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Major contractors and suppliers partner in pioneering project to develop real-time reporting of Scope 3 emissions

Finelight Media — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:14:29 +0000

Aggregate Industries UK, Balfour Beatty plc, Galliford Try and Morgan Sindall Group plc have joined forces with construction technology provider Causeway Technologies in a project to develop automated, real-time Scope 3 emissions reporting. Scope 3 emissions are indirect carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that come from an organisation’s supply chain. In the case of construction, for example…

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Luddon Construction’s Growth Hits £120 Million Milestone

Iain — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:20:49 +0000

When I first started here, we were £40 million in turnover,” begins Ian Barclay, Luddon Construction’s Director. “We should hopefully be reaching £120 million this year,” he says. Luddon Construction (Luddon) was founded in 1975 by Marshall Dougall. Although Marshall has since retired, his son, Barclay Dougall, is now Chairman of the business. The company covers a wide spectrum of sectors…

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Looking for balance

Iain — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:51:19 +0000

The way we purchase has changed over the last 18 months. Traditional methods are no longer an option. Stocks at the manufacturers and wholesalers used to be plentiful. There were also no issues with the pipelines. That was until Covid-19 hit in the first quarter of 2020, of course. What we’ve been left with is those pipelines clogged up and congested, while broad materials are scarce across…

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Dynamic future

Iain — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:06:42 +0000

Dan, founder of design and construction firm Beam Development, says the present disruption, although tough to take, could ultimately hasten the modernisation of the sector and deliver a fundamentally different ‘new normal’. “If we look at the current dominance of next-day delivery options, we need to ask whether it is the most efficient and sustainable way of doing things,” said Dan.

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Digitise the chain

Iain — Mon, 24 May 2021 10:12:11 +0000

Covid-19 has caused unprecedented challenges to industries worldwide, no less to the construction industry. Imports in the UK account for 24 per cent of construction products and have historically accounted for ten per cent, in cash terms, of construction output. Furthermore, Brexit has caused additional uncertainty in an industry that relies on global connections, who now have to navigate ways to…

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