Sustainability and environmental news in UK construction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:57:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Sustainability and environmental news in UK construction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Housebuilders welcome planned river-pollution rule-change https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/housebuilders-welcome-planned-river-pollution-rule-change-30-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/housebuilders-welcome-planned-river-pollution-rule-change-30-08-2023/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 06:00:51 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485238 Housebuilders have given a warm welcome to government plans to scrap regulations aimed at mitigating river pollution in a move ministers said could allow thousands more homes to be built in the next decade. An amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill repealing EU-era…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/housebuilders-welcome-planned-river-pollution-rule-change-30-08-2023/feed/ 0 Greenhouse gas emissions soar at Balfour operating company https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/balfour-beatty/greenhouse-gas-emissions-soar-at-balfour-operating-company-24-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/balfour-beatty/greenhouse-gas-emissions-soar-at-balfour-operating-company-24-08-2023/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:45:28 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484996 Balfour Beatty Group's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rose last year, official documents have revealed. The business, a major subsidiary of the UK's largest contractor, reported an 18 per cent rise in its scope 1 and 2 emissions. This figure, calculated using the standard market-based approach,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/balfour-beatty/greenhouse-gas-emissions-soar-at-balfour-operating-company-24-08-2023/feed/ 0 Aviva commits to insuring engineered timber https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sustainability/aviva-commits-to-insuring-engineered-timber-16-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sustainability/aviva-commits-to-insuring-engineered-timber-16-08-2023/#respond Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:22:39 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484433 Insurance firm Aviva has announced that it is expanding its “underwriting appetite” to include engineered timber in commercial developments. There is growing interest in the use of timber to increase buildings’ sustainability and meet net-zero targets. But Aviva admitted earlier this month that insurers’ appetite…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sustainability/aviva-commits-to-insuring-engineered-timber-16-08-2023/feed/ 0 Industry ‘on track’ for less than half of net-zero goals https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/news/industry-on-track-for-less-than-half-of-net-zero-goals-14-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/news/industry-on-track-for-less-than-half-of-net-zero-goals-14-08-2023/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:01:36 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484259 The construction industry is on track for less than half of its government-backed “net-zero priorities”, according to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). The CLC has published its sixth progress update to its CO2nstruct Zero Performance Framework, which was launched at COP26 in November 2021 as…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/news/industry-on-track-for-less-than-half-of-net-zero-goals-14-08-2023/feed/ 0 ‘Urgent’ investment needed to plug London green skills gap https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/urgent-investment-needed-to-plug-london-green-skills-gap-11-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/urgent-investment-needed-to-plug-london-green-skills-gap-11-08-2023/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 05:05:18 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484150 The City of London Corporation is calling for urgent action and investment to meet “growing demand” for workers with the skills needed to deliver sustainable buildings. The Skills for Sustainable Skyline Taskforce report, released by the organisation on 9 August, said one of the biggest…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/urgent-investment-needed-to-plug-london-green-skills-gap-11-08-2023/feed/ 0 Does the UK have the capacity to retrofit the nation’s homes? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/does-the-uk-have-the-capacity-to-retrofit-the-nations-homes-07-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/does-the-uk-have-the-capacity-to-retrofit-the-nations-homes-07-08-2023/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:13:17 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=482961 Decarbonising the nation’s homes requires an immense and multifaceted retrofit effort – but is the construction sector sufficiently skilled to deliver it? Keith Cooper investigates Turning tens of millions of homes green is a huge task for construction, and its workforce will play a pivotal…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/does-the-uk-have-the-capacity-to-retrofit-the-nations-homes-07-08-2023/feed/ 0 Willmott Dixon to use pre-WWII steel beams for office refit https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/willmott-dixon-to-use-pre-wwii-steel-beams-for-office-refit-04-08-2023/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:00:37 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=483780 Willmott Dixon will reuse 100 tonnes of 1930s steel salvaged from the former House of Fraser on London’s Oxford Street for an office retrofit near Tower Bridge. Developer FORE Partnership is removing the steel beams from the former department store, claiming it is the first…

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]]> The merits of ditching plastic https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/partnership-publishing/the-merits-of-ditching-plastic-03-08-2023/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:42:01 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=481495 With sustainability at the top of many homebuyers’ agenda, it’s time to move over to metal Whether it comes from planners, developers or homebuyers, pressure on the construction industry to be more sustainable is increasing as environmental concerns rise. Guttering and drainpipes have for decades…

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]]> Taking on embodied carbon https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/partnership-publishing/taking-on-embodied-carbon-03-08-2023/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:41:04 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=483093 By reducing its own emissions, Aggregate Industries is helping customers to hit their goals too Construction is under pressure from government, regulators and clients to improve its carbon performance, and Aggregate Industries hopes that pursuing its own decarbonisation will also help customers reach their goals.…

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]]> ULEZ expansion ‘bad news’ for construction industry, say trade bodies https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/ulez-expansion-bad-news-for-construction-industry-say-trade-bodies-01-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/ulez-expansion-bad-news-for-construction-industry-say-trade-bodies-01-08-2023/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:02:16 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=483635 The heads of two construction trade bodies have hit out after the High Court ruled that the Mayor of London’s planned expansion of the capital’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) was lawful. Following the ruling last Thursday, the expansion of ULEZ into all London boroughs will…

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