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NZCBS coalition launches call for evidence

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NZCBS coalition launches call for evidence

Once developed, the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard will provide a single agreed definition and methodology for the industry to determine what constitutes a net zero carbon building.

The cross-industry group developing the Standard and championing this initiative includes representatives from the following organisations: Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Carbon Trust, Chartered Institution of Building

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Construction Contractors

Update: How to secure overseas workers to fill recruitment

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Update: How to secure overseas workers to fill recruitment

Shabana Muneer explains how construction companies can hire overseas workers to help plug skills shortages and recruitment gaps.

Which sectors are experiencing labour shortages in the UK?

In July 2022, the British Chambers of Commerce revealed that 76% of businesses (from the 5,700 it surveyed) were experiencing difficulties with recruitment. It highlighted Construction as the sector facing the most severe

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Construction Engineering

Technology could help industry save millions in fuel

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a proof-of-concept system to autonomously detect compressed air leaks on trains and relay the location of the leaks to mechanical personnel for repair. The automated system could reduce the time, costs and labor needed to find and repair air leaks, and it could lower the locomotive industry’s overall fuel consumption and exhaust emissions.

Trains

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Construction Equipment

Automakers Doubling Down on EVs

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Electric vehicles’ popularity with U.S. consumers and policymakers continues to grow. Manufacturers are getting in on the act, too. According to a newswire exclusive, automakers are planning to double their spending on EVs over the next eight years.

On Oct. 25, Reuters newswire reported that the world’s top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop

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Construction Management

Protect Parking Structures During Winter Months with Simple

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Chemical deicers and snowplows are commonly used in winter to eliminate hazardous ice and snow from parking decks and structures. While deicers are doing their job melting away snow and ice, some may actually be corroding the parking structure’s concrete and reinforcing steel, and some snow removal techniques may actually be doing more damage than good.

Western Specialty Contractors, experts

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