Life around Florida’s biggest lake, Lake Okeechobee, has always been risky. Water levels rise during the rainy season from May to October. And when farmers began cultivating the rich soils around it in the
As the UK continues to grapple with the effects of climate change and rising energy bills, heat pumps have emerged as one of the best ways to move away from high-emission fossil fuels
BAM’s UK and Ireland businesses have accelerated their carbon reduction targets.
Both aim to become net zero in their direct operations by 2026.
The companies will also rule out counting electricity from green tariffs towards their net-zero emissions.
BAM added that it did not want to “rely heavily” on carbon offsets, which it believes can disguise more substantial progress in
Project: Stone Studios, Hackney Wick, London
Scope: Construction of five blocks with 120 apartments, completed in 67 weeks
Contract: JCT
Value: £38m
A barrage of complaints from worried neighbours about odours released during the groundworks phase of this project forced Stephen Pedro to rethink the design of the attenuation tank. The smell was due
Project: Taunton Diagnostic Centre
Scope: Refurbishment of fire HQ as diagnostics centre, completed in 40 weeks
Client: Rutherford Diagnostics
Contract: JCT 2016, design and build
Value: £4.6m
Daryl Parker had 40 weeks to transform a fire control centre building, unused since it was constructed in 2007, into a diagnostics centre. He started on
Project: St Peter’s College Chapel, Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Scope: Extension and reordering of Grade II*-listed chapel, completed in 112 weeks
Client: Radley College
Contract: JCT 2016
Value: £4.2m
The multiple subcontractors for the bespoke design were smoothly assembled by Bill Taylor into a collaborative team. The interfaces were many and complex. Take the
