News tagged green
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Linear Living gets green light for Manchester resi tower
24-storey scheme to be built by Linear Design and Construct
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Green light for ‘poo powered’ eco homes scheme
Yorkshire Water seeks developer for pioneering wastewater powered community
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The DCO application for One Earth Solar Farm has been granted development consent by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The post DESNZ: Green light for major Lincolnshire-Nottinghamshire solar farm signals greater energy certainty appeared first on New Civil Engineer.
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Housing secretary to make final decision on rejected plans to build nearly 500 homes in Essex
Steve Reed calls in City & Country proposals which were kicked into touch last month amid concerns over ‘inappropriate green belt development’
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HS2 has completed its first 'green' tunnel, am 880m cut-and-cover tunnel at Copthall built by SCS (Skanska, Costain, Strabag) using 1.2m cubic metres of material excavated from nearby Northholt tunnel.
Resources tagged green
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Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 6 - Enter the Vortex
Filmed adhering to safety guidelines in the latest lockdown, this episode of Tunnel Vision takes a deep dive into vortexes – one of the many innovative solutions to the many complex engineering problems that arise on the #supersewer. The latest instalment also celebrates Tideway winning ‘Project of the year’ in Edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards, and takes a look at the latest campaign from Tideway involving rapper/musician Professor Green.
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The Surge of Plastic Waste During Covid and How to Stop It | Presented by HP
Dr. Jenna Jambeck and Dr. Christine Cuomo are discovering innovative ways to keep plastics out of our oceans, developed from their research on HP's recycling program in Haiti. What they learned there could help create a blueprint for addressing the current plastic crisis and develop circular supply chains -- while building a new green economy.
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Building the Railway - HS2 Phase One
HS2 is transforming Britain’s railways; providing vital rail capacity, better connecting the country and helping reduce carbon emissions. Now, the building begins. 30,000 workers and 2,000 apprentices are building 140 miles of track, 4 stations, 2 depots, 32 miles of tunnel, over 150 bridges, over 50 viaducts, over 70 cuttings, over 110 embankments, and planting seven million trees and shrubs. Find out what they are building and the benefits it brings.
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Crossrail Tunnelling: TBM Ellie breaks through at Stepney Green
Crossrail Project Manager Peter Main gives an overview of the work involved and challenges the tunnelling team faced during TBM Ellie's 2.7km journey from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green. The breakthrough marks the structural completion of tunnels for Crossrail's north east spur, between Whitechapel and Pudding Mill Lane. It has taken Ellie just over three months to complete the 2.7km journey, travelling as much as 72m in a 24 hour period.
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Crossrail: Constructing our underground caverns in Stepney Green
Crossrail has marked another major milestone this week with the completion of the westbound cavern 40m below ground in Stepney Green, just 3 months after eastbound cavern completion earlier this year. The Stepney Green caverns are some of the largest mined caverns ever constructed in Europe using a tunnelling technique called Spray Concrete Lining. They are 50m long, 15m wide and 17m high.
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