Sustainability

Libby Peacock is category manager, fluid power, at Brammer Buck & Hickman Generating compressed air is energy intensive and expensive. What’s more, generally 30 per cent of compressed air is wasted or misused. But is it possible to reduce energy usage without negatively affecting a machine’s performance and without significant…

Charlotte Eccles is senior associate and Chris Hallam is partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP We are living on the verge of a climate emergency and the built environment accounts for more than a third of UK carbon emissions. That’s not a statistic we can be proud of,…

A striking atrium filled with natural light forms the centrepiece of a new science and engineering building at the University of Salford, built by Morgan Sindall. Paul Thompson reports

Automated remote monitoring of machines via telematics can unlock valuable insights, although collating transmitted data can bring its own hurdles, as Keith Cooper reports

Stuart Goodall is chief executive of the Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor) The Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor) recently warned that the UK faces declining supplies of homegrown wood due to a lack of productive tree planting. With the country needing to import more than 80 per cent of its wood requirement, the UK…

Luke Osborne is energy and emerging technologies solutions advisor at the ECA Last week’s British Energy Security Strategy outlined a much anticipated plan to achieve energy independence and net-zero carbon. It received mixed reactions from the construction sector, ranging from praise for its renewed focus on wind power to shock…

Sustainability has gone from being a buzzword to a strategic target for the whole construction sector. The industry has made a pledge to achieve net-zero carbon (NZC) by 2050, in line with the government’s national targets. Specialists in the supply chain, including those of us in temporary works, will need…

Alasdair Ramage is a director at Arca Blanca, an integrated consulting and data science business. Charlie Cornish is a senior consultant at Arca Blanca Construction businesses should view carbon accounting as an opportunity, not a compliance overhead. Approached right, net zero is a driver for revenue growth. And associated data…

Matt Cannon is chief executive of Clancy When it comes to addressing the climate crisis and the drive to net-zero, essential investment in critical infrastructure is one of the less talked-about issues. But for many in the UK, adapting energy and water networks will be some of the most visible…

For McLaren, the future of construction is tied to the effective use of data – and the business intends to gather as much information as it can, while retraining staff and recruiting external experts. Ian Weinfass gets an exclusive insight into its new digital strategy