Articles by Marcus Fairs

The closure of Sweden’s biggest cement factory on environmental grounds could cause up to 400,000 job losses and wipe out the country’s GDP growth, according to an alliance of construction bodies. Work could grind to a halt on three-quarters of all house-building projects and the construction sector could lose more than 20 billion Swedish Kronor

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Organisers of the annual Antepavilion architecture charity competition have released footage of police storming their building and arresting staff ahead of the opening of the rooftop tensegrity structure targeted in the raid. CCTV footage shows more than 40 officers streaming into the canalside Hoxton Docks arts building in east London after the door was forced

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Less than one per cent of new buildings are assessed to determine their carbon footprint, according to a new report from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. This is despite the fact that construction accounts for 38 per cent of global emissions. As a result, the industry “doesn’t know where it stands when it

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