Infrastructure and society

Major new cancer hospital opens in Liverpool

A major new cancer hospital has opened in the heart of Liverpool.

2 years 8 months ago
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.

2 years 8 months ago
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.

2 years 9 months ago
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.

2 years 9 months ago
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.

2 years 9 months ago
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.

2 years 9 months ago
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'.

2 years 9 months ago
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.

2 years 10 months ago
Fresh ideas to help infrastructure serve a changing society

The National Infrastructure Commission has published a collection of opinion pieces by young infrastructure professionals.

2 years 10 months ago
UK2070 – a watershed moment for infrastructure

The UK 2070 Commission, an independent inquiry into the deep–rooted spatial inequalities within the United Kingdom, has issued its report on what needs to be done.

2 years 11 months ago