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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 suggests that climate issues are rising up the agenda and could influence the behaviour of key market players. The point being: the carbon reduction tools are there if parties wish to use them.

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An Evening at Ready Set Raise

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Chanlogic aggregates data on sales, inventory, marketing and more across all channels to provide accurate profitability reports to brands. 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.

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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?

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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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How to avoid PFI contract expiry risks

Practical Law Construction

There is an active secondary market for equity interests in PFI projects: original project developers exit and new longer term investors hold projects to maturity. Of those, 78 projects are due to expire before December 2027 and a further 91 projects will expire in 2028-2030.

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

Practical Law Construction

Turbines are growing ever larger, such as Siemens-Gamesa’s 14MW giant, which will be deployed on Taiwan’s Hai Long project in 2024, and require installation vessels that are in short supply but needed in time limited construction windows. There is no set standard form contract for wind projects.

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Tesla, Ford, and Toyota EVs are generating the most public interest in 2023

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billion in grants towards the construction of EV charging situations in order to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by 50%–52% by 2030. They started the year on a high, with news that sales were up in December — a 223% spike in electric vehicle sales helped expand market share in 2022 (3.4k). Toyota is in big trouble.