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Thames Tideway Tunnel
Posted on: 13 March 2014
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The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer, the biggest infrastructure project in London since the Victorians, urgently needed to protect the River Thames from increasing pollution. The Cabe team conducted Design Reviews of all 24 sites and assessed the public space, the quality of the landscape design, the vents, and other amenities.
Using infrastructure to empower women in developing countries
Posted on: 11 March 2014
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This article looks at how infrastructure projects empower women in developing countries.
Sochi 2014: Infrastructure, growth, redevelopment
Posted on: 6 March 2014
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This paper from JLL looks at the costs of the games in more detail and put these costs into a comparative perspective against the costs of previous winter games, specifically Vancouver and Turin. It considers the infrastructure that has been built and looks at the layout of both the so-called Mountain and Coastal Clusters that host the games’ sporting venues. The paper also takes a focused look at the crucial issue of hotel infrastructure before considering the legacy of the games as a whole.
Birmingham Curzon HS2 Draft Masterplan
Posted on: 5 March 2014
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The Birmingham Curzon HS2 Draft Masterplan presents the proposed HS2 railway as a once in a century opportunity to radically enhance the City’s national rail connectivity and accelerate its economic growth potential. The new line and terminus will provide a catalyst to transform areas of the City Centre and unlock major regeneration sites. The Draft Masterplan covers over 140ha of the Eastside and Digbeth quarters and the eastern fringe of the City Centre Core, providing a detailed framework and principles to guide development, regeneration and connectivity to ensure that the City can capitalise upon the arrival of the HS2 railway. It also builds on the policies originally proposed in the Eastside Masterplan. Comments are requested by 24 April 2014.
The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Posted on: 28 February 2014
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The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) exemption for self-build homes introduced on 23 February 2014 is just one of a raft of changes that have come into effect, many prompted by property industry concerns that the emerging system is at risk of becoming unworkable. Underpinning the system from now on will be a new requirement that local authorities strike an appropriate balance in CIL charging schedules between funding infrastructure and not threatening the economic viability of development.
Brazil: Building the country of tomorrow
Posted on: 20 February 2014
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This special issue of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ journal on Civil Engineering features reports on a wide range of innovative construction and research programmes in Brazil. As well as sporting facilities, the papers look at some of the other infrastructure projects set to contribute to Brazil’s prosperous long-term future. Please note that free access is available until 28 February 2014.
London 2020
Posted on: 5 February 2014
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This video from Knight Frank shows how the London cityscape will look in 2020 following a period of rapid growth in infrastructure projects.
Smart cities: Reflections on efforts to standardize a new concept
Posted on: 29 January 2014
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The British Standards Institution is due to publish a Smart Cities ‘PAS’ (Publicly Available Specification) in the very near future. Simon Joss, one of the International Eco-Cities Forum Managers at University of Westminster was a member of the Steering Group in charge of drafting and reviewing the PAS 180. He has written a short blog piece on the experience, reflecting on some of the challenges involved.
The ABC of housing growth and infrastructure: Report and case studies
Posted on: 20 January 2014
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This project forms part of The Housing Forum’s Building Homes for the Future workstream. It has been led by senior practitioners from the housing field who have over the past decade or more been concerned at the UK’s poor performance in providing sufficient homes for a growing population and the low quality of much of what is built. The report argues that the biggest challenge of all is to address the issue of land supply and its cost.
Transport infrastructure investment: Capturing the wider benefits of investment in transport infrastructure
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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This report from the Royal Town Planning Institute argues that transport infrastructure, uniquely, has the ability to open up previously undevelopable land which can then be used for housing and provide new opportunities for employment activity, but because this is rarely an immediate consequence and the benefits are difficult to quantify, it is not fully accounted for in cost-benefit analyses. The result has been that too few infrastructure projects which could have acted as a catalyst to growth have been approved.
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