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Innovative moving formwork is helping to speed construction of High Speed 2’s Copthall Tunnel in north west London.

Copthall Tunnel is one of five green tunnels being built along Phase 1 of High Speed 2 (HS2) between London and Birmingham. Situated between HS2’s Northolt Tunnel and the Colne Valley Viaduct, the…

Designing SuDS to remove pollution from surface water must match likely levels of pollution with the performance of SuDS elements. Advanced Drainage Systems UK manager Stuart Crisp reports.

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) should be designed with water quantity and water quality in mind. Yet often the water quality element is overlooked,…

Climate change is causing global temperatures to continue rising, with the frequency and intensity of major drought incidents becoming much more prevalent. The summer of 2022 was a prime example of these patterns in action across Europe. Wavin commercial manager for urban climate resilience Anthony Kolanko urges action to mitigate…

The construction sector has been dialling up its approach to sustainability for decades, adding new resources to the sustainability toolkit year on year. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are one of the latest additions helping developers and specifiers to advance sustainability goals. Used to compare and assess the environmental impact of…

There is a huge need for investment around the world to bring transportation infrastructure up to standard and make it resilient to climate change but funding is only part of the solution. Seequent segment director, civil Pat McLarin says that a fundamentally different approach to delivery is needed too – and…

It’s time to change how we think about water within housing developments, towns and cities, reversing our dependence on using water only once.

For too long, the linear model of “take, make, consume and waste” has dominated, with water abstracted from the natural environment, “made” drinkable through treatment, used by humans…

Algeco temporary buildings use smart technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

Building contractors are always seeking new ways to lower energy consumption from temporary site buildings and permanent structures. Integrating smart technology into their site accommodation is a highly effective and relatively low cost way to achieve this.…

Geobear undertook a pioneering railway embankment stabilisation project in 2022.

In July 2022 Geobear designed and implemented a world first embankment stabilisation scheme on the Severn Valley Railway (NCE, September 2022). Eight months after the work began, the latest results from the project have been released. The scheme featured a Geobear…

BIM-supported common data environments can transform collaborative workflows and accelerate project delivery.

Building and infrastructure design requires the combination of many individual domains and many design iterations as project requirements evolve. Add in the complexity of separate building information modelling (BIM) models used between different parties and it is hard to…

Across the UK, sewage networks are buckling under the strain of climate change and urbanisation. The mounting pressure on our aging sewage infrastructure is resulting in storm overflows being discharged more frequently into British rivers, lakes and oceans.

Currently new developments in England have an automatic legal right to connect surface…