All Energy, Infrastructure and Refurbishment articles – Page 35
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Cost 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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Energy 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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ISG wins £65m office revamp next door to Millennium Bridge
Scheme by architect Piercy & Co involves giving makeover to 1980s building
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A 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
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Local leaders ask government to look at ways to build full £39bn Northern Powerhouse Rail line
Open letter from Transport for the North follows decision to downgrade Liverpool to Leeds route
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Osborne chalks up £21m refurb job on grade II-listed City building
Finsbury Circus’ Electra House was centre of secret WW2 spying operation
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Government has ‘fundamentally got it wrong’ on hydrogen, Teesside mayor says
Ben Houchen slams officials for ‘playing it safe’ in last month’s heat and buildings strategy
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Firms not doing enough to decarbonise property estates, Mace warns
Survey says almost a quarter of business leaders think COP26 will have no long-term impact
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We need to act now to sustain the old as much as the new
New buildings are increasingly designed to mitigate the effects of climate change but historic buildings require and deserve just as much attention
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Features
Making waves: how Rugby Radio Station was retuned as a secondary school
The initial plan had been to convert Rugby Radio Station into the heart of a 6,200-home estate, but there was a shortage of secondary schools in the area and master developer Urban & Civic had other ideas, Thomas Lane visits Houlton SchoolÂ
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Meet Ben Houchen: the man putting the power back into Teesside
The Conservative mayor is spearheading Teesside’s net zero revolution - listen to the full audio interview here
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All new buildings to have electric vehicle charge points from next year
Details to be announced by PM later today
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Green light for temporary HS2 construction college and site office
Camden scheme will be demolished after 10 years to make way for railway’s new central London lines
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Goodbye to The Godfather: Steve Pycroft interview
As Mace chairman Steve Pycroft prepares to bow out, he will be remembered above all else as the man who delivered the Shard – and delivered it in style. Â
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Costing Steelwork 18: 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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Integrated Rail Plan: industry reacts
Government’s confirmation that HS2’s eastern leg will be scrapped and Northern Powerhouse Rail downgraded divides opinions
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HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds scrapped with Northern Powerhouse Rail also pulled, government confirms
Ministers finally unveil long-awaited plans for regional rail upgrades
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UKGBC proposes bringing forward minimum EPC ratings for UK homes by seven years
Policy would mean homeowners would be unable to sell their homes if they do not meet stringent energy efficiency ratings from 2028
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UK ‘missed opportunity to show leadership’ by not announcing retrofit strategy ahead of COP26
FMB chief says initiative could have set example for other countries to follow at Glasgow climate summit
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Politicians have failed so it’s over to industry to take the lead
After two years of build-up and two weeks of debate, COP26 is over having achieved depressingly little in terms of meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis