FOOTPRINT+ Special 3 With Interviews From The Event

To kick off this third special episode, Steve Randall spoke to Josie Cadwallader-Hughes about Zero-Carbon homesAs Sustainability Director at Thakeham Group, Josie Cadwallader-Hughes is responsible for keeping Thakeham at the leading edge, building partnerships with distinguished organisations with a long history of championing change, and advising on a number of cross-industry programmes enabling zero carbon placemaking.“The homes that we deliver by 2025 will be zero carbon, none of this tricky transition period”Next up, Steve Randall spoke to Martin Hale about EV charging.Martin Hale is the Sales Director for RAW Charging. Electric charging is a trending topic as we move from fuel sources such as diesel and petrol to more environmentally friendly sources such as electricity. More people are demanding these EV chargers on company sites. As with most new inventions challenges exist such as location and sources of power.“The big case is the power because that is the showstopper, where is the power coming from?”Pete the Builder spoke to Mike Harrison about concrete and their new innovative product ConcreteneMike Harrison is the Delivery Director at U+I. He was a chairperson at the event. His talk was entitled Concretene: Graphene-enriched concrete lowering cement and carbon emissions.Developed by the University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Concretene is a type of concrete that is significantly stronger. This allows designers to propose concrete mixes with lower cement content driving down the embodied carbon of one of construction’s most relied upon materials.Encouraging people to adopt something new always has its challenges, how can we overcome these challenges?“What it does is it gives you a lot greater strength in the concrete for the same cementitious content.”Next up, Pete the Builder spoke to Nick Hillard about modular constructionNick Hillard is the ESG lead at Tide Construction. He was a keynote speaker at the event. His talk was entitled MMC delivers massive carbon savings.“45% saving against the traditional reinforced concrete method of construction”Our next guest is Paul Sullivan. Pete the Builder spoke to him about the challenges of labour shortages in the construction industry“The work needs to be done out there by 2030, we are just concerned whether there is the trades to do it. We have estimated that there is probably a shortfall of about 130,000 tradesmen.Pete the Builder spoke to one of the event’s speakers, Stuart McLaren about low-carbon estates. Stuart McLaren is the Net Zero Director for Infrastructure at Atkins. He was a chairperson at the event. His talk was entitled Decarbonising your estate. All the challenges to achieving a Net-Zero carbon future are present in a mixed-asset estate.“The more we come together and see what good looks like or what bad looks like the more chance we have at succeeding at this monumental challenge.”The fConstructive Voices: Inspiring change within the construction industry and related sectorsFollow Constructive Voices on:LinkedInTwitterFacebookRequest a media pack: jackie...