All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 32
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FeaturesHow to escape the groundhog day of dodgy frameworks
Construction has long been plagued by a procurement process that is inefficient, fragmented and costly. All that is about to change.
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NewsGerman firm in ascendency as HS2 picks winner for £316m lifts deal
Prized deal covers scheme’s four stations on first phase
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NewsGoogle buys London office building for £730m
Tech giant backs return to office working with plan to increase capacity for expanding UK staff
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FeaturesCost model: Office fit-out
Workplace requirements have been shaken up in the past two years – but have office fit-outs evolved in line with the new normal?
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NewsOffsite specialist chalks up £21m hospital job
Outpatient facility is Premier’s largest health scheme yet
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CommentIf this was a year of transition, the next must be one of action
As the climate crisis intensifies, the world needs to change – and our industry has a responsibility to lead the way
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NewsGreen light for FCBS’ plans to replace three Bristol bank buildings with offices
Scheme will be built around the ruins of a grade II-listed church
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FeaturesSt Hilda’s College revamp: serenity and unity down by the river
Rather than following the traditional quad layout, architect Gort Scott made the most of the scenic location to open up St Hilda’s and use the River Cherwell for passive cooling
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CommentWhat construction must learn from the aviation industry
The housebuilding sector is stuck in the past and should move towards a data-led manufacturing model
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FeaturesCobBauge: what on earth is going on?
An Anglo-French alliance is using subsoil and straw to demonstrate how low energy construction on housing projects can be made commercially viable. Thomas Lane reports
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NewsWates and T&T plugged in for work at electric car battery plant
Scheme will be built close to Nissan factory at Sunderland
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NewsGovernment mandates 30% cut in carbon for all new buildings
Revised Building Regulations mean reducing carbon emissions by a third from this summer
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FeaturesNorth and Midlands pledge to build on broken rail promises
Scaling back HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail puts levelling up in doubt. Is there a fight back for a fairer share of infrastructure spend?
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NewsAecom lands role on £1bn net zero programme
Firm to guide innovations to help homes achieve net zero
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NewsMajor projects to be hit by ‘mammoth’ admin burden from aggregate levy reforms
PwC says proposals to remove tax exemption for gravel pits could become law as soon as March
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CommentCost is key but solving the climate crisis comes first
The social and environmental costs of getting project choices wrong have never been greater
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NewsEnergy costs to push prices up, Arcadis warns
Consultant says firms can expect cost of bricks, glass and cement to continue heading north
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NewsISG wins £65m office revamp next door to Millennium Bridge
Scheme by architect Piercy & Co involves giving makeover to 1980s building
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NewsA slam-dunk fail: watchdog MPs launch scathing attack on green homes grant
Public accounts committee ‘not convinced’ that business department grasps full scale of the scheme’s failure