All Infrastructure articles – Page 155
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EDF to seek nuclear bids
EDF was this week gearing up to put preparatory works worth several million pounds on its nuclear site in Somerset out to tender
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Nuclear sector calls for government attention
Calls for the government to beef up financial support for the nuclear industry were growing this week as energy ministers announced plans to plough up to £9.5bn into clean coal
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Banks announce £1.4bn in loans for wind farms
On-shore wind power received a boost on Tuesday as a consortium of banking institutions announced a £1.4bn funding injection
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NewsBalfour reports steady growth and a strong order book
Infrastructure successes give contractor global order book of £13.7bn despite fall in rail business
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NewsBAA construction director to depart
Rob Stewart to leave airports operator after 20 years to take on PFI project in south Wales
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NewsCrossrail seeks bids for Liverpool Street and Whitechapel
Official Journal notice goes up for tunnels, shafts and subways at two stations
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NewsGovernment names 10 nuclear sites
Sizewell in Suffolk among the sites nominated for nuclear development in draft documents
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FeaturesPsychic power: The future of nuclear
In one way, the future for nuclear energy looks assured. In another, it’s at the mercy of all sorts of possible problems. Olivia Boyd shuffles the cards and identifies five of the biggest
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NewsSellafield decommissioning project faces year’s delay
‘Strategic review’ of £110m scheme raises questions over £20bn new-build programme
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FeaturesA time for action?: Energy policy consulation
Consultation Man will be going back in his box if the Tories have their way, to be replaced by a more ‘dynamic’ approach to energy policy. But is there more to the consulting process than just a lengthy exercise in delaying decisions?
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NewsTfL to restart £695m Victoria station scheme
Contractors asked to price early phases of mammoth tube scheme despite TfL’s money worries
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Conservatives demand National Policy Statement on nuclear power
The Conservatives have called for an immediate National Policy Statement on nuclear power.
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NewsAlarm as 1,400 rail maintenance jobs under threat
Union RMT warns of chaos on West Coast Main Line if threatened cuts go ahead at Network Rail
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NewsTomkins: 'some global markets have stabilised'
But engineering and manufacturing group's building products division continued to decline through last quarter
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NewsBusinesses and MPs plan India infrastructure strategy
Senior figures from Amec, Balfour Beatty and Tata and politicians meet to discuss setting up board to advise Indian government
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NewsBabcock buys UK Atomic Energy Agency for £38m
Support services firm takes ownership of commercial arm that decommissions nuclear plant sites
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FeaturesCrossrail: Seats still available
Programme update: Roxane McMeeken finds out where the £16bn Crossrail project is at
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NewsHSE issues nuclear alert
Watchdog warns £20bn programme faces delay unless reactor designers improve performance
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Infrastructure market overview: The road ahead
Sector overview Infrastructure has been one of the few bright spots in the construction market over the past year – but will it last? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon makes some predictions for the next four years
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FeaturesNuclear programme: The age of proliferation
Programme update: Over the next two decades, the nuclear industry is set to provide 64,000 man-years of construction-related work – enough to keep a lot of companies very busy indeed. David Rogers and Thom Gibbs look at who’s best placed to make the most of the bonanza