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Architecture
Sweden Will Be Home To First Net Zero Warehouse In The World
World Construction Today: The 20,000-square-meter building, which is located in Bolsta, 50 kilometres north-west of Stockholm, will achieve 100% CO2 neutrality over the course of its entire lifecycle, encompassing construction, operations, and disassembly, without relying on any outside offsetting...
Infrastructure
UK Construction Activity Surges Despite A Drop In Confidence
World Construction Today - Despite the fact that growth prospects among construction firms were muted, industry activity in the UK increased last month at its strongest rate since May. Due to a dramatic decline in the volume of new...
Infrastructure
Dutch Construction Sector Impacted By Environmental Ruling
The Netherlands' highest administrative court has issued a ruling requiring future construction projects to consider the amount of nitrogen they produce.
Projects were formerly excluded from the requirement to submit an application for a nature permit assuring that they wouldn't cause...
Infrastructure
DLUHC, UK Asks Builders To Ink Cladding Pledge Deals Fast
World Construction Today - Revisions to the fire safety promise contracts are nearly complete, according to the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC), which anticipates housebuilders signing them very shortly.
In all, 48 developers agreed to repair life-critical...
Infrastructure
By 2050, The EU Wants Every Building To Be Emission-Free
A proposal introducing new specifications for the energy performance of buildings was generally accepted by EU energy ministers. The amended directive's primary goals are for all new construction to be zero-emission by 2030 and for all existing structures to...
Building Products
Switch From Bagged To Bulk Cement Urged For Emerging Markets
World Construction Today - Together with Boston Consulting Group, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), and the World Economic Forum, led a group that did a study on cement and what it means for reducing carbon emissions in...
Infrastructure
UK Political Chaos Upsets Architects Like 2009 Credit Crisis
According to a recent study, confidence among practitioners has fallen to levels not seen since the first COVID lockout, prompting the Royal Institute of British Architects to issue a warning about an anticipated decline in workloads in the coming...
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