All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 32
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Features
In pictures: how Align JV is building the UK’s longest rail bridge, one piece at a time
Massive infastructure projects at Colne Valley Viaduct and Chiltern Tunnel form first stretch of HS2 outside London
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Comment
Never mind tax cuts and upgrade grants, a proper retrofit strategy is what we really need
In the wake of the spring statement, the conversation must move from fuel subsidies to efficiencies if we are to solve the energy crisis
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Industry calls for more action on promised retrofit programme
Chancellor’s energy efficiency VAT cut welcomed but more investment needed to improve homes, argue sector bodies
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Why a fabric-first approach can help cut high energy costs
When analysing how to make our buildings more energy efficient, we should start with the materials used to build them
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Features
The Forge: a platform for transforming office construction
Landsec and Bryden Wood have devised an office prototype that aims to be quicker, more sustainable and cheaper than conventional methodsÂ
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Comment
20-minute neighbourhoods are a blueprint for levelling up that lasts
Urban regeneration planning can tackle both sustainability and levelling up agendas if each area is considered according to its individual needs
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Hydrogen: not cheap but much-needed and well worth it in the end
We need brave thinking and bold investment to solve the current energy and climate crises
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Johnson asks industry leaders to ‘accelerate’ nuclear schemes as energy crisis escalates
PM hosted roundtable talks with Balfour Beatty, Mace and EDF yesterday
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Features
Costing Steelwork 19: Market update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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Net zero at risk as global energy concerns from Ukraine war send green goals back down the agenda
Agreements reached at COP26 were always going to be vulnerable to the unexpected, but the case for energy efficiency and alternative supply sources is now even more urgent
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Gutting Parliament and rebuilding from inside ‘easier option’ for restoration
New information provided by body overseeing £50bn scheme suggests option more straightforward than current plan
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Smart buildings: the digital workplace
The focus of office fit-out is increasingly on using digital systems to optimise the user experience. How best can one realise the opportunities of smart technology?
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Step forward for £460m Kent hospital expansion plans
Developer offered land for 2,000 homes in exchange for building new facility for free
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Winners for £700m airports framework named
Kier the sole firm to land place on all 12 lots
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Kier completes £250m prison using MMC
Five Wells prison in Northamptonshire built almost entirely from standardised components
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Brexit and pandemic blamed as Bisset Adams folds
Liquidator praises director for doing ‘everything she could’
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Construction output highest for eight months – but optimism fades
Firms fear impact of rising costs and supply shortages
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Heritage contractor bags restoration job on listed Crystal Palace subway
Glass roof to be built over the entrance to the crumbling Victorian landmark
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Perkins & Will inks £9.5m deal to design two Leeds hospitals
Practice replaced BDP on £600m scheme last year
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Comment
Net zero communities of the future depend on decarbonisation now
Benchmarking, roadmapping and delivering are the keys to portfolio decarbonisation, writes Atkins’ Stuart McLaren