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Industry resources are scarce, embracing circularity will help
Industrial businesses globally are reporting en masse that resource scarcity has been an issue to operations.
Why construction workers are demanding more
Construction workers on the Paris Olympic sites are just some of the construction workers taking to strike action to demand improvements in pay and conditions in 2023
Three contractors share £4bn UK utilities framework
Three contractors have won spots on two utilities and services frameworks in the UK worth a combined total of £4 billion (US$5.1 billion).
Renewables developer aims for 750MW of energy projects in H1 2024
Renewable energy developer Queequeg Renewables is set to submit planning permission for more than a dozen renewable energy projects across the UK by the end of June this year.
UK government criticized for ‘throwing money’ at modern methods of construction
The UK government’s attempts to boost housing construction by ‘throwing money’ at modern methods of construction (MMC) hasn’t worked.
Are governments going to start mandating for non-diesel-powered construction equipment?
As the UK considers a new strategy for decarbonising construction equipment, is it a sign that governments could start mandating for machines powered by something other than diesel?
Finning urges OEMs to up engine efficiency with connectivity tech
Finning says that the platform collects a wide range of data points from the engine and connects them to a single remote platform for analysi
Are western nuclear construction ambitions out of step with reality?
The UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could well end up being the most expensive ever built.
hyperTunnel wins grant to build underpass using robot technology
A robot swarm-built demonstration underpass will be built at GCRE’s facility in Wales
Hinkley Point C nuclear plant costs could rise to £46bn, delayed to end of decade
The total cost of building the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could rise to £46 billion (US$58.5 billion).
Laing O’Rourke to deliver British army training facilities under £5.1bn defence estate optimisation
Contractor Laing O’Rourke will deliver new army basic training facilities for the British army under the £5.1 billion (US$6.5 billion) Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) programme.
Google invests US$1 billion to build new UK data centre
Google has announced a US$1 billion investment in a new UK data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
UK government gives go-ahead for construction of multi-billion-pound carbon capture facility
The UK government has granted development consent for the construction of a major new, multi-billion-pound carbon capture and storage project.
UK road project’s planning application runs to 359,000 pages
Delays and rising costs beset proposed US$12.7 billion Lower Thames Crossing
Green light for construction of £4.4bn Sizewell C nuclear power station
The path to formal construction of a £4.4 billion (US$5.6 billion), 3.2GW nuclear power station at Sizewell C on England’s Suffolk coast has opened.
Conflict in Red Sea inflating shipping rates
ABC’s monthly report on US construction input prices says attacks nears Yemen could add upward pressure
Implenia announces net-zero build
Swiss real estate and construction services firm Implenia will build unit at research facility for Empa, Eawag collaboration
HS2 project costs soar up to £66.6bn
In 2013, the estimated cost of HS2 was £37.5 billion
UK government pledges to ramp up nuclear power plant construction
The UK government has outlined plans to undertake the biggest expansion in nuclear power plant construction in 70 years, as it focuses on energy security.
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