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Luton Town’s New Stadium: Power Court’s £450m Journey from Planning to Premier League Reality

UK Construction Blog

The stadium targets BREEAM Excellent environmental certification whilst preserving Kenilworth Road’s intimate atmosphere through innovative acoustic design and close proximity seating that maintains the club’s traditional matchday experience. Community impact adds another dimension to the stadium debate.

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Study Confirms Kerto LVL Cuts Construction Carbon Footprint

CCR Magazine

The study compares load-bearing structures, excluding insulations or other materials, to ensure a fair assessment of primary structural components. As a conclusion, the material efficiency of Kerto LVL results in remarkably smaller fossil climate impact per square meter.

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UK Construction Recovery Constrained by Historic Labour Crisis

UK Construction Blog

Brexit’s lasting impact compounds the crisis, with EU construction workers in London dropping from 42% to just 8% since 2018, creating wage inflation and project delays averaging 15% cost overruns. The government has committed £700-775 billion in infrastructure investment over the next decade and targets 1.5

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Hulme succeeds Bourne at Eric Wright Civils

The Construction Index

Our projects also continue to have positive impacts for local people and their communities. From a group perspective, we have a strong foundation in social value, compliance, environmental standards that we can continue to build upon. I look forward to driving our ambitious targets across these areas.” Got a story?

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Digitizing Environmental Permitting for Successful Restoration Projects

Civil + Structural Engineer

Environmental data and permitting are the vital first steps for construction projects of all kinds. The digitization of these processes enables greater efficiency and shorter project timelines, and allows environmental consultants to visualize, organize, and analyze data for robust project planning. Army Corps of Engineers.

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How digital tools are helping the construction industry to choose carbon-smart materials

Autodesk Construction Cloud

However, as the construction sector continues to expand in many countries, there is a growing awareness of its environmental consequences. billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2020. However, there are ways to mitigate these impacts. There is a significant need for change.

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The Move Towards Embodied Carbon Targets for Building Materials

GCP Applied Technologies

Tue, 05/05/2020 - 18:34. May 05, 2020. Funded by Skanska and Microsoft, the project led to the development of the first-of-its-kind database of online environmental product declarations (EPD) that provide transparency into embodied carbon impacts before a project is built. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies.