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New clay bricks require raw materials to be extracted, processed and fired at high temperatures. None of that applies with reclaimed bricks. Image: Courtesy of Tunley Environmental

Analysis shows how much reclaimed bricks slash embodied carbon

Reclaimed clay bricks were found to have a negative Global Warming Potential (GWP).

CIOB Ireland conference to examine future of construction

Housing, sustainability and infrastructure will be on the agenda of the CIOB Ireland conference

Retrofit procurement guidance aims to create jobs and tackle skills shortages

Housing associations and local authorities are being urged to use retrofit procurement as a tool to create local jobs and address green skills shortage.

Talo says its system, developed over four decades, is manufactured from slow-grown, Nordic timber kept fully dry from forest to site, which prevents warping and heat loss. Image: Courtesy of Talo

Six reasons local authorities and developers should think timber-first

Timber holds the key for better-quality, affordable homes built faster.

The contracts were awarded after Spencer Group made it onto National Grid’s Project Civils Framework for expanding the electricity network. Image: Spencer Group

Spencer Group lands role preparing substations for renewable connections

Ground and enabling works are needed to connect substations in Yorkshire and Merseyside to new battery storage facilities.

Shropshire countryside. Naturum restores intensively farmed and other types of land to natural biodiversity. Image: Denis Kelly | Dreamstime.com

Property firm LHS teams up with habitat-cultivator selling offsite BNG units

Naturum owns a growing number of multi-acre sites in England where it is restoring biodiversity.

Central Birmingham from the air. Today, less than 10% of suitable commercial building roof space is used for solar generation. Image: Alexkane1977vi | Dreamstime.com

UK commercial roof space could generate as much solar power as ‘20 Hinckley Cs’

There’s enough suitable space today to generate 60GW, but such a rollout would need regulatory and legal support.

The Mace Construct project director leading complex commercial retrofits

For our latest project leadership interview, CM speaks to Mace Construct’s Matt Burley, project director for a major retrofit job in central London, about the complexities of reshaping an ageing commercial building into a sustainable, modern workplace

McLaren restores an art deco dream

Transforming London’s 1930s Brettenham House into top-class office accommodation has required high-quality heritage skills from contractor McLaren

True circularity eliminates waste by designing it out from the start. Image: Voyagerix | Dreamstime.com

Circularity’s becoming a requirement, so we need to start measuring it

We need robust way of measuring circularity, otherwise we’ll drown in ‘circular-washing’

Vital Energi installed 2,730 solar panels to make a 1.4 megawatt-peak (MWp) array that can generate around 1.27 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to power some 470 homes. Image: City of London Corporation

Spitalfields Market gets London’s biggest rooftop solar array

The 2,730-panel array can generate around 1.27 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year.

100 Liverpool Street, London, where SRM achieved a carbon reduction of 389kg per sq m and a BREEAM Outstanding rating for developer British Land. Image: The wub | CC BY-SA 4.0

Five-year strategy led to 33% carbon reduction for Sir Robert McAlpine

Contractor also diverted 98% of non-hazardous waste from landfill.

CGI of the Xylo building under construction in Clerkenwell, London. It’s set to be the UK’s biggest all-timber-frame office building when complete in 2028. Image: Global Holdings Management Group

News, Technical

New guidance on managing water risk in mass timber buildings due in October

With mass timber being adopted in more buildings, practical guidance will build confidence for industry and insurers.

Local campaign groups will gather at the Scottish Parliament next Thursday. Image: Paul Reid | Dreamstime.com

Campaigners rally next week to pressure Scottish government on data centres

Fourteen campaign groups have written to First Minister John Swinney demanding a moratorium.

The Federation of Piling Specialists calculates that its members generated some 330,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent on projects last year. Image: Merkushev | Dreamstime.com

Piling specialists hail first-ever embodied carbon dataset for UK foundations

The review drew on data from 63 projects done in 2025, with contractors contributing detailed information.

Heat resilience. Image: Dreamstime

More aircon is not the answer. How do we make buildings more heat resilient?

Building owners and operators should act now to protect their assets against overheating risks, writes Mott MacDonald’s Ruth Shilston

Photos will be displayed alongside a commissioned sculpture by Hampshire artist Darren Allsopp made entirely from reclaimed metal. Image: Courtesy of Willmott Dixon.

Willmott Dixon asks public for photos of material reuse to spur change in construction

Selected photos will be exhibited at the British Science Festival in Southampton next month.

Image: Matthäi

Digital Construction

German contractor uses 3D printing for walls of new HQ

A German contractor has used 3D printing for the walls its new headquarters building which were produced in under five days.

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