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Can Meta and Google go green with geothermal energy?

A next-generation geothermal energy project in the Nevada desert offers a glimpse at the possibilities of supplying electricity-hungry datacentres with clean energy

Stuart Watson13 January 2025

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How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

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How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

Decades of economic decline are now being reversed in the coastal town, with an ambitious programme of investment in the built environment alongside community events

Karen Day 06 January 2025

Shaping tomorrow's built environment: leading RICS in 2025

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Shaping tomorrow's built environment: leading RICS in 2025

Justin Sullivan FRICS discusses why becoming President of RICS represents not only a career milestone but also an opportunity to champion the values and impact of our profession

Justin Sullivan FRICS 03 January 2025

go to article The most shared articles on Modus this year

Mark Williams23 December 2024

Building surveying

Cities and placemaking

Facilities management

Housing

Projects and people

Valuation

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go to article What were the most-read Modus articles of 2024?

Mark Williams16 December 2024

Building surveying

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go to article How much water can your flat roof tolerate?

go to article Is shipping container construction lost at sea?

Stephen Cousins09 December 2024

Building surveying

Housing

Marine environments

Quantity surveying and construction

Residential

Sustainability

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go to article ‘A Built Environment GCSE would be transformative’

Tina Paillet FRICS05 December 2024

Building surveying

Diversity and inclusion

Land and resources

Learning and development

RICS standards and guidance

Valuation

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go to article Michael Baynes MRICS: pairing property and vineyards

Mark Williams02 December 2024

Residential valuation

Valuation

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go to article What is the New York Climate Exchange?

Modus staff25 November 2024

Building conservation

Environmental surveying

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go to article Party on: the Pyramus and Thisbe Society at 50

Mark Williams21 November 2024

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go to article Is solar panel fire safety overlooked?

go to article How can good prison design change lives?

Noella Pio Kivlehan11 November 2024

Building control

Infrastructure and services

Project management

Quantity surveying and construction

Retrofit

Sustainability

Modus editorial advisory group members

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Alice Graham MRICS MSc

Alice is a chartered quantity surveyor with six years of consultancy experience on public and private sector projects. Alice currently works at Procore Technologies, a construction technology company. In her role, she specialises in supporting clients to digitally transform their construction cost management processes.

Kevin Keane FRICS

Kevin is the quality and training manager at Allied Surveyors Scotland, a member of the RICS Scotland Board, Inspire Ambassador and Lionheart Ambassador and throughout all this is an advocate and champion for DE&I. Kevin is passionate about property, people and the development of the surveying profession.

Jomailyn Sanchez AssocRICS

Jomai is an assistant cost manager with five years' experience in infrastructure projects across the water, rail and road sectors. She has worked on major schemes for Southern Water, Transport for London and currently the TransPennine Route Upgrade. Jomai actively promotes RICS in the Philippines and champions global collaboration to foster diversity in engineering and quantity surveying.