A scheme aimed at enhancing urban liveability and sustainability in large Asian cities has been launched by the EU, with engineering consultant Ramboll as a partner.
As urban populations have grown, global authorities are struggling to cope with the strain on energy, water and transport facilities, as well as the increased…
Businesses have lost more than US$14bn (£11.2bn) this year due to the impact of climate change on water resources, according to a damning new report.
Droughts, floods, increased regulations and water scarcity have all contributed to the alarmingly high cost, which is more than five times the £2bn reported last year.…
A new “living wall” with the potential to reduce air pollution by up to 20% has been installed on scaffolding in Mayfair, the first of its kind in the UK.
Property firm Grosvenor and engineering consultant Arup launched the scaffolding solution – called Living Wall Lite – at a Grade I…
The response to climate change in cities across the world should not be a “one size fits all” approach, according to Mott McDonald’s global head of climate resistance Ian Allison.
Speaking at the New Civil Engineer Flood Management Forum about how cities can survive the effects of climate change, Allison stressed…
Civils firms have reduced their carbon emissions by more than 30% in the last six years, new figures have confirmed.
The reductions total the equivalent carbon emissions from more than 700,000 return passenger trips from Heathrow Airport to JFK International Airport. The firms have saved 8M.t of carbon dioxide equivalents year…
Young engineers are being sought for a project to design sea defences around Portsmouth.
The engineers will join UK-based architects and landscape architects in competitive teams to enhance and improve the proposed £60M ramparts for Portsmouth, particularly in public realm areas by the seawall. The competition, run by Project Compass, is…
Ramboll has won a contract to plan for cloudbursts and sea level rise in San Francisco.
Ramboll will oversee three frameworks on behalf of the San Francisco Planning Department to prepare the city for climate risks. Strategic planning, resiliency planning and sustainability planning provide the broad categories for preparing the city…
Research from Arup has identified Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets as the capital’s most at risk boroughs for vulnerable people during a heat wave.
The three boroughs combine high population density, a large proportion of elderly people with poor health and mobility, and poor quality housing. Arup’s research comes as London…
Balfour Beatty and energy provider SolarCity have completed the installation of more than 18,000 solar panels at a military housing project in the US.
The solar panels have been installed on multi-family housing, community centers and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland and Fort Carson, Colorado, to provide power to approximately…
A new report from Newcastle University has warned that the UK’s infrastructure is at risk from severe weather due to climate change.
Floods pose the most significant risk to the UK’s infrastructure, according to the new report from Newcastle University that has assessed the potential impact from climate change. The findings…
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