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Images: Essential Homes Research Project prototype. Credit: Chiara Becattini Holcim, a leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions has collaborated with the Norman Foster Foundation to create a unique temporary housing model for displaced communities worldwide. Presented at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, the housing concept was designed by Norman Foster as part of the […]
Fast-tracked investment of £180m over the next 12 months is expected to prevent more than 8000 sewage spills polluting English waterways, the Environment Secretary has announced. It follows the Secretary of State directing water and sewage companies last December to measurably reduce sewage spills over the next year by accelerating commitments and delivering new funding. […]
Mersey Tidal Power has the potential to become the world’s largest tidal scheme Formal planning process for UK’s “first of a kind” Mersey Tidal Power set to begin Potential to manage environmental issues associated with climate change Scheme would need government backing to complete development stage Advanced proposals to build the world’s largest tidal […]
Three projects have been awarded funding from Innovate UK to research and develop more sustainable solutions for heating. Addressing the fact that 23% of total emissions in the UK is generated from heating our 30 million buildings, Innovate UK ran a competition, Design Engineering Innovation Lab, to invest in the development of innovative renewable heating […]
Contrary to popular belief, a recent report has shown that the UK construction industry has been among the best at digital adoption. However, this has started to grind to a halt as a quarter (28%) of businesses in the sector believe digital transformation is easy for them to achieve. While most firms recognise the importance of implementing […]
There are signs that the UK’s construction industry is picking up pace and for the first time in two years builders are feeling more optimistic. In the latest S&P Global/CIPS construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) there was a score of 49.7 last month compared to 48.8 the previous month, any score below 50 shows the […]
CEO of The Hydrogen Energy Association (HEA) Celia Greaves “Giga has the potential to release billions in private investment in clean energy supply chains to provide products and services and will be critical for the continued development and deployment of hydrogen in the UK. “We have been invited by the Department for Energy Security […]
It’s a sad but unavoidable fact – public buildings are highly visible, likely to be full of expensive equipment, and that makes them an obvious target for thieves and vandals. Fences are one of the most fundamental forms of security we have available to us in modern construction. There’s little more effective at preventing […]
CMS Danskin Acoustics has worked with acoustic consultants Atelier Crescendo to arrive at a floor build-up which has contributed to achieving acoustic performance significantly exceeding Approved Document E ‘Resistance to the passage of sound’ 2003 standards at new student accommodation for St Catharine’s College in Cambridge. The accommodation provides two new houses (comprising 23 […]
West Fraser has introduced a new ready-primed version of industry-leading SterlingOSB Zero board which has been created for, site security and hoardings, barriers/screening, temporary public walkways, and the boarding up of damaged buildings, signage, interior screening, shop fitting/retail, displays promotions, building extensions and renovations. In essence, it is a blank canvas for colourful marketing messages. […]
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