All Infrastructure articles – Page 103
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CommentLegal support for large infrastructure jobs
Internationalisation is affecting legal support for large infrastructure projects
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NewsMajor Spanish contractor targets UK market
Exclusive: £4bn-turnover OHL is actively targeting infrastructure - including HS2 - and health sector work
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CommentAn idea with wings
An expanded Heathrow can be built years before the alternatives - that’s years in which we can compete in the global race for trade, jobs and growth
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Combined cycle gas turbine plants
Unless new electricity generating capacity is built soon there will be an energy security crisis in the UK. Barbra Carlisle and Paul Webber of EC Harris examine the role of gas in electricity generation
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NewsSunderland to scrap £118m bridge plan
Move comes after bids by contractors Vinci and Graham both come in over budget
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CommentThink small
At last this government has promised big sums for infrastructure but, says Stephen Beechey, opportunities will be missed if it can’t trust those at a local level to make any spending decisions
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CommentPPP contracts: Best practice
Three sides of A4 constitute the best practice guide aimed at making savings in public private partnership contracts. So, is it worth the paper it’s written on?
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NewsCrossrail unveils Abbey Wood station design
Station to include step-free access to all platforms when it opens in 2017
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NewsKey departments fail to hit cost reduction targets
Health and education departments fail to hit targets to slash the cost of their construction projects
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NewsSellar plans Paddington station revamp
Shard developer plans 750,000 sq ft redevelopment of Paddington statino
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NewsNuclear power on course for 2020 start, says Davey
Energy secretary says UK can still complete construction on new nuclear power plants fast enough to have them running by 2020
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NewsDeighton defends UK Guarantees scheme
Infrastructure minister says many pre-qualified schemes no longer need government guarantee as they are securing finance elsewhere
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NewsFirms win place on £1.3bn Doha Expressway
Halcrow, Aecom and Hyder among successful bidders for consultancy roles
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NewsGovernment delivers renewable energy projects certainty
Treasury lays out ‘strike price’ for electricity from new renewable power plants
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NewsTreasury promises £28bn of road investment
Spending over the next six years will be ‘biggest programme of investment in roads in 40 years’
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NewsHinkley nuclear plant gets government guarantee
Nuclear plant and Mersey Gateway announced as eligible for UK Guarantees scheme
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CommentAs your adviser …
Six months into the job of government construction adviser, Peter Hansford highlights the importance of the forthcoming industrial strategy for our sector
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NewsGordon Murray Architects’ biomass plant rejected
Project will face public enquiry after Dundee councillors object to plans
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NewsGovernment to unveil infrastructure boost
Government departments agree £11.5bn of cuts as focus shifts to capital spending
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NewsHS2 appoints sustainability consultants
Temple and RSK awarded contract to support further development of the northern route