Flood-prone property affordability trumps climate risk fears

New analysis from Cotality has revealed a striking affordability paradox within New Zealand’s housing market. Despite a recent and unprecedented surge in the severity and cost of extreme weather events, buyers are increasingly overlooking long-term flood hazards in favour of lower entry prices, causing flood-affected properties to outgrow the broader market in value. Cotality New […] The post Flood-prone property affordability trumps climate risk fears appeared first on Building Today.

The hidden infrastructure behind major sporting events

When tens of thousands of spectators gather for a major sporting event, most attention is understandably focused on the action taking place on the field of play. The post The hidden infrastructure behind major sporting events appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HNTB, HDR, Kiewit Ready for 'Big Red Rebuild'

A $600-million overhaul of the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium is moving forward, with HNTB and HDR leading the redesign of the iconic venue. The "Big Red Rebuild" will modernize fan amenities, improve accessibility and preserve the stadium's historic character while preparing it for future events, including concerts.

RSHP under fire over demolition plans for Edwardian Fenchurch St block

The Architects’ Journal RSHP under fire over demolition plans for Edwardian Fenchurch St block RSHP’s plans to flatten a 116-year-old City of London block to refurbish its Lloyd’s Register of Shipping building and create an events space at its entrance have been slammed by The Victorian Society The post RSHP under fire over demolition plans for Edwardian Fenchurch St block appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Tom de Castella

How Sydney’s new airport was delivered early and on budget despite numerous challenges

Australia’s first international greenfield airport in over 50 years was delivered on budget and nearly seven months early, despite challenges, extreme weather events and a global pandemic. NCE investigates the factors that led to the project’s efficient delivery. The post How Sydney’s new airport was delivered early and on budget despite numerous challenges appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 14 - Festive Rewind

In the festive season, it's tradition to look back at events of the last year. Now 14 episodes into our series taking you behind the scenes on London's #SuperSewer - one of Europe's largest infrastructure projects - we're revisiting some of the best bits of Tunnel Vision with James and Daniel from our team behind the camera, over a year and half like no other.

How to prepare your contract for NEC3/4 weather events - An article by Luke Parham of GVE Commercial solutions

An update on the changes between how NEC3 and NEC4 deal with the risk of extreme weather.

LET’S GET METAPHYSICAL: MITIGATING THE CREDIBILITY CRISIS IN FORENSIC DELAY ANALYSIS - An SCL paper by Anders S Alexson

Over many years, the Society of Construction Law (UK) (SCL) and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers International (AACEI) have sought to codify, standardise and improve the methods used by the construction industry for the purpose of forensic project delay analysis. Some six SCL methods and thirteen AACEI methods of analysis (the ‘protocol methods’) have now been articulated, largely by distilling pre-existing practices from within the industry.

What are the must attend events in the industry?

How to determine the dominant cause of delay ? Is it simply first event dominates until overtaken and therefore substituted by subsequent events.

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