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As the UK’s Raac problems grow, concerned educators complain of a stalled government response

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There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair. ” The country's National Audit Office estimates the cost of repairs to be £2.2 Parents like shiny new buildings, and Raac definitely isn’t helping our reputation.”

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As the UK’s Raac problems grows, concerned educators complain of a stalled government response

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There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair. ” The country's National Audit Office estimates the cost of repairs to be £2.2 Parents like shiny new buildings, and Raac definitely isn’t helping our reputation.”

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The Dutch government is leading the fight to retrofit against climate change

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Energiesprong (which translates to “energy jump”), a nonprofit that the Dutch government helped launch a decade ago, is coordinating a system of mass retrofits. our estimates are that we need to hit a retrofit rate between 4% and 6%.” “And if we’re going to hit net zero by 2050.

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China will build replacement for Gensler soccer stadium design in Guangzhou following Evergrande debt scramble

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Evergrande , the developer now embroiled in a Lehman Brothers-like freefall , had already begun construction before the project was halted and eventually taken over by the government in 2021. billion.

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AECOM, Bechtel officially join reconstruction effort in Ukraine

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billion worth of damage to infrastructure across the country, according to estimates from the Kyiv School of Economics. AECOM and Bechtel have both announced their involvement in the international effort to rebuild Ukraine following 15 months of a devastating war which had, by mid-spring, enacted more than $147.5

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World's longest suspension bridge is moving forward in Italy after decades of pushback and delays

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The controversial bridge is estimated to cost approximately $5 billion and take around seven years to build. Since then, the project has experienced a cycle of being shelved and revived by various Italian governments in power. The long-delayed project would stretch more than 10,800 feet if completed. magnitude earthquakes.

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RIBA is calling on the UK government to warm up its interwar houses

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Current estimates have it that only 10% of interwar homes receive an EPC grade above band C. Homeowners in the commonwealth have been getting bled dry by high energy costs of late as the public grapples with the pro-landlord past of its newest housing minister. Nationwide, the typology accounts for over 3.8