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#362 Revisited: Skyscrapers, Predicting The Future
The London skyline is undergoing perhaps its most significant transformation in decades as a new ‘vertical renaissance’ is sending tremors of excitement from Guildhall to
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#238 A Greener More Pleasant Land
For the last three summers, shire horses have been at work each Lammas Day, mowing the new wildflower meadow on the former lawn of King’s
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#194 Nuclear Power Connections
The UK government recently confirmed its support for Sizewell C. Getting to this point, and planning how thousands of construction crew and millions of tonnes
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#183 Testing Times: Building a Megalab
At the end of 2019 the Coronavirus pandemic began its global take-over, the world had to react fast to try and stop the spread. A
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#178 A Vision for a Modular Antarctica
Antarctica New Zealand runs a critical research hub on the volcanic Ross Island. Originally built in 1957, it consists of 12 buildings connected by walkways
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#174 Closing the Building Performance Gap
Buildings can use around three times as much energy as design models anticipate. This is an incredible figure and becomes a real problem when considered
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(Pet) food for thought
Partner: WSP Take a stroll to your local supermarket and you may notice the high quantity of non-recyclable food packaging. In fact, it’s estimated that
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#170 Pet Food vs Climate Change
Although ‘pet food’ and ‘engineering’ may not immediately align in the mind, one supplier wanted to ensure its products were both sustainable and ethical; from
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Decarbonising the Strategic Road Network
Partner: WSP In July 2021 National Highways announced a plan which set a target of reducing all emissions emitted on the National Highways run Strategic
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#165 A Road Map to Net Zero Highways
In 2020 National Highways released their 2030/2040/2050 Net Zero plan. The plan laid out three main targets for reaching net zero, first cutting all their
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#161 The Net Zero Laboratory
You have just arrived in a Biosafety Level 4 Containment Lab. These are the most secure laboratories built by human hands, and they are where
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#157 Interconnectors: The Green Link to Ireland
Standing on the cliffs of Ireland’s west coast you can feel the reason that Ireland generates more than 35% of its electricity from wind power.