New carbon tax model could make polluters fund green policies
Ministers are being urged to introduce a raft of policies paid for by a new carbon tax model that would make corporates in the oil and gas sector pay a premium for failing to decarbonise after a new Friends of the Earth report revealed at least £44 billion worth of costs are being caused through […]
Why the construction industry needs to embrace the fourth industrial revolution
The construction industry has been urged to shed its decades-old working practices and embrace the wave of digitalisation sweeping the global economy if it is to shake free of stagnation and flourish with trillions of dollars of cost savings. The fourth industrial revolution, as it has been termed, has seen a revolutionary merging of the […]
Syntegra Group acquires Building Services Group Ltd (BSG)
Syntegra Group are delighted to announce the acquisition of hotel specialist M&E consultants Building Services Group Ltd (BSG). The move transforms Syntegra into a 35-strong team working out of five offices (London/Reading/Tonbridge/Bristol/Leeds) with M&E design services now providing 55% of its portfolio. Alan King – Syntegra Managing Director – said: ‘With this move, we have strengthened […]
Biodiversity net gain guidance launched
Development plans are set to include detailed calculations on the biodiversity net gain of their projects in a bid to reverse losses of natural habitats from previous construction schemes. Industry associations have teamed up to produce guidance on the scheme first launched by DEFRA to improve provision of natural habitats for species potentially displaced by […]
Government measures needed to get tough on housing stock to meet carbon reduction targets
Legally binding carbon reduction targets will not be met in the UK unless the Government takes steps to tackle the “increasingly uncomfortable and unsafe” existing housing stock and implements stringent measures around new build projects. That is the conclusion of a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The report criticises the withdrawal of […]
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