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Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste storage and disposal solutions, announced a new contract to conduct a borehole feasibility study for ARAO, Slovenia’s radioactive waste management organization. The study will examine whether a deep borehole repository could dispose of spent fuel from Slovenia’s TRIGA II research reactor at […]
Detailed planning permission for first phase of a new neighbourhood at Almond Valley, Perthshire is approved A detailed planning application submitted by Savills on behalf of Almond Valley Limited and Stewart Milne Homes has been granted consent by Perth & Kinross Council at Committee on 24th August 2021. This will enable 340 homes, of […]
Electraflyer has announced that it has passed crossover, meaning it now sells more battery-electric aircraft than polluting ones. Pipistrel sold over 100 battery-electric aircraft last year as they take over from its traditional offerings. Bye Aerospace does not even make conventional aircraft. With its Tesla-style approach, its order book exceeds 720 battery-electric aircraft evenly split […]
BUILDING UP STEAM – CONSTRUCTION SECTOR WAGES RISE EIGHT TIMES FASTER THAN AVERAGE SALARIES Construction salaries advertised by employers have soared by 6.7% in the space of just five months1, according to new data from the world’s largest job site Indeed With employer demand for workers outstripping the number of candidates, advertised wages are also […]
SIKA’S NEW MONOTOP® SYSTEM RAISES STANDARDS IN SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM CONCRETE REPAIR Global building products manufacturer, Sika, has launched a new concrete repair solution that provides greater long-term protection for buildings and sets a new standard for low environmental impact concrete by significantly reducing CO2 emissions. Sika has invested in the trusted Sika MonoTop® brand […]
Leading Italian render manufacturer, Fassa Bortolo has recently added convenience and service provider, the Co-operative Group, to its list of commercial brands completing a new render project at Maypole Garage in Bream, Gloucestershire. With a brief to source a high quality, long lasting render that would suit the store’s hightraffic environment, following a full specification […]
A potted history of the evolution of energy by Joe Bradbury From fire to water, how mankind’s hunger for manmade energy has evolved from the first spark of flint on stone to process of nuclear fission taking place in nuclear power plant reactors. Life is strange. So strange, in fact, that in a bid […]
Gavin Holvey, Priva General Manager UK & Ireland London’s commercial landlords must invest now in building tech to ‘green’ their building stock, or risk being ‘unrentable’ A new report which claims that around 10% of London’s office space, has an EPC rating of F or G making it potentially unusable when new MEES regulations come […]
But don’t worry if it takes the hump at these tasks, as long as you can run faster than 5 miles an hour it wont be able to catch you, hopefully it equally can’t figure out how to use a weapon! Tesla will build a humanoid robot called Tesla Bot, to tackle “dangerous, repetitive and […]
The future carbon economy will present major challenges and opportunities for M & E (Mechanical and Electrical) companies over the next 10 years with the need to deliver innovative design solutions for new and existing buildings, according to Julian McCamphill, Operations Director of Dowds Group. There is already considerable pressure for change, but while most […]
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