Comments on: Supply chain communication is key to carbon action https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/bam-construct/supply-chain-communication-is-key-to-carbon-action-09-01-2023/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data By: Mark Oliver https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/bam-construct/supply-chain-communication-is-key-to-carbon-action-09-01-2023/#comment-1972 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 09:09:37 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=470597#comment-1972 “Nine times out of 10, we get great products specified, but by the time it gets to site, there are cost overruns and products get taken out. Cost is the biggest barrier” – the issue here is that the externality cost of carbon is not yet taken into account in the decision making process. If the project was charged, say £100 per tonne of carbon, these products might be more readily adopted.

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