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Skanska scoops £105m office development
Skanska has secured the contract to replace a nine-storey office block overlooking…
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Court throws out injunction claim on HS2 groundworks
A high court judge has dismissed an attempt to halt groundworks at…
Lack of ‘green collar’ builders threatens net-zero drive, says Turner & Townsend
The UK will struggle to radically improve the energy efficiency of its…
Labour manifesto promises infrastructure and planning overhaul
The Labour Party has promised to overhaul planning rules and fund infrastructure…
Green Party manifesto: demolition to require full planning application
The Green Party has said demolition work should require a full planning…
Balfour lowers sights on carbon emissions in new strategy
Tier one contractor Balfour Beatty has pushed back its target dates for…
Net-zero progress ‘impeded’ by government indecision, NIC says
Delay in implementing changes to the infrastructure system has hit the UK’s…
CLC calls for competence frameworks in five retrofit ‘super-sectors’
The construction industry needs to develop competence frameworks for retrofitting in five…
Major clients commit to low-carbon construction ‘incentives’
Seven of the UK’s biggest infrastructure clients have publicly committed to specifying…
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Kier signs small nuclear reactor research deal
Kier has announced that it will help develop small modular reactors (SMR)…
Kier and Morgan Sindall scoop multiple lots on £1.6bn healthcare framework
Kier and Morgan Sindall have been named on three lots in a…
Heat pump installations are far below target, says NAO
The UK’s rollout of heat pump installations is running behind schedule, the…
Scottish Government warned heat-pumps plan is ‘unrealistic’
A lack of construction-sector capacity means a proposed legal deadline to remove…
Legal threat forces startup out of heat-loss measurement market
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Net-zero-homes proposal ‘could lower standards’
A coalition of built environment groups have said the government’s net-zero housing…
Industry calls on politicians to regulate embodied carbon
A coalition of 11 industry bodies have called for political parties to…
Whitehall calls for increase in traditional-building methods training
The government wants to increase the amount of construction training on traditional…
‘Transparent’ home energy assessments to be introduced
A proposed new method for assessing the energy performance of buildings is…
New BSI concrete spec ‘not breaking new ground’
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has changed its concrete specification standard to…
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New homes standard to make heat pumps mandatory
All housing built from 2025 should include heat pumps, according to new…
Industry needs to speed up carbon reduction efforts, report warns
Embodied carbon emissions in the UK built environment have not reduced at…
Ardmore lands £50m office retrofit
Ardmore has been named as main contractor on a £50m office retrofit…
Net-zero reforms to boost construction, says Scots government
The Scottish Government has said its new legislative plans to improve energy…
Minister ignores CLC warning over energy-efficiency target
A key report has warned that the industry is “not on track”…
No fresh bids to build onshore wind since planning boost
Not a single application has been made for an onshore wind scheme…
King’s Speech: domestic energy-efficiency climbdown slammed
Construction bodies have bemoaned a King’s Speech that confirmed landlords would not…
Balfour Beatty to build £68m Passivhaus school
Balfour Beatty has been selected to build a £67.8m Passivhaus-accredited secondary school…
Council halts Passivhaus policy over cost concerns
A Scottish council has paused a requirement for its new housing to…