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Construction consultancy Pulse Consult is delivering project management and cost consultancy services across a £300m residential pipeline in London and the South of England. https://lnkd.in/dGbvUkhj #construction #business James Peake

HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700-metre Burton Green tunnel, marking structural completion on the West Midlands section of the new railway. The 16-metre-wide twin-box tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth, with an internal wall separating northbound services to Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland from southbound trains to HS2’s London stations at Old Oak Common and Euston. https://lnkd.in/dms6EyBy #HS2 #Infrastructure #CivilEngineering #RailInfrastructure #Construction #Engineering #MajorProjects #BuiltEnvironment #ConstructionInnovation Douglas B. Rupert Blake CEng, MICE, MCIOB Ibrahim Arshad

Political and industry figures have responded positively to the Construction Reset, the theme for UK Construction Week (UKCW) Birmingham, returning to the NEC this Autumn. UKCW Birmingham runs from 29 September to 1 October and is built around three core themes – Building Better, Building Smarter and Building Responsibly. The organisers said the event would provide a clear focus on the issues and opportunities facing the construction industry. https://lnkd.in/e_JjNmDT #UKConstructionWeek #ConstructionReset #BuiltEnvironment #ConstructionIndustry #BuildingBetter #BuildingSmarter #BuildingResponsibly #ConstructionInnovation

Juliana Renn, head of sustainability at HLM Architects, makes the case for regenerative design For the last few years, the built environment has been on a determined journey towards net zero. This has driven better buildings, improved energy performance, reduced operational carbon, and made sustainability a mainstream design priority. It’s clear to me, however, that the direction of travel has already transitioned sustainability from differentiator to baseline expectation. https://lnkd.in/eHV2FPuX #NetZero #Sustainability #BuiltEnvironment #SustainableConstruction #Architecture #ClimateAction #GreenBuilding #DesignInnovation

Morgan Sindall Group plc’s housing arm Lovell Partnerships Ltd has reported a £2.46bn secured order book, as parent company revenue rose 8% to £2,562m in the first half of 2026. https://lnkd.in/eAvVRVU4 #ukhousing #construction #business

Perega Limited has consolidated its Waterloo and Leytonstone operations into a single central London office to pursue growth in healthcare and infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/e2Z6r38E #construction #business #infrastructure FRASER ROBB Ewa Ambrosius

The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill risks failing its objectives unless the government tackles a deepening skills gap, according to a new report. The report, The UK Cyber Skills Gap: Building Capability and Resilience, was published this month by The CSBR. It found that while the UK has built a solid foundation of cyber initiatives, an unstable “hourglass” labour market structure, combined with expanding regulatory burdens, threatens to undermine genuine digital resilience across critical national infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/eNVMekuP #CyberSecurity #CyberResilience #CyberSkillsGap #DigitalSkills #DigitalResilience #UKConstruction #BuiltEnvironment 

The world’s first global sustainability standard for glass has opened for a 60-day public consultation, covering sourcing, emissions and circularity. ResponsibleGlass, a not-for-profit established in 2025, published the draft International Standard for Glassmaking, aiming to create the industry’s first unified certification and labelling system. https://lnkd.in/eBKwwi_p #SustainableGlass #GlassIndustry #SustainabilityStandards #CircularEconomy #ResponsibleSourcing #CarbonReduction #LowCarbonMaterials #SustainableManufacturing 

A Danish architectural firm’s low-carbon summerhouse may look more rustic than space age, but it has been informed by the latest in off-world habitat design. SAGA Space Architects has revealed EcoNeo, a 35 m2 digitally fabricated summerhouse built in Zealand, Denmark, applying principles derived for extreme-environment architecture: compact living, resource efficiency, and human well-being. https://lnkd.in/eDEf9nvd #SustainableArchitecture #DigitalFabrication #SpaceArchitecture #ExtremeEnvironmentDesign #ResourceEfficiency #InnovativeDesign #BuiltEnvironment

A 400-metre sewer has been installed beneath a railway line and the river Sile in Treviso, Italy, using microtunnelling technology at a depth of 11 metres. The DN 800 pipeline was constructed for ATS, the local water company, by contractor LF Costruzioni, with ENKI acting as consultant. The scheme forms part of works to support urban infrastructure in the historic city centre. https://lnkd.in/ePY_b7R8 #waterinfrastructure #constructiontechnology #urbaninfrastructure #microtunnelling