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Navigating the UK’s 2025 Building Regs: What Contractors Need to Know

UK Construction Blog

Key Changes The regulations focus on several areas: Energy Efficiency : New homes must have better insulation and airtightness, potentially with lower U-values for walls, roofs, and windows. Heating Systems : Gas boilers will likely be banned, with a shift to low-carbon options like heat pumps. W/mK or lower.

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Christopher Grey Talks MA Building & Energy Codes at FGIA

CCR Magazine

In this presentation, Grey provided an overview of the 2023 Massachusetts Stretch Code updates that impact faade design including requirements for air leakage, thermal bridging and the envelope backstop calculations. Moving forward, buildings permitted after July 1, 2023, will need to comply with the 2023 Massachusetts Stretch Code.

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METALCON Announces Top Products Award Winners

CCR Magazine

This family of backers, primers, basecoats and topcoats represents an alternative to traditional coil coating systems. “We It features a Decoiler with a 7-roll CNC straightening system and laser-hardened rolls to eliminate coil set and ensure flat sheets, along with a 3-roll rotating film application for surface protection.

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A winning foundation: Solid defense with low carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

The commitments made by the City of Seattle and Washington State to transition to all-electric systems for decarbonizing the building stock created a smoother path for the project team to achieve these goals than other regions might face. In addition, the city required the project to install photovoltaics (PV) on the buildings roof.

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NYC’s $700M Subway Resilience Plan Hinges on $30B Sewer Upgrade and Local Action

ENR Construction

HERMANN/MTA via Creative Commons July 22, 2025 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $700 million program to fortify New York City’s subway system against flash flooding is advancing on multiple fronts. of rain in one hour overwhelmed the combined sewer system and sent torrents of water into subway tunnels. Commissioner Rohit T.

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

UK Construction Blog

Power Court’s design incorporates roof structures specifically engineered to enhance crowd noise and create the electric atmosphere that Premier League football demands. The club’s commitment to ecological sustainability drives every aspect of the design process, from material selection to energy efficiency systems.

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NCDOT Awards $337M Contract to Modernize I‑85 Corridor

ENR Construction

A 2023 study by GPS‑fleet management firm Teletrac Navman ranked the corridor among the nation’s 25 most dangerous interstates, placing it 15th based on fatalities per mile. NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System has identified Charlotte as the most hazardous city along North Carolina’s 666 miles of I‑85.