Low carbon materials in social infrastructure

09 September 2025 , Webinar Add to calendar

Join this webinar series, developed in collaboration with BUILDOFFSITE and CIRIA’s Driving Net Zero Carbon Community of Practice, to discover how the increased adoption of low carbon materials could support greener practices by the construction sector and help the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Low carbon materials in social infrastructure

This webinar will explore how specifying timber, steel, and low carbon concrete could reduce the carbon embedded in building prisons, schools, and healthcare facilities.

When
Tuesday 9 September 2025
10:00 – 12:00

For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Tam Simmons.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Kat Ibbotson, Director Strategic Advisory, WSP and Chair, Driving Net Zero Carbon Community of Practice

Introduce the speakers
Sam Hopkins, Associate | NW&Y Property & Social Infrastructure, Arup and Chair, BOS Built Environment Working Group

10:10 Scene setter

10:25 New prisons go green
Andrew Dewdney, Head of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), Kier (Invited)

10:40 ProCure23: A new route to market for NHS capital works
Senior representative from NHS England (Invited)

10:55 Low carbon materials in schools

11:10 Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for the Armed Forces
Paul Ruddick, Chairman, Reds10 (Invited)

Additional Information

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