Construction firms call for mandatory carbon calculations on projects

A major survey of construction industry firms revealed nine in ten think whole life carbon calculations should decide whether schemes get planning approval. UK Built Environment Declares, an environmental campaign group, revealed the findings of the survey at the start of the UN COP26 climate conference. It showed 95% of respondents want whole life carbon […]

Education and collaboration key to achieving Net Zero in construction industry

By Chris Sheehan, Managing Director at the Sheehan Group Becoming carbon neutral is now firmly on the agenda in the boardrooms of most major UK infrastructure companies. There has been a shift in mentality, fuelled by the Government’s Zero Carbon target of 2050. Whereas previously some companies simply paid lip service to sustainability many are […]