The government’s new chief construction adviser has said buildings put up in the sixties and seventies should be torn down because it would be impossible to refurbish them to a sufficient standard laid down by green targets.
Paul Morrell is heading up the Low Carbon Construction Review, which is due to report its initial findings this spring.
But in an interview with the Times, former BD columnist Morrell said: “In the sixties, everything was built cheaper, faster and nastier.
“Although you can do some things to buildings from the sixties and seventies, like replacing the roofs, there are probably some places that need to come down entirely.”
Morrell, who is also a former senior partner at cost consultant Davis Langdon and a previous deputy chairman of Cabe, has been tasked with ensuring the construction industry reduces its carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
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