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World heading towards a “data doomsday” as demand outstrips energy supply New research by Loughborough University warns that global renewable electricity supply will be unable to meet the surging demand from digital data by 2025. In a new paper, published in Energy Policy, Loughborough Business School academics Dr Vitor Castro and Professors Tom Jackson and […]
A new collaboration center that will bring together around 80 green energy workers contributing to the delivery of a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England has been officially opened in Glasgow, Scotland. L-R: Rob McDonald, SSEN Transmission MD, Carl Trowell, National Grid Electricity Transmission’s President for UK Strategic Infrastructure, and Martin […]
(Images fjcstudio) A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Darlington Public School, in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, beat more than 220 other shortlisted designs to win the coveted annual prize at the World Architecture Festival in […]
Small building companies are reporting falling workloads, material costs going up, and a shortage of available workers, according to the latest State of Trade Survey Q3 2024, from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB commented: “The FMB’s latest State of Trade Survey for Q3 20024 reveals a challenging economic […]
The construction industry is raising concerns about a government’s plan to replace zero-hours contracts with guaranteed hours. Under the proposed Employment Rights Bill, employers would need to offer guaranteed-hour contracts to zero-hours workers after a typical 12-week period. Industry leaders are warning this could drive up costs in a sector reliant on flexible labour for […]
Breathing Buildings, a leading provider of controlled natural and hybrid ventilation systems is celebrating World Ventilation Day (#WorldVentil8Day). World Ventil8 Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing of people. Taking place on Thursday 8 November 2024, World Ventil8 Day was initiated […]
Following today’s announcement that the Bank of England (BofE) has reduced the base interest rate from 5% to 4.75%, David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Tax, argues that this move is crucial to mitigate the effects of recent measures introduced on the UK property market as part of the government’s Autumn Budget. Rachel Reeves’s announcement of […]
Credit: iCube Programme Work has commenced at 2 pilot sites in Barcelona and Brussels as part of the European project RECONSTRUCT. The two resulting buildings will challenge conventional construction by integrating circularity throughout their lifecycle phases: design, material selection, assembly, and deconstruction. The European co-funded Horizon project RECONSTRUCT will see the construction of two demonstration […]
St Margaret’s Church of England Academy in Aigburth(Image: Google Street View) Almost £4m is to be pumped into a Liverpool school to help ease the pressure on the city’s educational place challenges. In response to an increasing need for school places, Liverpool Council funds the construction and refurbishment of school buildings using the Basic […]
Leeds-based offsite construction manufacturer Remagin, part of Etex Group, is playing a pivotal role in the development of a new affordable retirement community in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Using Remagin’s innovative Light Gauge Steel Frame (LGSF) Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) technology, Sydney Grange is being developed by McCarthy Stone and will deliver 51 affordable homes […]
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