All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 18
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CommentHigh-rise registration offers chance to improve homes and rebuild residents’ trust
While the culture change required by the Building Safety Act means a lot more potential work, it is also an opportunity to create safer, greener buildings
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NewsRolls Royce mini nuclear reactor designs take step toward approval
Plans pass first stage of atomic regulator’s generic design assessment
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NewsMcGee tasked with re-using steel structure on City block revamp job
Engineering contractor hopes project will demonstrate viability of steelwork reuse
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NewsApproval for 1,120-home Westminster regeneration scheme
The Church Street project will see a total of 1,750 new homes built
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NewsIndustry left underwhelmed by Shapps’ reheated energy plan
Government plans to boost energy efficiency branded as insufficient
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CommentWhile women remain a minority in our industry the fight for parity goes on
While we should celebrate the fact that female representation in architecture and construction is at an all-time high, there is plenty of work still to do, says Sadie Morgan
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NewsLabour to impose a ‘net zero mandate’ for every key regulator
Shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband outlines party’s net zero strategy ahead of government’s “energy security day”
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CommentWe’re running out of materials – and of time to do something about it
To secure a liveable future we need to develop our understanding of materials and identify more opportunities for their reuse, writes Andrew Mellor of PRP
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CommentUN climate report: all buildings, everywhere and all at once
The warnings are that we have neglected the vast majority of buildings and the vast majority world’s population - but there still is time to create a climate resilient society
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NewsICE demands mandatory reporting on cost of adapting infrastructure to changing climate
UK must plug ‘data gap’ before it can make meaningful progress on resilience, says body
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NewsGovernment announces winners of £1.8bn retrofit funding pot
Claims 115,000 homes across England could benefit, as well as schools and hospitals
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FeaturesHow transport infrastructure can unlock regeneration and levelling up
Regional and local transport planning in the UK has been boosted through the award of long-term funding to city regions and by aligning mobility to levelling up
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NewsCity tower would contradict corporation’s new carbon guidance, heritage group says
Planners set to decide on Woods Bagot’s 32-storey office scheme this morning
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FeaturesDodging the seals: Antarctic project survives toughest season yet
The project team working on the £100m modernisation of the British Antarctic Survey’s flagship research station is racing against the clock to finish the cladding on a huge new facility before the winter sets in
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NewsGreen light for plans to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Local practice also asked to rework high-rise tower in city
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 23: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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NewsSpring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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CommentHunt’s Budget shifted emphasis from recovery to re-set
Many of the chancellor’s announcements will only bear fruit in the longer term. Whether that is in time to save the Tories at the next general election remains to be seen, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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NewsHunt to spend £20bn on carbon capture schemes across UK
Chancellor also announces launch of first competition to design small modular reactors