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Improving Sustainability in the Construction Industry: A Complete Guide for 2025

UK Construction Blog

Four core strategies drive sustainability improvements: selecting renewable and recycled materials, implementing energy-efficient systems and renewable energy, adopting circular construction practices to reduce waste by up to 30%, and implementing water conservation methods. What Is Sustainable Construction?

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ASCE AEI Announces 2025 Professional Project Winners

CCR Magazine

led by Engenium Group , impressively blended new construction with historic and concealed HVAC electrical systems within the existing facilities while making a net zero ready facility. The team of engineers were able to design and construct the expansion while keeping the facility fully operational. Piteo, P.E., </p>

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Biodiversity and Development: How to Build Without Destroying Ecosystems

CCR Magazine

The world’s ecosystems function as complex systems where every species plays an essential role that upholds environmental health and stability. Development that protects and values biodiversity can be achieved through renewable resources combined with green building methods and community involvement.

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Lintec & Linhoff: From Africa to Australia

Roads Online

These unique, modular plants, built together and within 100 per cent ISO-certified sea containers, offer significant advantages in terms of cost-efficiency, energy savings, and mobility. In addition, in October 2024, the Lintec CSD2500B was selected to help increase essential road-building activities on three major projects in Jordan.

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

ENR Construction

The incident highlights vulnerabilities that the agency’s $700 million subway climate resiliency program aims to address amid increasing extreme rainfall events. of rain in one hour overwhelmed the combined sewer system and sent torrents of water into subway tunnels. A July 15 storm that dropped 2.1 Commissioner Rohit T.

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LEED v5 is Here: Looking Back and Ahead at the Evolution of Green Building Leadership

Stok

Now, LEED v5 represents a significant step in the evolution of green building leadership. It’s designed to help buildings align with global climate targets through aggressive performance thresholds, electrification and renewables, and embodied carbon strategies. Equity, resilience, and biodiversity are no longer optional.

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Solving Environmental Challenges with Innovative Engineering

CCR Magazine

Rethinking Energy Consumption: Designing for Efficiency One of the most significant environmental challenges we face is reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and transitioning to cleaner energy sources.