Infrastructure and society
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Once-in-a-generation opportunity to recalibrate economy, say ICE
The relationship between infrastructure and the 2050 net-zero target is the focus of the Institution of Civil Engineers State of the Nation 2020 report. -
Major new cancer hospital opens in Liverpool
A major new cancer hospital has opened in the heart of Liverpool. -
Maintenance of Scottish infrastructure key to kickstarting the economy, says ICE
ICE Scotland has made its submission to the Scottish government’s advisory group on economic recovery. -
Councils call for housing building boom to drive post-Covid recovery
Councils have warned that 100,000 social homes a year needed as part of the Covid-19 recovery. -
Scottish infrastructure leaders call time on construction’s ‘take-make-waste’ culture
Scottish infrastructure projects should now be built using less new materials and significantly more recycled materials, say industry leaders. -
Embedding social distancing into cities
Covid-19 is still a very real threat and a long-term plan is needed to embed social distancing in cities, says Neil Manthorpe. -
Anglian Water names four major players for £350m pipeline deal
Anglian Water joins forces with Costain, Farrans, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald Bentley to secure future water resources for the east of England. -
Flexibility is key to working well in the 'new normal'
As lockdown measures begin to ease, Ipek Kaymak looks at how infrastructure organisations can plan for the 'new normal'. -
New £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high rise buildings
A new £1bn Building Safety Fund is still not enough to make high-rise buildings safe nearly three years after the Grenfell tragedy, says Labour. -
Fresh ideas to help infrastructure serve a changing society
The National Infrastructure Commission has published a collection of opinion pieces by young infrastructure professionals.