The construction minister, who works across both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), has said she wants to hear from the sector and is ready to advocate for it in government.
The UK is undergoing an energy transition. To achieve net zero, it is undertaking a generational overhaul of its grid infrastructure, expanding onshore and offshore renewables, implementing cleaner fuel capabilities where electricity isn’t an option, and building new nuclear power plants.
Our industry is integral to the UK’s transition net zero, with 67M people and businesses depending on us to deliver the infrastructure to support secure, affordable, decarbonised energy by 2050.
Floating wind farms are becoming ever more viable, opening up new possibilities for renewable energy from the sea.
Speaking to NCE at its Water conference on 20 June, South West Water director of asset management Mark Worsfold made clear the only long term path to improve public perceptions around water industry pollution and supply.
The General Election will not change the fundamental issue that affects the deliverability of any infrastructure plan: having the people to build it.
The soaring cost of skilled sustainable-construction workers threatens progress towards zero-carbon goals, a key report has warned.
The ICE has set out a vision for diversity and inclusion. The vision is to improve lives by ensuring the world has the engineering capacity, people, skills and infrastructure systems it needs to allow our planet, and those who live on it, to thrive. This means providing affordable and high…
Engineers can be forgiven for feeling besieged by widespread narratives of cost overruns, delays and cancellations. Our industry also faces real capacity challenges with evergrowing public demands and difficulties securing the skills base and supply chains required to meet those demands.
Work by Autodesk and Deloitte Access Economics has found the UK leads other European countries on construction data but that progress is being hampered by lack of integration and challenges in training those who will increasingly need to use it.
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