All articles by Chloë McCulloch – Page 3
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An end of year challenge to the eternal optimists
Is it gloom all round now people are back to Zoom meetings in pyjama bottoms?
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Net zero and how to get the best out of construction materials
Tips from Webb Yates engineers on how to think creatively and sustainably about projects
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks Net Zero Podcast: Materials matter - how to use concrete and steel responsibly in buildings
Episode 6: Interview with engineering firm Webb Yates and a visit to Feilden Fowles ‘demountable’ studio co-located on a farm | Heat pumps explained
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks Net Zero Podcast: Tees Valley mayor on scaling up hydrogen production
Episode 5: Interviews with Ben Houchen, mayor of Tees Valley, and Maria Smith at Buro Happold | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains carbon sequestration
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We are all part of the green industrial revolution – but it’s only just begun
With COP26 having ended in a bit of a whimper, we must now ask ourselves what we as an industry can do to make change
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks Net Zero Podcast: Views from COP26 – the mood from industry leaders in Glasgow
Episode 4: Interviews with Skanska UK’s Gregor Craig, Mace’s Hannah Vickers and UKGBC | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks Net Zero Podcast: Eco-activist architect on the power of protest
Episode 3: Tom Bennett interviewed about Extinction Rebellion and getting arrested | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains NABERS UK
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks net zero podcast interviews LETI founders
Episode 2: Personal stories behind the London Energy Transformation Initiative | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt on how financial institutions are driving change
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Talks net zero podcast launches first episode with RIBA’s Simon Allford
Episode 1: RIBA president Simon Allford | Heat and ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Strategy analysed | Net zero jargon-buster: carbon neutral vs net zero carbon
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Climate emergency: are you part of the problem or part of the solution?
COP26 is coming and professionals in the built environment must use this moment to focus minds on the path to net zero
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22 Bishopsgate developer says covid has increased demand for fresh air at City’s tallest tower
Video: Peter Rogers adds building is capable of lasting ‘200 years’
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Levitt’s warts-and-all report must lead to real change at the RICS
 Members want a more transparent organisation representing them – and they want their voices to be heard
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T&T and CBRE: A good deal to think about
 What will T T’s sale of a 60% stake to CBRE mean for the firm – and the wider industry?
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Freedom day in shackles
With responsibility for risk assessment shifting from government to employers, firms have a lot on their shoulders
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Brexit realities are hitting home
Labour shortages and import barriers are now joined by certification challenges
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Give us the tools and we will finish the job
As the UK economy goes up a gear, there’s plenty of construction work – but where are the materials to do it with?
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State of the market: Becalmed waters but no plain sailing
A surge in optimism is wonderful to see, but material price inflation could put a brake on construction’s rebound
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Optimism makes a comeback
It has been a gruelling year of lockdowns, but positive signs for construction mean we can now dare to hope
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Features
In Business: Scape’s boss sees a strong pipeline of public sector work
Mark Robinson on next week’s budget, cladding remediation, frameworks under scrutiny and why his London office is moving
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Is the Treasury listening?
Money invested into construction pays back several times over, that’s the message that needs to get through ahead of next month’s Budget