People Buckingham Palace to expand building surveyor team The Royal Household is recruiting a senior building surveyor to help maintain and decarbonise its historic London estate
News 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.
News New data centre approved for Redhill to meet surging London demand Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers have received planning consent for a 15MW data centre at Galaxy’s campus in Redhill, outside London.
Opinion How contractors can demonstrate their commitment to water conservation This Water Saving Week (4-8 May), CIOB head of sustainability, Amanda Williams, looks at how construction companies can benefit financially and reputationally by doing their bit to use less water
Digital Construction Climate data reporting needs to be more joined-up to support net zero Emissions reporting is growing as the UK heads towards electrification, but the data collected needs to be more consistent, finds research from BEAMA, the trade association for energy infrastructure companies.
News UK gets first marketplace for second-hand steel bridges The idea is to give steel spans and other elements a second career, cutting material costs and embodied carbon.
Technical ‘Contractors need strong client direction to deliver sustainable schools’ In our latest client interview, the DfE’s Richard Taylor discusses the new design standards for school buildings and why collaboration with contractors is key to delivering net zero
News Major regeneration scheme sees first UK use of lower-carbon calcined clay concrete Calcined clay concrete has been used in an apartment building going up in North London.
News Costain uses robots to print 90 concrete bases for Teesside captured CO2 pipeline It’ll require less soil excavation, cut concrete and steel by 40%, and reduce carbon emissions by up to 50%.
News OS mapping tool shows exactly what’s on the land to ease BNG planning The tool shows what’s on a plot of land to help developers plan their BNG commitments more easily.
News Murphy makes first UK low-carbon concrete pour for permanent works on Transpennine Route Upgrade 150 cubic metres mixed with Ecocem cement makes capping beam for a contiguous pile wall at the Shipley Depot.
News Construction plans for new stations between Oxford and Cambridge brought forward Developer speeds up as a new town and a Universal theme park juice travel demand between Oxford and Cambridge.
News How Barratt Redrow is building the UK’s biggest net-zero carbon neighbourhood Ground-source heat pumps, solar panels, home batteries and smart controls will exceed the Future Homes Standard.
Opinion Working with the value chain is key to innovation The construction industry faces a skills shortage, which is being addressed with innovation. The key is collaboration, writes Morgan Sindall’s Steffan Speer MCIOB
People My CEnv career: ‘Without client trust, you can’t achieve anything’ After two decades working across continents and disciplines, Mania Alabadla reflects on how sustainability has evolved – and why trust, technical credibility and long-term thinking are essential to delivering real impact.
Powered Access Powered access survey: identifying construction’s priorities CM’s inaugural Powered Access in Construction survey offers a detailed snapshot of how powered access equipment is perceived and used across the industry.
Opinion Monument or workshop of democracy? Westminster’s £40bn conundrum The crumbling Palace is too important to be left to rot, but heritage alone can’t justify a full restoration.
News ‘No more energy bills’: Housebuilder adopts Finnish timber system touted as better than Passivhaus Developer Oakmont goes all in on offsite system used in the Nordics for 48 years, telling CM it’s twice as fast.
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