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Building costs to soar by 14% in five years, experts say

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Tender costs will ramp up by about 15 per cent by 2030, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) said, while building… The post Building costs to soar by 14% in five years, experts say appeared first on Construction News.

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Deep energy retrofits: The future of sustainable buildings

Construction Specifier

BPS helps states and local governments that strive to establish building performance standards by identifying federal and state resources available for energy efficiency programs and leveraging education of best practices to aggregate and ramp up adoption. 7 Targets include a 40 percent reduction by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050.

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Transport Scotland tenders £200m road contract

The Construction Index

It is anticipated that by the end of 2030, when dualling for this section is expected to be operational, almost 50% of the A9 between Perth and Inverness will be dualled. Fiona Hyslop, transport secretary in the Scottish government, said: “This news demonstrates the momentum building now to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness.

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Jacobs to Expand $1.8B Boeing Military Aviation Production Campus in St. Louis

ENR Construction

Site construction has begun and the expansion will be completed in multiple phases between 2026 and 2030. million-sq-ft expansion of the Boeing Defense, Space and Security campus will support advanced assembly facilities and the associated post-assembly operations center for future generations of advanced aircraft, Boeing states.

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Can California high-speed rail survive without federal funds?

Construction Dive

Originally conceived as an 800-mile network connecting San Francisco and Southern California by 2030, the authority now estimates service beginning along the 171-mile Merced-Bakersville, California, line between 2030 and 2033 at a cost of up to $35 billion. Stop futzing around and figure out how to make it happen,” he said.

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Startup JetZero to build $4.7B factory in North Carolina

Construction Dive

Boeing, which has produced its Dreamliner planes in South Carolina since 2007 , is in the midst of a $1 billion expansion to the campus as it looks to ramp production of the planes. The air taxi manufacturer hopes to produce 650 electric takeoff and landing aircraft a year by 2030.

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‘Urgent action’ needed to meet 2030 net zero targets, government climate advisor warns

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The UK is not on track to meet its 2030 target on the way to net zero unless “urgent action” is taken including the rapid ramp up of low-carbon technologies, the government’s independent climate advisor has warned.

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