biodiversity | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:54:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png biodiversity | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Motts technical director: Cop16 showed biodiversity has a seat at the global infrastructure table https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/motts-technical-director-cop16-showed-biodiversity-has-a-seat-at-the-global-infrastructure-table-07-11-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/motts-technical-director-cop16-showed-biodiversity-has-a-seat-at-the-global-infrastructure-table-07-11-2024/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:34:27 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=285959 UN Cop16 proved that organisations from around the world understand that there is a critical need to improve biodiversity with new developments, according to Mott MacDonald’s nature services lead.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/motts-technical-director-cop16-showed-biodiversity-has-a-seat-at-the-global-infrastructure-table-07-11-2024/feed/ 0 ICE’s Ikigai festival shines light on the need for creativity in civil engineering https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/ices-ikigai-festival-shines-light-on-the-need-for-creativity-in-civil-engineering-15-10-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/ices-ikigai-festival-shines-light-on-the-need-for-creativity-in-civil-engineering-15-10-2024/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:50:53 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=284953 Creativity is critical for bringing more people into the civil engineering profession, and for ensuring the success of projects, according to senior civil engineering leaders at Institution of Civil Engineering’s (ICE’s) inaugural Ikigai Creative Arts Festival.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/ices-ikigai-festival-shines-light-on-the-need-for-creativity-in-civil-engineering-15-10-2024/feed/ 0 £9.7M awarded to energy innovation projects promoting environmental sustainability https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/9-7m-awarded-to-energy-innovation-projects-promoting-environmental-sustainability-14-10-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/9-7m-awarded-to-energy-innovation-projects-promoting-environmental-sustainability-14-10-2024/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:34:14 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=284847 A total of £9.7M in funding has been awarded to projects under the latest round of Ofgem and Innovate UK’s strategic innovation fund (SIF), with National Grid and SSEN leading six of the initiatives.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/9-7m-awarded-to-energy-innovation-projects-promoting-environmental-sustainability-14-10-2024/feed/ 0 ACE CEO: Delivery must back up dialogue with government https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/ace-ceo-delivery-must-back-up-dialogue-with-government-27-08-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/ace-ceo-delivery-must-back-up-dialogue-with-government-27-08-2024/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:00:55 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=282667 Since being elected in July, the government has announced changes to planning, a schedule for 12 new town sites to be selected, a fund to support renewable energy projects and a move to improve longer-term certainty through a two-year lead time on strategic spending reviews.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/ace-ceo-delivery-must-back-up-dialogue-with-government-27-08-2024/feed/ 0 Aggregate Industries launches nature strategy in response to ‘crisis’ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/aggregate-industries-launches-nature-strategy-in-response-to-crisis-22-08-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/aggregate-industries-launches-nature-strategy-in-response-to-crisis-22-08-2024/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:55:31 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=282632 Materials supplier Aggregate Industries has published plans to become ‘nature-positive’ by 2030 in its Building progress for a sustainable future strategy.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/aggregate-industries-launches-nature-strategy-in-response-to-crisis-22-08-2024/feed/ 0 Biodiversity Net Gain: Why quality matters and why developers should care https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/biodiversity-net-gain-why-quality-matters-and-why-developers-should-care-17-04-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/biodiversity-net-gain-why-quality-matters-and-why-developers-should-care-17-04-2024/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:28:22 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276882 Currently, for many developers, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is probably considered as another problem to overcome; an additional expense that will reduce their profit margins. Understandably, price becomes a major factor in trying to secure a BNG solution. However, there are compelling reasons why price…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/biodiversity-net-gain-why-quality-matters-and-why-developers-should-care-17-04-2024/feed/ 0 BGI essential to urban regeneration – for people and planet https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/bgi-essential-to-urban-regeneration-for-people-and-planet-20-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/bgi-essential-to-urban-regeneration-for-people-and-planet-20-03-2024/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:03:14 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275818 Considerations around a well-designed urban space that positively impact both the natural environment, and human health, are essential to society.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/bgi-essential-to-urban-regeneration-for-people-and-planet-20-03-2024/feed/ 0 How can we make our cities and critical infrastructure more resilient to the increasing challenge of stormwater, due to climate change? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/how-can-we-make-our-cities-and-critical-infrastructure-more-resilient-to-the-increasing-challenge-of-stormwater-due-to-climate-change-29-01-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/how-can-we-make-our-cities-and-critical-infrastructure-more-resilient-to-the-increasing-challenge-of-stormwater-due-to-climate-change-29-01-2024/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:54:36 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=273539 Population growth, urbanisation, and the effects of climate change are challenges that city authorities and communities are facing across the world.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/how-can-we-make-our-cities-and-critical-infrastructure-more-resilient-to-the-increasing-challenge-of-stormwater-due-to-climate-change-29-01-2024/feed/ 0 Innovative Thinker | Expedition Engineering’s Eva MacNamara advocates biodiversity impact consideration during material selection https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-expedition-engineerings-eva-macnamara-advocates-biodiversity-impact-consideration-during-material-selection-29-11-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-expedition-engineerings-eva-macnamara-advocates-biodiversity-impact-consideration-during-material-selection-29-11-2023/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=270758 Civil engineers should consider the biodiversity impact of the materials they specify says Expedition Engineering's Eva MacNamara.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-expedition-engineerings-eva-macnamara-advocates-biodiversity-impact-consideration-during-material-selection-29-11-2023/feed/ 0 Artist builds tiny train station for bugs at Blackfriars to celebrate biodiversity https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/artist-builds-tiny-train-station-for-bugs-at-blackfriars-to-celebrate-biodiversity-06-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/artist-builds-tiny-train-station-for-bugs-at-blackfriars-to-celebrate-biodiversity-06-04-2023/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:58:32 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=258963 A multi-media artist has built a tiny station for insects at London Blackfriars to celebrate biodiversity at the station.

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