Researching with @UrbanFlowsObs and @CivilSheffield: built environment, circular economy, adaptive reuse, material stocks, housing, policy, planning.

Sheffield, England
Joined May 2020
The fact that the old Hallam Tower (left) was demolished in 2017 only to be replaced by that on the right 4 years later highlights all that is wrong with how we view buildings. Both concrete structures with huge embodied carbon - could the old tower not have been adapted?
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Choosing who to vote for in #SheffieldHallam was easy. Choosing between @BBCNews and @Channel4News for election night coverage is not.
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I know it's only 10:30, but: Who has the best beers?
83%Abbeydale
17%Thornbridge
6 votes • Final results
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Reviewing historic Street View data (work related) for an area that happens to cover my grandparent's. I have just been retrospectively glared at by my late Grandad Terry for being a nosey beggar.
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Charles Gillott retweeted
Excited to see our new segregated cycle track and landscaping taking shape on Tenter Street, leading to a Dutch-style roundabout at West Bar! Linking Neepsend, Kelham, and the City Centre for safer, Active Travel for all. 👫🚶‍♀️🚴
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Abandoned South Yorkshire County Council logo spotted in Loxley Valley.
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A subtle trolling from Lloyds Bank when renewing my season ticket this morning. (NB: I am not getting what I want, the price is not too good to be true and this definitely *is* a scam).
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Charles Gillott retweeted
Does the EU's construction sector needs a rethink? A new report advocates for a circular economy approach in building design & material use. Dr Danielle Densley Tingley and @CharlesGillott are at the forefront of sustainable construction research 👇 cleanenergywire.org/circular…
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Dr Danielle Densley-Tingley and Dr Charles Gillot comment on the importance of extending the lifespan of existing buildings in @cleanenergywire cleanenergywire.org/circular…
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To celebrate @SY_Supertram's return to public control I, along with expert ferroequinologists @tomgreenmorgan1 & @jamesthompson99, am embarking on a bank holiday 'Tram Crawl'. Over 3 days we will be covering the entire network, ticking off as many stops and pubs as possible...
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...and so it begins. With a bus. Malin Bridge and Middlewood to Hillsborough legs tonight to wet the whistle before tomorrow's main event. The Malin and Rawson our only certainties, but plenty to play with after Middlewood...
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Stayed on Old Oak Common Ln working on Elizabeth Line for a few months one summer. Even as a part time pintman, lack of pubs was the least of it's worries...
Feel for the pintmen who live in this large, publess part of town
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Who is responsible for the order of this list?! – at Los Angeles, CA
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Sheffield is the real ale capital of the world according to a new report! Here’s what you need to know in four graphics. #TopoftheHops
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C̶h̶a̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶r̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ public toilets – at Ventura, CA
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Charles Gillott retweeted
“It’s rolled for Fleck to hit it!” ☄️ All the best, legend ❤️⚔️ #sufc #twitterblades
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Top day - well worth the wait! – at Sheffield, England
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👷‍♀️👷 Are you curious as to what qualities the new civil engineers in the twenty-first century will need? Learn more at sheffield.ac.uk/civil/news/e… ❗❗ The article is free on the @ICE_engineers until end of Jan. #CivilEngineering #StructuralEngineering #teaching @sheffielduni
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Deadline this Sunday!!
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨 Research Assistant/Associate in Embodied Carbon and Circular Economy Policy This 8-month position will help us to understand and accelerate consideration of embodied carbon and the circular economy in built environment governance. jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdy…
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Last month I was invited to @LancasterUni to discuss the concept of circular economy potential at @LancsArc's "Technology, the Environment and Architecture" session. You can watch an edited version of the talk below: youtu.be/gWX3ARr-FWU?si=Yl8c…
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