In pictures | The best images from June

The British Antarctic Survey’s new research facility, the Discovery Building, is coming into operational use following BAM’s work across six construction seasons during Antarctica’s brief summers.

Full handover at the Rothera Research Station is expected during the 2025-26 season, which typically runs between November and April.

Infrastructure contractor YTL Construction has trialled soil stabilisation at Leyhill Water Recycling Centre in South Gloucestershire to help reduce its carbon footprint.

The process enhances the properties and structure of soil that, without treatment, would not be suitable for construction, to create a solid foundation.

Swiss telecoms company Leuk TDC has turned two obsolete satellite dishes on its land into a solar plant to help power its data centre. Building technology specialist CKW installed a total of 614 solar panels across both dishes so each can generate around 110,000kWh of electricity annually.

HS2 engineers recently lifted 850-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) Caroline from below ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, west London, using a large gantry crane.

TBM Caroline excavated over 1.2 million tonnes of earth and installed 4,217 tunnel rings during its 8km journey from West Ruislip.

South Yorkshire housebuilder Sky-House has installed swift bricks in its eco-friendly residential development in Waverley Central, Rotherham. Backed by RSPB, swift bricks provide homes for cavity-nesting species such as house martins, starlings, house sparrows, swifts and many other small birds and invertebrates.

National Highways has committed to doubling its stock of green bridges across the UK within the next two years to provide safe passage across roads for wildlife species. There are currently fewer than 10.

This visualisation shows how the 68m-long Cockrow green bridge, part of the M25 Junction 10 scheme, will look after completion.