Martina Cardi

Removing the planning bottleneck: there has been significant progress in digitisation for design and construction, but planning, which sits in the middle, is lagging behind and causing delays.

So, where will this end up?Ultimately, we believe you will be able to get a price instantly from a vast, distributed network of small suppliers, as you develop your construction Platform model.

These suppliers will also be publishing details of their pipelines and capabilities, enabling you to plan your project precisely.Moreover, as all of these standardised components will be inexpensive, we don’t believe we’ll be costing solely on pure, capital costs.There will also be a focus on other factors: the carbon footprint of the individual manufacturer, what they spend on R&D, staff welfare, and so on.

Consequently, we will be looking for added value from our manufacturers, and this will change how we think about the procurement process going forwards..In fact, we think it’s likely the procurement process will suddenly become more akin to a model like Amazon.

That is to say, payments will be instant and delivery onto site will happen automatically.

Additionally, these deliveries will be pre-coordinated with site activities and made by autonomous vehicles., a non-profit organisation focused on action for climate and prosperity, on a major initiative: Repurposing Coal.

The future of coal and advanced heat.More than 2,000 Gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity is operating in the world today, adding roughly 15 billion tons of CO₂ emissions per year.

This amounts to almost half of all carbon emissions..Mainstream climate thinking that assumes countries will shut down their coal plants is not realistic.