Infrastructure View

Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is a significant responsibility.

The construction industry has been facing multiple headwinds including sharply rising input costs, a constrained labour market and an increased cost of finance, as well as falling capital values and demand uncertainty in some property sectors. As a result, the pace of construction has been subdued.

Infrastructure View talks to the Land Registry about digitising property data and making it more accessible.

Carter Jonas has expanded its Infrastructures team, welcoming a number of people to the business, including four new Partners.

The UK minerals sector delivers over a million tonnes of raw materials and products every single day.

Infrastructure View hears why, despite failure to secure Levelling Up Funding, Nottingham City Council’s long-awaited redevelopment project will continue to transform the city.

How the Northern Power Women organisation is helping to get more people involved in the conversation.

As the start of November’s Covid-delayed COP26 global climate action conference draws near, developers across England are bracing for the roll out of new legally binding requirements that should protect and enhance the nation’s natural capital and biodiversity. Andy Williams, Head of Geospatial at Carter Jonas, explains the new language that built environment professionals need to understand.

Midlands Connect is one of seven sub-national transport bodies set up across the UK in 2016 to coordinate and accelerate the development of strategic transport investment plans beyond local authority borders.

In its March 2021 Budget, the UK government set out plans for eight new freeports to be created across England. Carter Jonas Partners Charles Hardcastle and Dermot Scanlon explain the opportunities and challenges presented.

As the demand for sustainable urban development grows

The government's latest National Infrastructure Strategy promises to revitalise the UK's regions and town centres

Is this 5G a game changer? Head of Telecoms Paul Williams explains the rural challenge.

Almost overnight, the Covid-19 crisis made working from home a necessity for so many across the UK.

The government’s National Infrastructure Strategy sets a bold target to halve the time taken to consent some projects entering the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime from September 2023.

Transport for the North’s chief executive Barry White, on "the pent-up economic potential in the North."

Can an industrial site on the Manchester Ship Canal hold the key to reducing the UK’s plastic waste problem?

We get the perspective from Rachel Skinner, incoming President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

The future of motoring in the UK is, without question, electric. Steve Hopley explains the hurdles.

Mark Enzer explains why the digital twin is set to be a fundamental part of UK infrastructure.