Adopting sustainable practices is crucial to the health of our planet. Right now it’s the only one we have and it’s likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future…
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The fact that the UK amended the Climate Change Act 2008 to set a target of 0% greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 may turn out to be the single, most significant environmental move of our time.
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Climate change is one of the most urgent concerns of our times and while it’s important to do everything we can to prevent it (or at least to mitigate it), it’s also important to be realistic about the fact that it will have an impact on our daily lives and in some cases that impact has the potential to be acute – if not managed properly.
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It would be lovely if all building works could be undertaken in a completely hygienic manner, but in reality, building works of any sort almost invariably lead to the production of waste or spoil.
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It would be lovely if all building works could be undertaken in a completely hygienic manner, but in reality, building works of any sort almost invariably lead to the production of waste or spoil.
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If you travel around the UK by motorways and major roads, you are very likely to enjoy a smooth trip, literally. If, however, you venture on to the minor and local roads, you will discover, possibly very quickly, that some roads are noticeably better maintained than others.
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While sewage leaks are far from unique to London, London does make for a good case study in them. It’s a city which has seen drastic population growth, especially since the latter half of the 20th century and that has posed a challenge for its (rather antiquated) sewage system.
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The term “groundworks” can be roughly translated as meaning “the actions taken to prepare the ground for a construction project”. It is typically divided into five stages.
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The festive period may be over but winter is very much still here and weather forecasts are currently predicting plenty more cold before we start to see the first rays of glorious spring sunshine.
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According to chancellor Philip Hammond, driverless cars will be on our roads by 2021. On the one hand, this may not seem like such a huge prediction, given that they are already on the road in the U.S.
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Engineering is a highly-skilled profession and, generally speaking, engineers have excellent job opportunities.
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If you’re renting your business premises then dealing with water leaks may, in principle, be your landlord’s problem.
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London is a notoriously expensive city, but even so, a price of £1 million for a one-metre trip is pretty steep.
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Technology is often influenced by nature. Scientists and inventors look at the way the natural world solves problems and apply their findings to developing solutions to human problems.
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Fans of Game of Thrones might remember a moment from season two when Tyrion describes how his brother and sister attained positions of power and responsibility at an early age and contrasts it with what happened when he reached manhood.
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The recent disclosure of the pay differential between men and women led to something of a media frenzy, but even looking past all the headlines and righteous indignation from some quarters, you still get to some very interesting facts.
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The quantity of rain packed in to a standard British summer has long been something of a joke, but its absence is, in point of fact, no laughing matter at all.
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