Author Archive for: Lyn

The government has pledged £21.7bn of funding to develop two carbon capture sites in the North West and North East of England, which could create thousands of jobs and “reignite our industrial heartlands”. Funding for the clusters, in Liverpool and Teesside, will be made available across 25 years, with the aim of making the UK […]

Integra Buildings managing director Chris Turner, left, and head of technical Richard Constable with the modular cell, which could hold the key to tackling the prisons overcrowding crisis. A Humber offsite construction firm has designed what it believes could solve the UK’s prisons overcrowding crisis. Integra Buildings has designed and manufactured a custodial cell that […]

With a curriculum designed by Holcim’s experts and partners from leading research institutions and architecture and engineering firms such as the University of Cambridge and Zaha Hadid Architects, the Holcim Sustainable Construction Academy is a free online training program aimed at upskilling built environment professionals who want to drive low-carbon, circular and regenerative design in the buildings sector. […]

Autumn Budget predictions for the property and construction sector The Labour Government has already warned that its first fiscal budget will be painful. With an estimated £22 billion black hole to fill, it’s likely that taxes will increase and public spending will be cut. A number of announcements have already been made on the Government’s […]

Following six months of planning and feasibility testing, BTR innovator MODEL shares its first project – a 13,000sqm (GFA) structure in Abbotsford – which will not only be the tallest mass timber residential building in Melbourne, but also the first large scale apartment complex in Australia to achieve Passive House certification. MODEL on Johnston will […]