News and analysis
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Housing
Investment in ground clean-up technology is vital to meet Chancellor's housing targets
Brownfield development targets will challenge current geotechnical services industry capability.Read more -
International
International Intelligence: World Cup Fever
With doubts cast over Qatar's World Cup 2022 bid, consultants are considering the implications, reports Bernadette BallantyneRead more -
Sustainability
Time to take charge of carbon
Leadership and innovation are prerequisites for carbon reduction. Can the infrastructure sector respond, ask Maria Manidaki, Jamie Radford and Terry Ellis?Read more -
Weekly round-up 18 June 2014
HS2 committee timetable published, lending holds back housing and honours for infrastructure. Your weekly news roundup.Read more -
Editor's comment
Embracing housing - the emerging political pre-election battleground
Wherever you are in the supply chain, housing development provides opportunity, says Antony OliverRead more -
Business
UK Green Investment Bank – going overseas, moving private
Getting the GIB to lead UK overseas climate fund investment would be a positive step forward, says David Symons.Read more -
Roads
Driverless vehicles – redefining our relationship with the car
Google's self driving cars and a Highway Code review means road travel will be changing, says Arup's Josef Hargrave.Read more -
People & Careers
This is our best chance to address the STEM skills-gap challenge
Nelson Ogunshakin is on a mission to get ACE member firms behind the Your Life campaign to get children to study physics and maths.Read more -
Airports
Video: Aviation policy needs decisions and action
Airport Operators Association Darren Caplan highlights the vital need to boost UK runway capacityRead more -
Business
A "spirit of activism to drive change" underpins industry success
KPMG partner Richard Threlfall backs a younger, more diverse and ambitious industryRead more -
Sustainability
Video: Don’t talk about sustainability, talk about innovation
Lend Lease’s Jon Kirkpatrick on turning sustainability into a means not an end.Read more -
Sustainability
Zero carbon housing: is the industry ready to rise to the challenge?
Join the Green Construction Board for a free seminar at Nottingham University’s Creative Energy Homes project on 3 JulyRead more -
Business
Former Arup boss Philip Dilley preferred candidate to chair the Environment Agency
What are the challenges and priorities should he be handed the job?Read more -
BIM
Advancing BIM toward “Level 3”: Compounding the benefits
Wherever you are in the BIM journey, embracing innovative thinking will add value, says Greg BentleyRead more -
Rail
How to double railway capacity without building new track
Arup’s Tony Vidago says on board high speed cellular communications are key to getting trains running.Read more -
Weekly round-up 11 June 2014
Paul Westbury goes to Laing O'Rourke, Infrastructure Bill in Parliament and Crossrail 2 is coming sooner. Your round-up this week.Read more -
Editor's comment
The return to sustained growth is good news; but are we ready?
The ability to attract talent could still stall infrastructure growth warns Antony OliverRead more -
Planning
A country hung by its own Green Belt?
A grown up debate about Green Belt policy is long overdue if Britain is to tackle its housing crisis, argues John Baker.Read more -
Innovation
Wireless remote condition monitoring holds key to efficient asset management
British wireless technology is turning heads after securing latest underground contract.Read more -
Business
Maintenance, a price worth paying?
Our emotionally driven agenda demands more fuss and bluster over maintenance, says George HutchinsonRead more