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1976-built Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia is considered to be the world’s first upcycled skyscraper. Image: Andrey Moisseyev/Dreamstime

New Arup playbook shows how industry can move from demolition to reuse

Every week, humans build an area equivalent to the city of Paris, consuming around half of all raw materials extracted.

In pictures | London Stadium’s steel structure spring clean

The 15MW facility will go up at an existing data campus in Surrey. Image: Castleforge/Galaxy Data Centers

New data centre approved for Redhill to meet surging London demand

Building Safety Regulator reports strong Gateway 2 approval numbers

Built environment competency guidance nears publication

Installing sprinkler branches is a “top offender”, taking nearly twice as long as planned to finish the final 20% of the activity’s scope. Image: 111798157/Dreamstime.

Timebomb jobs: the activities most likely to delay your project

Engineers installing the new crane at the London Eye. Image: Hiab

In pictures | London Eye gets new cranes in night-time upgrade project

Unexploded WW2 device found at Plymouth building site

In pictures | The best images from April

Not a new idea: Network Rail’s 53m-long Tan House Footbridge near Wokingham used repurposed steel tubes for all column elements, their cross-bracings, and the fan members supporting the deck. Image: By Luis Moya, courtesy of Format Engineers.

UK gets first marketplace for second-hand steel bridges

MPs urge regulator funding reform on Workers’ Memorial Day

Contractor Midgard used it to build a permanent suspended slab in a rented apartment building going up at the big mixed-use scheme. Image: Capital Concrete.

Major regeneration scheme sees first UK use of lower-carbon calcined clay concrete

McLaren awarded Sizewell C projects contract

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Inadequate planning causes three-quarters of errors by value, contractor study shows

The bases are up to 10 times stronger than traditional precast elements despite being up to 60% lighter thanks to a thin, reinforced base design. Image: Hyperion Robotics.

Costain uses robots to print 90 concrete bases for Teesside captured CO2 pipeline

The tool runs on OS and third-party land and habitat data and can be used for BNG assessments at early desktop stage and by ecologists in the field. Image: Courtesy of Ordnance Survey.

OS mapping tool shows exactly what’s on the land to ease BNG planning

Safety body exposes critical failures of substandard protective footwear

Fire body voices safety concerns over government’s cable consultation

The pour is being carried out in 12 phases over 12 weeks. Image: Courtesy of Murphy.

Murphy makes first UK low-carbon concrete pour for permanent works on Transpennine Route Upgrade

Artist’s render of the new eastern entrance at Bletchley Station (Milton Keynes). Image: Courtesy of East West Rail Co.

Construction plans for new stations between Oxford and Cambridge brought forward

Middle East conflict fuelling construction volatility, says Gleeds

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