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Union Pacific Recognizes WSP with 2023 Sustainability Partner Award

Civil + Structural Engineer

Inaugural award honors Union Pacific customers and suppliers for innovative sustainability initiatives, cites WSP for sustainability principles and helping clients achieve low-carbon goals. Addressing sustainability, resiliency, and social equity challenges is at the core of WSP’s corporate strategy.

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Advancing sustainable construction: Specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

At the same time, the built environment must adapt to the impacts of an already-changing climate by optimizing the resiliency of structural systems. Model building codes (I-codes) developed by the International Code Council ( ICC ) play a crucial role in constructing safe, sustainable, and resilient structures.

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SPA: Setting the stage for sustainability

Roads Online

Australia has a long way to go if it’s to achieve its goal of cutting emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and reaching net-zero by 2050, with Climate Action Tracker currently assessing Australia’s progress as “insufficient”. Now imagine this impact across all states and territories. Image: SPA.

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Fulton Hogan: The right switch

Roads Online

Fulton Hogan is adopting greener and cleaner technologies as part of its push to achieve both internal and external sustainability goals. As demand for resilient infrastructure intensifies, so too does the need for it to be built in ways that are sustainable and in line with a net zero future. Images: Fulton Hogan.

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RICS Sustainability Report 2022: some green shoots?

Practical Law Construction

Major standard forms have responded to market demand and made provision for carbon reduction provisions, for example, JCT’s sustainability provisions , NEC’s Option X29 and FIDIC’s Climate Change Charter. This is why the 2022 edition of the RICS Sustainability Report (Report) is so timely.

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Autodesk Reflections on Sustainability and the Future of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In its second year, FCON22 partnered with the Australian Constructors Association and the Australian Achievement Construction Award, bringing together over 450 delegates to learn about and discuss the latest trends and impacts on the Australian Construction sector. Sustainability was a recurring theme during this year’s conference.

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Make Sustainable Construction Material Choices with the Winning Combination of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) and Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published that according to the latest data, the built environment generates 40% of annual global CO2 emissions (Architecture 2030). All of this highlights the importance of making informed choices about building materials in construction projects to reduce environmental impacts.