Tag: plans
-
Sodium-ion battery maker Natron Energy shuts down, halts $1.4B factory plans
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy has ceased operations, according to its website, halting plans for a giant factory in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Santa Clara, California-based company did not immediately respond to requests for…
-
Is Britain’s cement crisis about to derail homebuilding plans?
Anyone planning to build a home today is facing a difficult mix of rising costs, longer lead times and uncertainty around key materials. Cement, the backbone of foundations, walls and floors, is now at the centre of this challenge. New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) shows UK production has sunk to levels not…
-
How sewers are flushing Britain’s housing plans down the drain
Almost 30,000 new homes across the UK are currently stalled because of concerns about sewer and wastewater capacity, including 7,000 affordable homes. Developers have paid £2.3 billion to water companies since 2020 to fund infrastructure upgrades, yet planning permissions are still being delayed. According to the Home Builders Federation (HBF), the disconnect between councils, water…
-
Balfour Beatty plans stateside AI hackathon
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Balfour Beatty hopes to get employees’ creative juices flowing with an artificial intelligence hackathon, designed to create AI prototypes for solving common construction problems, the company told Construction Dive via email. The first-ever event of…
-
Why Construction’s Summer Safety Plans Must Include Mental Health
Summertime means intense heat and challenging working conditions for many Americans. In the construction trade, the inevitable result is a rise in serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) — and a renewed focus on physical safety measures. However, as we pay more attention to the prevention of heat-related illnesses and accidents during the summer, a crucial…
-
Trump plans 100% tariffs for semiconductor imports
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of “approximately 100%” on semiconductor imports, he said during a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday. Trump did not provide details about when the tariffs would go into…
-
AstraZeneca grows US presence with $50B in spending plans
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WASHINGTON — AstraZeneca, the U.K.’s third biggest company by market value, is making itself a bit more American. On Monday, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot joined Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin in Washington D.C. to sign an agreement on…
-
Zonal energy pricing plans paused, but could still return
The government may have shelved plans for zonal electricity pricing, which would have seen power costs vary by region, but energy experts and analysts suggest the conversation is far from over. While ministers say a reformed national pricing system is the best path forward, some within the energy sector are signaling that regional pricing could…
-
Ed Miliband plans to make home wind turbines easier than ever
The government wants to make it simpler for homeowners to install wind turbines in gardens or on rooftops. A new policy under Labour could remove the need for planning permission entirely for small-scale home systems. Ed Miliband says this marks the return of “common sense” to energy policy and claims the goal is to cut…