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Check this installment of "Urban Strategy in the Present Tense" with?Drexel CAEE Professor Franco Montalto. Details below -->

For an update on my summer with Coastal Construction, read the link attached to this post. Thank you to University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning for interviewing me and writing this article! https://lnkd.in/enNf3rdV

Deryl McKissack is a storied trailblazer in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Ask her what’s paved the way to her success, and she’ll tell you it’s transforming her passion into meaningful work. ? Be inspired by Deryl in her Master Class: Lessons in Leading with Purpose, as she shares invaluable lessons on remaining humble, hungry, and wise throughout your career: https://lnkd.in/eDWksaAt

How can cities use data from feasibility studies and facility assessments to make more informed public safety investments? KSM’s Alaina Shonkwiler is teaming up with Darren Peterson of Peterson Architecture and Nelson S. Frech, JD, MBA, PMP of Skender Construction at the AIM Ideas Summit to explain. Discover the tools to modernize your community’s safety infrastructure by joining them in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 10/10. #government #publicsafety #Indiana https://hubs.ly/Q02Q9zNR0

Scientists and engineers from Swansea University, the University of Exeter and the University of Bath are looking to cut emissions from the built environment by exploring a different approach to constructing tall buildings. The LOCAST (Low-Carbon Structures) project has received ￡1.2m in funding from?UK Research and Innovation?(UKRI). The team said that while tall buildings use urban space efficiently, constructing them has a high carbon cost compared to the same floor space spread across several shorter buildings. “We’re at a point where heating and lighting are so efficient that most of the lifetime climate emissions from any new building come from making the concrete, steel and glass that go into it,” Professor Ian Walker, an environmental psychologist from?Swansea University, who co-authored the funding bid, said in a statement. “Using less of these materials in tall buildings would put a big dent in the emissions from the built environment. But to do this, we need to understand how making tall buildings more lightweight would affect the people inside them.” Read more here ?? https://lnkd.in/enSBKj3i #theengineer #LOCAST #lowcarbon #construction #civil #engineering

Building for the Future: The Rise of Institutional Construction Projects with RGZ Cambridge. Embracing the future of construction with RGZ Cambridge. ??? Discover how institutional projects are shaping tomorrow's landscapes. Read more: https://bit.ly/45HnoJ1 #RGZCambridge #BuildingTheFuture #InstitutionalConstruction #UrbanDevelopment

???? Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future! ???? I'm thrilled to share the culmination of years of research and innovation in my PhD study into sustainable highway pavements. This journey has allowed me to dive deep into one of the most pressing challenges facing the infrastructure sector: broadening our knowledge and reducing the carbon footprint of pavement materials and methodologies, especially the use of concrete. ?? Innovative Concrete Mixes: My research explored advanced concrete mixtures aimed at significantly cutting direct emissions – a critical step toward greener construction practices. ?? Global Perspective: This international study not only focused on local issues but also provided insight into global pavement construction and material challenges, addressing the needs of both aging and new infrastructure systems around the world. ??? Supporting Governments: With infrastructure demands rising, my work tackled real-world problems governments face today, offering practical solutions for more sustainable, long-lasting roads and highways. As I continue this journey, I’m excited to connect with professionals and organisations dedicated to sustainability, innovation, and the future of infrastructure. Let’s collaborate and build a more resilient, eco-friendly future together! #Sustainability #CivilEngineering #PavementEngineering #GreenInfrastructure #CO2Reduction #Innovation #PhD #ConcreteSolutions #LeedsBeckettUniversity #ConcretePavement Ash Ahmed Sepehr Ghafari Dr Killian Ngong Picture below from the M6 Toll construction (David Murphy, 1993)

A fascinating discussion this morning at Curtins Building a Sustainable Future for Bristol event. Looking at the big picture around policy, framework planning, highways infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage and its easy to see how these issues in isolation can stall given the complicated interconnections. Policy can be slow to distil and implement, masterplanning requires multiple stakeholders, infrastructure is constrained by the existing built environment, innovation can take time and all the moving parts need bringing together to deliver a positive solution. A great final question from the audience summed up what many may have been thinking, asking the panel to give their views on how they see this all coming together. Nicely summed up by Stephen Beggs suggesting a look back in time is a great way to see how much can be achieved, but the big steps do take time. My summary; everyone has a part to play and if we all act now to change what we have influence over, through collaboration and aspiration we'll achieve the sustainable change and future we need. Thanks to Curtins and the panel Stephen Beggs Ben Smallwood CEng MEI Anthony Breach Ben Dawson Yazdi Batki for your insights.

Explore the innovative New Canaan Library, the first building in the U.S. to become a Design for Freedom Pilot Project. Download the case study now for an in-depth perspective. Conceived as a building for knowledge and learning, the New Canaan Library is a state-of-the-art space that seamlessly facilitates quiet contemplation and dynamic collaboration. It's also a trailblazer — unearthing the challenges of the Design for Freedom Pilot Process and how to approach ethical material tracing within the building materials supply chain. We partnered with New Canaan Library to explore and pursue the use of low-risk materials – materials less likely to be sourced through forced labor – during the building’s construction. Throughout the process, we collaborated with Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Turner Construction Company, and multiple subcontractors to trace raw and composite (engineered from two or more materials) building materials as far as possible within the supply chain. Download the case study to learn more about the New Canaan Library and why it is playing an important role in accelerating the Design for Freedom movement by raising awareness of forced labor in the building materials supply chain: https://lnkd.in/eFyEt_Sz Photo Credit: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO, Centerbrook Architects & Planners

It is an honour to continue Stephen Hodder MBE 's legacy as the newly appointed?Chair to the Construction Industry Council (CIC)'s #ClimateChangeCommittee. My vision for this Committee and the work that comes out of it, is to drive #impactfulchange across the entire construction sector, and to position it at the forefront of?#sustainableinnovation and leadership. I look forward to collaborating with all the representatives of the below organisations, as well as Wei Yang, Graham Watts and Matt Mahony to actively embed?#sustainability and?#resilience into the built environment - with the aim of setting a global standard and thought leadership for?#climateaction.? RIBA, CIBSE, The Institution of Structural Engineers, Royal Town Planning Institute, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROJECT SAFETY LIMITED, INSTITUTE OF SPECIALIST SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS, University College of Estate Management, BSRIA, CABE, UK Ministry of Defence, CIRIA, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Climate Change Committee, Institution of Royal Engineers, Structural Timber Association Ltd, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES), Landscape Institute, NHBC, RICS, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), IET, AGS - Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists, Ground Forum, Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, THE INSTITUTE OF CLERKS OF WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORATE OF GREAT BRITAIN INCORPORATED, Targeting Zero LLP, LETI https://lnkd.in/dCtAq_hQ #climatechange #collectiveaction #globalimpact