Infrastructure News – Page 136
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NewsFormer LU boss set to take top role at Tube Lines
Tim O'Toole in negotiations to return from US to take chief executive role
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NewsPlans for coal power station in Scotland
Environmentalists react angrily to Ayshire Power’s plans to build first fossil-fuel power station in Scotland since 1973
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NewsDounreay projects worth £500m put on hold
Three decommissioning projects on ice as nuclear industry braces itself for Treasury review
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NewsLU to save schemes despite £460m blow
London Underground has said it is not currently considering any reduction to its major works programme, despite being asked to pay the Tube Lines consortium £460m more than it says it can afford
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NewsBlackfriars station hit by four-month delay
The completion of Blackfriars station, one of the main projects on the upgrade of the Thameslink rail line, has been put back four months until spring 2012
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Guernsey pulls the plug on Vinci’s £80m waste power plant
Vinci has lost an £80m contract to build an energy-from-waste plant in Guernsey after the island’s council pulled the plug because of its high cost
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NewsHigh-speed rail network proposals revealed
Megaproject route would run 335 miles from Euston to Midlands and northern cities
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NewsTaylor Woodrow/Bam Nuttall win £695m Victoria station upgrade
Joint venture chosen for central London rail revamp job
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NewsTfL considers legal action after arbiter's Tube Lines funding decision
Arbiter says TfL has to raise £4,465m for PPP costs, prompting possible legal action and angry response from Boris Johnson
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NewsCostain and Skanska win £15m Crossrail job
Joint venture scoops Royal Oak Portal contract, first tunnel-related construction package on the project
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EDF talks to ‘select group’ about first new-build nuclear deal
EDF Energy is in talks with about four consultants over a deal likely to be its first nuclear new-build contract in the UK
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NewsCrossrail contractors urged to combine tunneling and station jobs
Bidders for tunneling jobs encouraged to vie for bundled station deals to drive down costs
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NewsCrossrail to restructure governance
Chief executive warns of delay to appointing bidders as he sets out aim to simplify arrangement with TfL and transport department
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NewsGood Employer Guide 2010: Be the best
The survey to reveal the construction industry’s best companies to work for is now open
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NewsMPs hit out at failure to supervise Metronet
Public Accounts Committee report estimates up to £410m wasted over collapse of PPP firm
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NewsMcBains Cooper to target Brazilian market with local ally
Civil engineer Concremat to help contractor win work on $231bn PPP programme
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NewsPoliticians call on Crossrail to reveal costs
London Assembly says Crossrail should set out forecast costs and contingency for each stage of project
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NewsSix contractors vie for £90m Reading station revamp
Contract will be biggest station upgrade undertaken by Network Rail in current spending period
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NewsJarvis predicts £5m operating loss
'Considerable' fall in rail and plant work hits trading at infrastructure and support services specialist