UK Construction Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

Key Takeaways Manchester United is building the UK’s largest football stadium with a 100,000-seat capacity on land adjacent to Old Trafford, designed by Foster + Partners as part of a £2 billion regeneration project set to complete by 2030-31. The project promises significant economic benefits with Oxford Economics projecting £7.3

Environmental Impact Assessment

Construction Specifier

APRIL 16, 2025

As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions.

Sustainability

The Construction Index

JULY 20, 2025

Thousands of households have already had on-site checks conducted and where issues have been identified, installers have been asked to remediate these,” she said. “To This is being brought forward as part of the government’s Warm Homes Plan in autumn. The panel will meet every six weeks for an initial 12 months. Got a story?

Wall Systems

The Construction Index

JULY 1, 2025

These projects will upgrade more than 4400km of overhead lines and deliver 3,500km of new circuits, including investments offshore, doubling the total build in the last 10 years. It means up to 126 GW of clean power generation will be connected to the grid by 2030, if all goes to plan, alongside additional flexible storage and technologies.

Approvals

Business Facilities

AUGUST 25, 2021

To reach net zero emissions by 2050, annual clean energy investment worldwide will need to more than triple by 2030 to around $4 trillion.”. We have built more than 40 solar energy centers throughout the state and we are well on our way to installing more than 30 million solar panels by 2030. C and 2°C are progressively higher. “To

Renewable Energy Systems

Natural Building

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Their members place great importance on community-building, and are bound by the desire to make positive change in the world by working collectively and peacefully. In 1994, they opened the Ecovillage Training Center, which teaches students about permaculture, green building, renewable energy, and other important tenets of eco-living.

Renewable Energy Systems

UK Construction Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

The post Discover the Latest News on Party Promise for UK Construction, Shinfield Studios Work Completed, and Green Colar Worker appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Meanwhile, the largest new film and television studio in the United Kingdom, Shinfield Studios, has finished building.

Energy Conservation

Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 30, 2019

New construction technologies to attract younger workers, a push toward green building and the good and bad news in safety — these highlight some of the top stories in April. The article notes that simulators are already popular among youths, who use them to get a feel for things like flying planes or building automobiles.

Safety Regulations

Construction Specifier

JUNE 17, 2024

2 Buildings are responsible for approximately 42 percent of CO2 emissions, 15 percent of which is attributed to the embodied carbon of materials. trillion sf) of building floorspace by 2060—equivalent space of New York City added every month for 40 years—the time for the industry to act is now. Millions of properties across the U.S.

Sustainability

BD+C

MARCH 2, 2023

The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/02/2023 - 13:03 Sustainability For building owners and developers, the push to net zero energy and carbon neutrality is no longer an academic discussion. Government regulators are increasingly requiring that buildings perform more efficiently.

Renewable Energy Systems

UK Construction Blog

MARCH 3, 2024

The post Read the Latest News on Masdar Arlington Energy Builds a 55 MW Battery Plant in UK, EV Trial Has Been Completed by Costain and Enterprise, Environmental Issues Raised by Airport Building, Plans for a UK Hydrogen Facility Were Revealed appeared first on UK Construction Blog.

Renewable Energy Systems

Building Radar

JANUARY 14, 2020

Building planning: digital for optimized workflow 2. IoT: building with wireless intelligence 5. See more, plan better: thanks to Augmented Reality 9. Take-off: during planning, controlling and commercialization – with drones 10. Mega-trend in the construction industry: the 3D-printed building 11.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Plant & Civil Engineer

JUNE 5, 2023

NI Water says it is almost one quarter of the way towards its target of planting one million trees across 500 hectares of its land by 2030. The scheme is part of NI Water’s wider plans to help tackle climate change and create a more sustainable future for Northern Ireland. The Forestry Service are supporting the project. “At

Site Planning

Stok

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The general mood around GFANZ (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero), a group of the world’s largest financial institutions which pledged at COP26 in Glasgow to finance their own and their assets’ net zero transition, is not optimistic based upon current progress, despite the grand plans.

Real Estate Development

Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

Moving into Year 4 of its grant, Tennessee plans to build on its progress and continuously improve implementation of its key initiatives. But the latest news out of the Volunteer State is a strong indicator that our long-time auto champ plans to reclaim its crown. Auto Giants Keep Getting Bigger. At press time, Tennessee Gov.

Building Materials Manufacturing

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 19, 2023

It pointed to the increase in the construction of green buildings, along with high demand for commercial and tourist industry construction as the key drivers of growth. 2 Join the sustainability revolution As Autodesk’s report on green construction notes , green building is no longer just a trend.

Green Building

BDC Network

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In his 45-year career at LPA, Dan’s never wavered from a deep-rooted belief in the gifts of the site, inspiring a generation of architects and engineers to prioritize performance to create design opportunities,” said LPA Chief Executive Officer Wendy Rogers. The firm was an early and passionate advocate for the U.S.

Building Design

Construction Specifier

MAY 30, 2023

A mixed-use office development in Charlottesville, Virginia, seamlessly integrates into a prominent site within the city’s historic Downtown Mall district. The building’s stepped facade helps it conform to contextual scale and attain energy and water conservation, as well as occupant health and wellness.

Energy Conservation

Construction Specifier

MAY 30, 2023

A mixed-use office development in Charlottesville, Virginia, seamlessly integrates into a prominent site within the city’s historic Downtown Mall district. The building’s stepped facade helps it conform to contextual scale and attain energy and water conservation, as well as occupant health and wellness.

Energy Conservation

UK Construction Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Moreover, building in Edinburgh came in at number three on the list of most costly cities in the UK. Static electric journey The construction sector emits 39% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, including 28% from operational use (heating, cooling, and lighting) and 11% from embodied emissions (materials and building processes).

Site Planning

CCR Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

As the data centre industry grapples with power challenges and the urgent need for sustainable energy, strategic site selection becomes paramount in ensuring operational scalability and meeting environmental goals,” said Jonathan Kinsey, EMEA Lead and Global Chair, Data Centre Solutions, JLL. “In

Real Estate Development

UK Construction Blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

The post Read the Latest News on “Blockers” and “Builders” Over UK Pylons, A Construction Company Contributes 4k to Worker Welfare Charity, the New High-speed Railway in Britain is Taking Shape, and the UK is Set to Build the Fewest New Homes in a Decade appeared first on UK Construction Blog.

Renewable Energy Systems

UK Construction Blog

JULY 4, 2023

In order to strengthen commercial connections with India and Bangladesh, British trade minister Nigel Huddleston will announce a package of collaborations on electric mobility and green construction with the West Bengal administration. West Bengal, the sixth largest state by economic value, aims to build one million EVs in five years.

Collaboration

Business Facilities

AUGUST 30, 2017

Fortunately for those involved in the “action” side of economic development, which includes real estate professionals, many communities and regions have created economic development strategic plans that will guide the way on what kinds of development is desired, and what impacts are to be avoided. Photo: City of Rochester, NH).

Infrastructure Development

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 28, 2023

Green Building Council (USGCG), Greenbuild is returning again in 2023, this time in Washington, D.C. Get updates about next year’s event to stay up-to-date and plan for your next event. If you’d like to have your event added to the list, please reach out to us. Greenbuild (Washington, D.C.)

Lean Construction

UK Construction Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

He blamed ‘persistent, external economic challenges which are pulling the industry down’ for dismal building performance in late 2023. He linked a drop in primary contract awards and planning approvals to the UK’s economic crisis and “febrile political environment less than a year away from a general election.”

Government Works

Construction Daily News

APRIL 5, 2023

ECO builds the first US-flag SOV Original Source: ECO marks milestone in construction of first US-flag SOV Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) celebrated the 50% completion of the first US-flag service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind at its Houma shipyard. In February, private home building spending fell 0.6% trillion, 0.1%

Building Materials Manufacturing

UK Construction Blog

APRIL 4, 2025

The post Read the Latest New on a Robot on London Project Skanska, the Carlisle Library Reconstruction, the Rise of Brand Above Lead Generation in Construction Marketing, and UK’s Largest Electric HGV Charging Site at Tilbury by Fleete appeared first on UK Construction Blog. is essential for pushing the boundaries of construction.”

Heavy Lifting Transportation

UK Construction Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

At the same time that the first concrete foundation pads were being put on the site, the construction phase of the new historic extension to the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, which is estimated to cost more than 300 million pounds, began.

Safety Regulations

CCR Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

2024, artificial intelligence (AI) represented about 15% of data center workloads, and by 2030, it could grow to 40%. GW of colocation capacity was under construction, with 78% of the product under construction in primary markets.The pipeline of planned projects increased to 22.9 Absorption totaled 4.4

Real Estate Development