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EU gives troubled Rail Baltica programme extra €1.2bn. The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has signed two agreements worth €1.4bn in an effort to speed up completion of the Rail Baltica project. Of this amount, €1.2bn will be…. News.
Global Construction Summit: register now! - Global Construction …
Feb 23, 2024 · The Global Construction Summit, the key annual event for built environment professionals seeking to understand the latest trends, learn best practice and uncover innovations from across the world, takes place in February and March. Delivered by the Chartered Institute of Building and Global Construction Review, the Summit features high-quality ...
Rise of the refurb: How Brussels is saying no to new-builds
10 hours ago · The embodied problem. According to UNEP, the buildings and construction sector accounts for 37% of global emissions. It is “by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases”, UNEP says. Right now, about three quarters of that 37% figure is emissions from the operation of buildings, through heating, cooling and lighting, while a quarter of it ...
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DMAA, Gensler and Mott MacDonald win roles on Saudi Arabia’s The Line. Consultants from Austria, the UK and the US have been chosen to fill the roles of urban designer, planning consultant and infrastructure designer for the first phase of The Line,….
Global Construction Summit 2023: last chance to watch live
Feb 20, 2023 · The Global Construction Summit 2023 starts tomorrow (Tuesday) so time is running out to watch the webinars live. The Summit is the key annual event for built environment professionals seeking to understand the latest trends, learn best practice and uncover innovations from across the world. It is produced by the Chartered Institute of Building ...
Eight construction firms make Time’s first global sustainability ...
Jun 28, 2024 · To get on the list, companies must have signed up to climate programmes like the 1.5°C target from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and receive high scores from CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, a voluntary emissions disclosure scheme.
Construction growth to outpace manufacturing this decade, says …
Oct 11, 2021 · Pent-up household savings, pandemic stimulus programmes and population growth will combine to spur average annual growth of 3.6% between now and 2030, propelling construction’s expansion ahead of growth in both manufacturing and services, say the authors of “Future of Construction”, a forecast produced by Oxford Economics and Marsh McLennan companies Marsh and Guy Carpenter.
Should we just stop building? - Global Construction Review
Jun 5, 2024 · Saul Humphrey, consultant and professor of sustainable construction at Anglia Ruskin University, said: “We’ve got some massive challenges ahead, and I don’t think just stopping building is going to be an adequate response. But doing so much more responsibly and starting from a different perspective, like ‘do not demolish’ as the first ...
The century’s most troublesome construction projects
Oct 5, 2015 · Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under construction on Barrow Island, 60km off the northwest coast of Western Australia (Source: Chevron) Commenced: 2009. Planned Completion: 2014. Completed: Ongoing – First production estimated late 2015. Delay: Estimated 18 months. Planned Cost: US$37bn. Final Cost: Estimated US$54bn.