All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 18
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NewsFletcher Priest’s plans to rejig SOM’s 175 Bishopsgate recommended for approval
Scheme will see new facades built in different style to the rest of the 1988 postmodern block
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NewsScrap VAT on restoration projects, architect tells government after MBE award
Nicholas Groves-Raines said removing 20% rate on conservation schemes would have a ‘great impact’ on sustainability
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NewsGreen light for Proctor & Matthews and ECD Architects’ Stratford tower refurb
1960s slab to be stripped back to its concrete core and rebuilt to passivhaus standards
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NewsGreen light for William Matthews Associates’ Stratford bridge
Crossing will provide access to Mikhail Riches’ Bridgewater Triangle development at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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NewsKeppie caught up in £140m bust-up between NHS trust and Lendlease over alleged hospital defects
Other firms dragged into North-east hospital row include Balfour Beatty and architect Keppie Design
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from carrying on exactly as we are?
The target for achieving net zero may still be decades away but, in order to hit it, we have to make changes to the way we design and build right now, says Anna Beckett
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NewsBenedetti Architects scoops £20m RIBA HQ refurb job
Practice beats seven-team shortlist to win prestigious overhaul of grade II*-listed building
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NewsMoxon reveals designs for Worcestershire footbridge
Structure combines both river crossing and viaduct over adjacent floodplain
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NewsBTP wins job to restore 13th century Welsh castle
Manchester practice to repair leaky chapel at World Heritage Site Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey
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NewsIndustry groups to develop standard for verifying buildings as net zero
RIBA, RICS and UKGBC among bodies drawing up plans to remove “ambiguities” around measurement of carbon emissions
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NewsNew infrastructure tax targets schemes’ gross development value
Government sets out thinking on proposed Infrastructure Levy in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
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NewsGove steps in and puts Make’s £400m plan to turn ITV studios into office complex on ice
Communities secretary has issued notice preventing demolition work at 72 Upper Ground site ahead of possible call in
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us taking more risks?
The Victorians built long-lasting structures with limited foundations yet our perception of acceptable risk has changed completely and we are now overdesigning. Anna Beckett wonders if there is a better balance to be struck
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FeaturesCPD 5 2022: Sustainable steelwork specification
This Steel for Life sponsored CPD introduces the first edition of a new Sustainability Specification for structural steelwork and sets out requirements and practices for achieving environmentally sustainable steelwork building construction, including maximal efficiency and minimal waste.
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OpinionA time to take stock – and an opportunity to do things differently
This terrible war is a catastrophe but the eventual rebuilding of Ukraine could yet provide a legacy of which future generations can be proud, says Julia Park
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NewsMayor finds ‘no grounds’ to reverse Oxford Street M&S demolition decision
Khan had agreed to revisit decision after carbon emission concerns
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FeaturesCPD 4 2022: Hybrid electrical solutions
This Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation-sponsored CPD explains how to specify hybrid electrical heating systems to achieve lower energy use and emissions for buildings.