All Infrastructure articles – Page 97
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NewsAmec spends £18m on US nuclear firm
Engineer looking to expand offer and grow American nuclear services business
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NewsRenewable energy project pipeline jumps 28%
Government stats reveal rapid growth of renewable energy projects
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CommentBIM is for infrastructure as well as buildings
Construction must lead the way to a new collaboration between disciplines
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NewsCarillion bags £70m M6 improvements contract
Prime minister David Cameron announced the contractor had been awarded the job yesterday
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NewsMPs approve High Speed 2 funding bill
Government also considers developing future extension to Scotland
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NewsRace is on for £100m Luton Airport job
Airport is seeking contractors to expand its terminal and build new roads
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NewsOfwat brings forward £100m in water work
Regulator tells water firms to uncork spending early to reduce dips in work pipeline
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NewsNetwork Rail to spend extra £600m on upgrade work
Rail regulator’s final determination ups capital spend programme to £12.8bn
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FeaturesFuel wars: Review of green charges
The prime minister surprised everyone last week when he announced his desire to ‘roll back’ green charges on energy bills. So where does this leave the government’s energy efficiency policies?
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NewsPlan for low carbon target law defeated
Lords vote against setting decarbonisation target for UK’s energy mix in 2014
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NewsGovernment primes Islamic bond to boost UK infrastructure
UK aims to launch £200m Sharia-compliant bond next year
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CommentAnything for a PV life
Can photovoltaics really provide a significant proportion of the UK’s mains power?
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NewsGovernment to keep hold of roads standards
Plans to spin-out the Highways Agency would still see government keep control of design requirements
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NewsGreenpeace drops Hinkley legal challenge
But £16bn nuclear project still facing legal challenge from Ireland’s National Trust
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NewsHS2 will tender £19.6bn of construction work
But government business case weakens after costs increase
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NewsEighteen contractors in race for £2.25bn supersewer
UK’s biggest contractors outnumbered by foreign firms in running for Thames Tideway work
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CommentNuclear family
If UK firms are going to compete on Hinkley C and subsequent nuclear projects, we urgently need to work together to tackle the training gap
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NewsSellafield to miss savings target by £144m
Spending watchdog finds consortium of Amec, Areva and URS is set to achieve £652m of savings, but this is £144m short of its target
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NewsRace starts for £55m Paddington Crossrail tunnel job
London Underground seeking contractors to propose ways of cutting costs or risks on major upgrade project
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NewsAlternative to HS2 is '14 years of weekend closures'
Network Rail report argues that upgrading existing lines instead of building HS2 would lead to 14 years of line closures on weekends