Article • 2 April 2024 • 6 min Wood, a strong building material, in more ways than one... #lowcarbon #construction #materials Today’s urgent environmental situation is raising new challenges for the construction sector, which must strike a balance…
Article • 20 February 2024 • 6 min Recycled aggregates: the circular economy supplying the construction sector #construction #circulareconomy #materials Aggregates, those tiny fragments of rock used in the majority of construction materials, are the second most widely consumed…
Article • 20 February 2024 • 5 min Urban cool islands: cooling down the cities #biodiversity #construction #ecologicaltransition As prolonged heatwaves become more common, towns, cities and regions are adapting their outdoor spaces and centering…
Article • 29 December 2023 • 4 min Looking back on 2023: 5 key figures from the construction, energy and mobility sectors #construction #energy Goodbye 2023, welcome 2024. As we begin a new year, what can we take away from the past one? Discover some of the figures…
Article • 24 November 2023 • 5 min Materials: innovations in low-carbon concrete! #lowcarbon #construction #materials Construction is a major emitter of greenhouse gases. In France, it is estimated to be responsible for 8% of emissions*, with…
Article • 25 October 2023 • 5 min Bridge safety, the “project of the century” #construction #infrastructure We often think of bridges as indestructible concrete structures that are firmly rooted to the ground for eternity; however,…
Article • 3 October 2023 • 5 min How to store electric energy – PSPs #construction #energy #ecologicaltransition VINCI Construction built a pumped storage power plant (PSP) in the Anti-Atlas mountain range in Morocco, close to the…