IN Brief:
- Construction starts have softened, with demand still moving through selective parts of the market.
- Issue 2 covers refurbishment, data centre embodied carbon, demolition, ventilation, cyber resilience, and plant.
- The edition links project delivery to material reuse, building performance, and digital infrastructure demand.
Construction rarely weakens evenly. In the latest edition of IN Site, a softer starts market sits beside selective demand, with residential and civils under strain while parts of non-residential continue to attract capital where delivery cases hold.
Against that uneven market, Issue 2 follows the decisions being pulled closer to project planning. Pexhurst looks at refurbishment and the circular economy through the value still locked inside existing buildings, while 2050 Materials examines the embodied carbon carried into data centres through concrete, steel, and specification choices before a server is switched on.
Housing delivery runs through the edition as a problem of capacity, clearance, and renewal. NFDC considers the role of strategic demolition in replacing unfit stock with modern homes, and SAV Systems connects fabric upgrades with ventilation, air quality, heat recovery, and peak electrical demand.
The issue also covers supplier cyber resilience and the latest plant releases from Hyundai, Yanmar, and Develon, giving contractors, suppliers, plant specialists, materials businesses, and technology providers a grounded read on construction’s more contested pipeline.
Read the latest edition of IN Site.
