Stop building carbon-hungry basements

By Jon Spencer-Hall 2021-10-27T05:29:00

Digging down may seem like an economic imperative but it is simply not worth it in environmental terms, says Jon Spencer-Hall

Basements have a lot of downsides – they are almost always expensive, typically increase programme, and often significantly increase a project’s risk profile.

We invariably subject them to extensive value engineering exercises. And, on top of all that, they are also a key driver of embodied carbon.

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