are sourced and valued. Liz Gilligan argues that smarter procurement and low-carbon innovation could put the sector back on a solid footing
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NewsEast West Rail unveils more than 80 design changes in new £7bn routemap
Line now includes proposed new build station at Cambridge East and four new stations on Marston Vale Line
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SponsoredHow do we integrate sustainability into the built environment and make it pay?
Industry leaders gathered during Climate Week NYC to debate how construction can deliver environmental resilience while maintaining commercial viability, with risk emerging as the new language of sustainability