All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 12
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NewsBurnham calls for pre-covid rail plan for the north to be built in full
Mayor’s comments come as shadow rail minister questions “implications” of government handling of HS2
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CommentHarnessing contracts to meet energy efficiency requirements
Getting the contract right is vital to ensure that office improvement works to meet rising efficiency standards hit the target EPC
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CommentWe were on the right track. Cancelling HS2 has taken us off it
Some building projects are worth the money and the wait. A once-in-a-generation opportunity has now been missed, writes Randstad’s Victoria Short
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NewsHS2 Euston pared back further with reprieved station to feature just six platforms
Original design had proposals for 11 platforms in order to cope with capacity for now abandoned route to Manchester
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NewsPM scraps HS2 West Midlands to Manchester leg
Savings to be spent on ‘hundreds’ of smaller projects, while Euston link to go ahead under new management
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK’s schools must be designed to last 100 years, says RIBA president
The leader of the body, which launched its manifesto this week, was speaking at a fringe event on the RAAC crisis
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK takes ‘ridiculous’ amount of time to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure, says chancellor
Jeremy Hunt hit out at inefficiency’s in major project delivery and re-iterated no formal decision had been made on HS2
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NewsCostain commercial director becomes first black CICES president
Batsetswe Motsumi is the civil engineering body’s first non-white president in its history
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CommentNet zero and the Loch Ness monster tax bill
A recent court ruling about a hydroelectric scheme at Loch Ness has implications for government policy on net zero
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NewsSunak weighing up funding Manchester underground station to bring Burnham on side
Prime minister wants win over Manchester mayor amid backlash against expected HS2 cuts
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NewsGatwick refreshing £60m design framework as airport architect sees numbers jump
Airport planning to bring to bring second runway into routine use while Pascall & Watson reports workloads doubled last year
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CommentBuilding safety: It’s a team game
Collaboration is the key to delivering safe buildings and every member of Team Construction needs to perform at their best, says Build UK chief executive Suzannah Nichol
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NewsBirmingham’s Ringway Centre set for wrecking ball as council considers three tower plan
Corstorphine & Wright proposals would replace brutalist landmark with blocks up to 56 storeys in height
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NewsSunak says gas boilers can stay and delays ban on oil-fuelled heating
Heat pump grants also increased by 50% in major net zero policy shake-up
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NewsPM and chancellor under pressure from regional leaders to drop HS2 cut plans
Proposals to turn scheme into Birmingham-West London shuttle could save £34bn
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NewsIndustry dismay over Sunak’s expected net zero U-turn
Government set to roll back pledge to ban new gas boilers by 2030 and set tougher energy efficiency targets for landlords
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NewsUnesco tells government to change £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel plans
Road scheme was approved for the second time in July
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NewsRICS publishes second edition of whole life carbon assessments standard
Updated version expanded to encompass all built assets across the world
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NewsGovernment and EDF after private investment into Sizewell C nuclear scheme
Would-be investors will be subject to strict security checks
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NewsLabour refuse to confirm HS2 support as Sunak sharpens axe
Prime minister’s ‘mind made up’ on Euston and northern phase