Staff at building services firm hold strike ballot

Staff at Crane Building Services & Utilities (BS&U) in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, are holding a strike ballot over pay. The ballot opened on Thursday (18 April) among 105 workers – or 78 per cent of the firm’s 151 employees – and will close on 2 May,… The post Staff at building services firm hold strike ballot appeared first on Construction News.

United Utilities seeks specialist design development partners for AMP8 in £120M contracts

United Utilities is seeking specialist design development partners (DDPs) to provide support in maintaining assets and implementing rainwater management solutions during the eighth asset management period (AMP8), between 2025 and 2030, in contracts worth £120M. The post United Utilities seeks specialist design development partners for AMP8 in £120M contracts appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

£1.25bn frameworks launched to provide local authorities with specialist input on infrastructure

Procurement specialist Scape has launched £1.25bn in utilities frameworks with partners Perfect Circle, AtkinsRéalis and Arcadis to provide support to local authorities on infrastructure projects. The post £1.25bn frameworks launched to provide local authorities with specialist input on infrastructure appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Trio win new Scape utilities consultancy framework

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Gatwick Airport implements mapping tech to monitor assets and environmental impacts

Gatwick Airport has developed a cloud-based geospatial data platform to make engineering and construction works safer by reducing accidental strikes on buried utilities. The post Gatwick Airport implements mapping tech to monitor assets and environmental impacts appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HS2 - Old Oak Common Station Project Update, December 2022

This short video, hosted by the Old Oak Common Station project team, provides an update on some of the progress HS2 have been making on what will become the best-connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK. The station will have fourteen platforms, a mix of six high-speed and eight conventional service platforms, with an 850m-long station box, big enough to fit 6,300 Routemaster buses inside.

World Economic Forum - Accelerating Sustainable Finance Ep 3 - Financing the Net Zero Transition in Emerging Market 23112022s

A perception exists that investing in climate solutions is too risky, particularly in emerging markets. How can this outlook be challenged to reassure investors? Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the international Finance Corporation, explores how the deployment of first loss guarantees, clearer contracting guidelines and consistent regulation can accelerate the path toward a net zero transition.

FT - American LNG exports are surging on the back of European demand, 21102022

Exports have skyrocketed for America’s LNG producers as demand soars, particularly from Europe. Last December, the US became the world’s biggest exporter of this super chilled fuel for the first time. But as the FT’s Justin Jacobs explains, not everyone’s happy about the expansion in output, and the effect it may have on the environment

Practical Engineering - What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry, 19072022

Reservoirs are a solution to the tremendous variability in natural water supply, but what happens when they stop filling up?

McKinsey - How blockchain can help the utility industry develop clean power

The utility industry is facing a number of disruptive transformations in the form of new energy sources, storage, efficiency, and market digitization. One unlikely disrupter is blockchain, known best as the technology behind the digital currency Bitcoin. For the utilities sector, blockchain may have the potential to streamline transactions and cut costs while catalyzing the transformation toward cleaner energy and greater efficiency

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