All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 37
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NewsKier completes £250m prison using MMC
Five Wells prison in Northamptonshire built almost entirely from standardised components
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NewsBrexit and pandemic blamed as Bisset Adams folds
Liquidator praises director for doing ‘everything she could’
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NewsConstruction output highest for eight months – but optimism fades
Firms fear impact of rising costs and supply shortages
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NewsHeritage contractor bags restoration job on listed Crystal Palace subway
Glass roof to be built over the entrance to the crumbling Victorian landmark
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NewsPerkins & Will inks £9.5m deal to design two Leeds hospitals
Practice replaced BDP on £600m scheme last year
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CommentNet zero communities of the future depend on decarbonisation now
Benchmarking, roadmapping and delivering are the keys to portfolio decarbonisation, writes Atkins’ Stuart McLaren
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NewsParliament restoration could take more than 70 years and cost £50bn
Keeping MPs in Palace of Westminster during works would see costs and delivery time skyrocket, report finds
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NewsHold nerve on long term projects, infrastructure chief tells government
National Infrastructure Commission chair John Armitt says ripping up plans amid crisis over rising bills will increase costs in future
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CommentMust we leave heat networks behind?
Systems using centralised plant were meant to be the future, until their carbon intensity put paid to that. But are heat pumps always better?
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CommentThe critical journey to more sustainable infrastructure
Our future depends on a more adaptive, resilient, high-tech and environmentally-conscious built environment
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CommentWhy we need a long term view in a short term world
Government and the construction industry need to put more focus on whole life carbon, says Elaine Toogood
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FeaturesCost model: Low carbon frames
Structural frames are one of the biggest contributors to embodied carbon, but issues with data quality have made tackling this difficult – until now
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CommentHigh energy costs – it’s not just households who are feeling the pinch
The impact of on businesses is not yet part of the public debate – but it should be
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NewsRising energy costs could derail levelling up, materials firms warn
Jobs could be lost at energy intensive manufacturers unless ministers act
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NewsMurphy wins cabling job for giant offshore wind project
Firm to design and build two 7km cable ducts for Dogger Bank wind farms
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CommentUrban mining and how to reuse carbon intensive materials
Here’s how the embodied carbon savings of reusing - rather than recycling - materials such as steel could stack up
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NewsRIBA urges mass-retrofit programme for interwar housing
Improving 3.3m homes would cost £37.5bn, says institute
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CommentLevelling up is a shared responsibility
There is much in the government white paper for construction to get behind and lots of opportunities to contribute
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CommentWe have a mountain to climb to attract enough talent to construction
Mace’s chief executive on why reforming the Apprenticeship Levy is just one important part of a collective effort to tackle the skills crisis
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FeaturesConstruction seizes chance to make it in the movies
The UK’s film and TV studios have struggled to meet booming demand for production space, triggering a wave of interest from investors and developers