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Drones in construction – designing for urban air mobility

Practical Law Construction

This has been aided by a decrease in the cost and an increase in the reliability of the technology. While data collection is a common and continuing use of drones in the construction industry, their potential goes much further. Data collection in the construction industry. Urban air mobility.

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RICS Sustainability Report 2022: some green shoots?

Practical Law Construction

In recent years there has been recognition within the UK construction industry of the importance of the reduction of carbon emissions. This could be the result of government policies such as the European Commission’s ambitious Green Deal with an interim target to reduce emissions in the building sector by at least 60% by 2030.

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An Evening at Ready Set Raise

Barokas

The company’s app already has early success in the construction market, providing digital manuals, an immersive interface and the ability to assign tasks and share status. As the bridge between construction and tech, they aim to increase safety and reduce rework. trillion in assets by 2030. geeRemit (Raleigh, NC).

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EV charging infrastructure – progress and challenges

Practical Law Construction

In the next blogs in the series, we will look at questions that regularly come up in the context of landlord and tenant relations, construction, projects and planning. More charge points are required to meet the 2030 deadline. Question: How is the government supporting the roll out of more EV charging points? Sharing of personal data.

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Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in Qatar

Practical Law Construction

This article examine two categories of issues that frequently arise in construction arbitrations related to Qatar: The enforcement of arbitral awards. Construction activity in Qatar. The construction market in the Middle East and Africa was projected to be the fastest growing construction market in the world between 2018 and 2022.

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Wind of change – is NEC the future for wind projects in APeC?

Practical Law Construction

While countries across Asia-Pacific have shown strong appetite for wind power, the risk of natural disasters, inadequate government support and the high costs of new technologies (both financially and in human resource requirements) mean they won’t all reach their potential.

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