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

UK Construction Blog

Key Takeaways The construction industry is responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions, making sustainability transformation essential for environmental protection and business viability, with sustainable practices offering significant cost savings and competitive advantages. What Is Sustainable Construction?

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Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

BDC Network

Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. Smart control systems enable more precise and efficient energy management.

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Recovering Construction Sites After Major Floods

UK Construction Blog

It’s a process that involves assessing structural integrity, rethinking logistics, and keeping your workforce and clients informed. Why Water Damage Is a Serious Business Risk When flooding hits a construction site, the impact is far more than cosmetic. That’s why your marketing strategy should also evolve during recovery.

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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

Construction Specifier

Contradictory weak specification language has left owners and design teams to simplify their aesthetic preferences based on photo representations and rely on marketing information about durability and low maintenance without proof. The top 19 to 25 mm (0.75 of a concrete slab is most susceptible to physical damage and the effects of nature.

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Construction Project Forecasting for Better Budgeting and Scheduling

Buildern

Cost Forecasting Cash Flow Forecasting Schedule Forecasting Resource Allocation Forecasting Risk Forecasting Common Challenges and How to Overcome Them Metrics to Track and Evaluate Construction Project Forecasting Performance What is Construction Project Forecasting? Example Let’s say a project had an initial cost estimate of $1.5M.

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Barrier breakthroughs: Achieving airtightness in modern construction

Construction Specifier

Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Within the AEC industry, research focuses on predicting and quantifying the impact of air leakage. By Matthew Ridgway, P.E.

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Mainmark: “Culverts, the essential hidden infrastructure supporting Australia”

Roads Online

Typically constructed from concrete box sections, corrugated steel, or concrete pipes, culverts are engineered to manage stormwater runoff by controlling water flow beneath these vital transport corridors. The cost of frequent maintenance and emergency repairs escalates as persistent leaks weaken these structures, reducing their lifespan.