A construction industry blog that digs below bedrock 2016-09-10T12:27:09Z https://constructonomics.com/blog/2016/09/09/the-challenge-of-climate-change-for-the-construction-industry/feed/atom/ WordPress The Challenge of Climate Change for the Construction Industry - Nevada Scaffold | Las Vegas http://www.nevadascaffold.vegas/the-challenge-of-climate-change-for-the-construction-industry/ http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/?p=1518#comment-14796 2016-09-10T12:27:09Z 2016-09-10T12:27:09Z […] The changes we are experiencing in our climate are affecting all of our lives. Every industry is being affected by what is happening, but is having an especially big impact on the construction sector. Governments across the world are waking up to the fact that extremes of weather are rapidly becoming the norm. In many countries, they are gradually changing construction legislation to take account of this fact. Across the world, new laws are being passed that require both residential and commercial builders to work to higher standards. Buildings that can withstand higher summer temperatures, colder winters, as well as floods and high winds, are now essential. In some areas of the world, they also need to be built to withstand earthquakes, and other natural disasters. For those of us who work in construction this presents challenges, but also means that we are working in interesting times. In order to keep pace with the changing needs of our customers we have to learn new skills, as well as develop innovative building techniques, and materials. Take for example the issue of flooding. This is become a big problem in many countries. In the UK, the government estimates that the cost of damage caused by flooding Read more about this topic… […]

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