Infrastructure News – Page 147
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NewsRailways 'must double in size' within 30 years
Train operators warn of urgent need to build extra lines to cope with forecast passenger boom
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NewsNuclear sector seeks state aid
EDF's call for funding to help nuclear compete with wind casts doubt on commercial strength of sector
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NewsHSE to prosecute Sellafield for nuclear contamination
Criminal proceedings follow investigation into 2007 incident when contractors were exposed to contamination
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NewsSubcontractors to make millions from M25 road deal
Thirty five multi-million pound packages will be let as part of the £1.2bn build cost of widening and improving the M25
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News30-year M25 PFI contract signed
Consortium of Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis Projects SA will receive £6.2bn for work
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NewsBouygues and Costain vie for nuclear work
Construction firms compete as EDF starts prequalification for two civils packages
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NewsDevelopers cough up only 20% of Crossrail levy
Mayor plans to boost payment of development charge to 30% as consultation launched
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NewsScots complete Europe's biggest on-shore wind farm
Facility that can power 180,000 homes already scheduled for further expansion
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NewsFour firms sought for £2bn motorway framework
Successful bidders will adapt hard shoulders of motorways to accommodate extra traffic during peak periods
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NewsInterserve wins £110m prison job
Isis young offenders' facility will be built inside perimeter of HMP Belmarsh
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NewsBAA set to fight break-up
Airports operator says it will challenge Competition Commission ruling
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NewsCrossrail appoints Thameslink boss programme director
Network Rail's Andrew Mitchell will deputise for chief executive and oversee programme delivery
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NewsSlowdown eases in civils sector
Workloads survey indicates slight decrease in overall rate of order book decline
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NewsDounreay site to get two radioactive waste facilities
Construction at defunct power station site will begin in 2011, with first phase completing in 2014
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NewsWork starts on Crossrail
Piling work on the £15.9bn London rail link started at Canary Wharf this morning
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NewsRefinancing approved for channel tunnel rail link operator
London & Continental Railways will subsequently be sold, possibly to German rail operator
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NewsNetwork Rail boss waives bonus
But other directors fail to follow suit as rail body misses efficiency targets on track renewal
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NewsCentrica buys 20% of UK nuclear operator
Power firm seals deal with EDF to pay £2.3bn to acquire stake in British Energy
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NewsKier wins £27m roof revamp at King's Cross
Station's 1850s vaulted roof will be repaired and reglazed, partly using photovoltaic glass
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NewsBusiness bosses oppose Heathrow expansion
Top executives at Sainsbury's, Carphone Warehouse and BSkyB call on government to rethink plans for third runway