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Five major issues are driving the post-Covid market, of which carbon budgeting is one. We share our insights into these in our eBook Construction Themes Post-Pandemic. Get it here: https://lnkd.in/dg9qbkY

Counting the cost of carbon reduction As we become better at reducing operational carbon (particularly in buildings), embodied carbon becomes a bigger slice of the whole-life carbon pie. Legislation could be on the horizon.

Five major issues are driving the post-Covid market, of which EDI is one. We share our insights into these in our latest eBook Construction Themes Post-Pandemic. Download at: https://lnkd.in/dpzvE3u

Diversity: building EDI into construction | by Johnny Dobbyn | LinkedIn Improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in construction (and other industries) has gained momentum with the Black Lives Matter movement. At the same time, major infrastructure clients, such as Highways England and National Rail, are pushing their supply chains to take action and also to ev

For all the talk about the new normal, no-one quite knows what the future looks like. Yet we think there are 5 themes impacting construction as we get back to our lives. Learn about them with our eBook Construction Themes Post-Pandemic, available here: http://ow.ly/jnzV50F0ZM7

If the Government wants to get to net zero by 2050, it’s going to have to do something pretty drastic about decarbonising homes. Find out why it’s PAS 2035 Retrofit programme is unlikely to do the job, and how Passivhaus (as ever) could be the answer.

Lockdowns suggest we get busy about the haus One of the apparent benefits arising from the lockdowns has been the resurgence of nature – that “nature is healing”. Whether it is huge reduction in air pollution – some cities are enjoyed a 60% reduction in NOX levels during Lockdown I – goats and deer reclaiming the suburbs, or simply t...

Thanks to the lockdowns, people have been appreciating outdoor space like never before. Will this desire to access the great outdoors be part of the post-pandemic normal and, if so, how can builders meet the need in urban and high-density developments? The answer might be right over their heads.

The great outdoors One thing the lockdowns – and, more recently, some better weather – have taught us all is the value of outdoor space. Those lucky enough to have gardens haven’t been able get enough of them, while those without - in flats or small back-to-backs - have flocked to parks and beaches, often to the...

For some parents, virtual world builder Minecraft is a shocking waste of their kids’ time; for others it’s a welcome distraction during the dog days of lockdown. But is this ‘online Lego’ the way to engage the next generation of engineers, architects and designers?

Lego-style learning for future designers In these dog days of lockdown, there can hardly be a parent unaware of Minecraft and ruing or celebrating the day it was invented. Of all recent childhood fads – especially gaming ones – Minecraft seems to be one of the most enduring.

At the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, construction was stuck between a rock and a hard place. It had to continue as many projects were and are essential and, plainly, sitework does not translate into homework. Simultaneously, working practices and the nature of sites made social distancing difficult-to-impossible. As the crisis has accelerated change for so many, will it do the same for building? Read more…

Rise of the machines At the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, construction was stuck between a rock and a hard place. In many respects, it had to continue as many projects are essential – highways, infrastructure, healthcare etc and, plainly, sitework does not translate into homework.

National crises are often accompanied by the claim that we’re all in it together. Of course, the realities of life mean it is impossible that being ‘in it’ will be a universal experience. A case in point during the Coronavirus crisis is access to, or ownership of, outdoor, especially green, space. What has been termed ‘green privilege’, and the impact on mental health is real and important.

When privilege is green A frequent cri de coeur from Government and others at times of national crises is that “we are all in it together”. It’s an understandable turn of phrase, trying to establish a sense of unity and community and ask people to endure hardship and inconvenience for the greater good, and on the bas...

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If only the advice was to self-isolate in Litchfield Street's legendary Le Beaujolais.