(Atlanta, GA) – Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company and an industry leader in infrastructure solutions, recently introduced digital stormwater Design Tools targeted at helping engineers, specifiers, regulators, and contractors design and assess stormwater management systems in an effortless and timely manner.
“What makes our Design Tools different is that we offer an entire suite of solutions, all easily accessible from
Monthly construction output decreased 1.4% in volume terms in June 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. This is the first decrease since October 2021 (0.9%) following seven consecutive months of growth.
June’s decrease was a result of falls in both new work (2.0%) and repair & maintenance (0.2%). Output in private new housing was down 6.1% and private
A new type of air source heat pump developed by researchers at the University of Glasgow could perform more efficiently in cold conditions.
Around 40% of carbon emissions come from heating powered by fossil fuels. Heat pumps generate lower carbon emissions when powered by renewable electricity but cold weather can impact their heating capacity and energy efficiency.
Their high capital
Direct air capture technology removes carbon dioxide from the air and compresses it for sequestration or utilization and promises to help us meet net-zero emissions goals. However, the process of direct air capture can be energy and land intensive and expensive. To design a direct air capture process that uses less energy and less land, a multi-disciplinary team outlines a … Read More
Progress through politics comes in awkward jumbles. On Aug. 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376). The legislation represented about a year of back-and-forth negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate who had become the biggest hurdle to his own party’s ambitious political objectives.
The
Brickwork Direct has picked up £10m worth of work in the past six weeks alone – which is more than its entire 2021 turnover of £7.5m.
Brickwork Direct employs 25 staff at its headquarters in South Shields and has close to 200 bricklayers on its books.
