All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 39
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CommentThat was COP26, so what next?
Progress on carbon trading was the biggest outcome from the climate conference for construction and should drive demand for low-carbon materials
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NewsUK’s infrastructure priorities over the next three decades revealed
National Infrastructure Commission sets out nine areas most in need of government investment ahead of official report due in 2023
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CommentGood COP or bad COP?
Jack Pringle looks back at what’s been achieved at the COP26 climate conference and what is just blah, blah, blah
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NewsNorthern Powerhouse Rail plan set to be scrapped
HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds also expected to be binned as government gears up to publish long-awaited plan for rail upgrades this week
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CommentThe race to build gigafactories
There is huge UK market potential in manufacturing facilities for electric vehicle batteries, but also significant challenges ahead
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NewsIndustry’s progress on net zero ‘feels different’ to previous efforts, CLC boss says
Andy Mitchell led CLC’s event on construction day at COP26
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 3
Tom Lowe has been covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. Here’s his final despatch
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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CommentA science-based approach is the way to achieve net zero
If companies in the construction sector are serious about addressing the issues of climate change and sustainability, they need to set wider, science-based targets that go beyond the industry standard, Stephen Hemmings writes
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NewsRolls-Royce creates new firm to build up to 16 small nuclear reactors
Reactors would cost around £2bn each and be about a tenth of the size of full scale plants
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NewsArup to withdraw from all energy schemes involving fossil fuels
Firm also pledges to carry out whole lifecycle carbon assessments on all of its building projects across the world
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CommentCreative thinking needed to tackle growing threat of urban flooding
Surface water flooding not only affects infrastructure and property, it can also cause loss of life. As we focus on refurbishing and refitting existing buildings, we should take the problem more seriously
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NewsKent councils back Crossrail extension plan
Proposals could see line link up with Channel Tunnel
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NewsInvestors reluctant to adopt green building practices on projects
RICS survey finds more than half of industry investors did not take biodiversity into account on schemes
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NewsGovernment plans £600m upgrade to animal research labs
Jobs include new builds at sites specialising in emerging diseases
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NewsCost of decarbonising all UK homes could be £200bn cheaper than other estimates, says Savills
But new research says government interventions do not go far enough to persuade homeowners to carry out the work
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CommentWill onshore wind stage a comeback?
Signs are emerging of a thaw in the government’s attitude to onshore wind, writes Angus Walker
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CommentConditions are right for seismic change. It’s time to ask really tough questions
Current economic and environmental uncertainties provide an opportunity for all of us to reconsider what we are doing – and why
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NewsBlow to Heathrow’s third runway plans after key investor pulls funding
Ferrovial ‘sceptical’ about providing further capital amid row over landing charges