All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 17
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Industry left underwhelmed by Shapps’ reheated energy plan
Government plans to boost energy efficiency branded as insufficient
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Comment
While 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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Labour 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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Comment
We’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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Comment
UN 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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ICE 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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Government 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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Features
How 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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City 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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Features
Dodging 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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Green 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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Features
Costing 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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Spring 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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Comment
Hunt’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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Hunt to spend £20bn on carbon capture schemes across UK
Chancellor also announces launch of first competition to design small modular reactors
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Missed chances and little to excite in Hunt’s first Budget
Today’s statement revealed a chancellor with few short-term solutions for whom survival to the next general election will be an achievement in itself
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Features
Phoenix rising: Plans for the ‘largest timber development in UK’ take shape
A new East Sussex-based developer is seeking to disrupt the housebuilding sector and create a template for higher density, walkable neighbourhoods, writes Ben Flatman
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Ministers’ unhelpful messaging around HS2 is damaging to UK plc
Recent decisions to delay investment in key parts of the railway undermine business confidence, which costs us all
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Infrastructure inflation set to be double that of building, Arcadis says
Consultant predicts up to 7% price hike for civils work this year