According to the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS), the government needs to do much more to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure to the ravages of climate change.
The committee warns of “an alarming lack of government action” and calls for the appointment of a minister for infrastructure resilience.
“We have unfortunately uncovered an extreme weakness at the
Some imported construction products are being pulled from the market amid confusion over safety markings.
That’s the warning from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), which has written to the new business secretary Grant Shapps and Michael Gove, secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
In its letter to Shapps and Gove, the CLC said
The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save a winged drone from a nosedive.
Patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings would give it a way to remember in microseconds what dangerous conditions feel like and react quickly. The study, conducted by researchers at Purdue University and the
Reminiscent of the Texas grid failure in February 2021 and the threat of rolling blackouts in California due to 2022’s hot summer, New England is bracing for power shortages and rolling blackouts in anticipation of the severe winter forecast.
The problem stems from New England’s over-dependence on a single fuel: liquefied natural gas (LNG). The primary fuel for home heating,
While there has been continued expansion of corporate ESG efforts, and most companies have embraced safety as part of their corporate culture, there are still shortcomings to address in improving process safety performance, [sphera.com]Sphera’s new 2022 Safety Report reveals.
[sphera.com]Sphera, a leading global provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services, surveyed
Analysis published today by the British Property Federation (BPF) shows the total number of build-to-rent (BTR) homes either in planning, under construction or completed in the UK is up 15% between the third quarter of 2021 and the third quarter of 2022 – from 209,313 to 240,202.
The sector continues to expand across the UK, as regions see 22% year-on-year
