Infrastructure – Page 29
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NewsHS2 could cut costs by reducing trains' speed, Tory peer admits
Lord Young made remarks in House of Lords debate about price of £56bn project
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NewsOverseas team wins Network Rail footbridge design competition
Winning entry described as “bold, elegant and uncluttered”
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NewsBalfour Beatty expects to sign-off on Aberdeen road scheme this month
Contractor said compensation talks between its partnership with Galliford Try and Transport Scotland are continuing
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NewsCrossrail costs balloon as new boss admits he has no idea when it will finish
Railway will need another £2bn to complete as chief exec says ‘there is still a huge amount to do’
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NewsConstruction output slips in October
Private housing the only sector seeing growth, after strong September
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NewsEDF looks to cut costs by taking Hinkley contractors to Sizewell new build
Firm says it can cut 20% off price by using existing suppliers on next nuclear new-build Source: Shutterstock Sizewell B was completed by Laing Construction more than 20 years ago
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NewsFirms tell MSPs that contractual rows meant part of Aberdeen bypass was shut for months, costing pair millions
Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try say project’s contract runs to ‘thousands of pages’
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NewsChinese nuclear giant flags interest in NuGen's abandoned Cumbria plant
China General Nuclear also reveals plans to speed up delivery of nuclear power plant in Essex
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NewsContractors teed up for £73m Scottish regen scheme
Contractors have until the end of February to register their interest
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NewsMPs call for evidence over Palace of Westminster revamp
Joint committee asks for views on proposal that three statutory bodies oversee governance of project
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NewsTerry Morgan officially out as former Atkins chair takes HS2 top job
Rumours first surfaced last week that engineer's days in charge of HS2 and Crossrail were numbered
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NewsStansted brings in Laing O'Rourke heavyweight to lead £600m expansion
Gerry Whyte has been leading the preconstruction phase at the retail expansion of Brent Cross
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NewsTerry Morgan expects Crossrail overrun to cost him HS2 job
Morgan said he had not yet been formally told he would lose his position at both Crossrail and HS2
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NewsHomes England sets up Oxford-Cambridge arc team
Agency is working with other public sector groups to push on with scheme
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NewsHeathrow to draw up logistics hubs shortlist next spring
Competing sites have eight weeks to send in PQQs
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NewsKhan blamed for TfL's budget issues as it struggles to fund Crossrail completion
Transport minister Andrew Jones says it is "becoming clearer how the mayor’s policies are causing long-term problems with TfL’s finances"
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NewsGovernment reveals £600bn infrastructure pipeline
It has also announced a call for evidence to increase the use of modern methods of construction
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NewsPublic sector watchdog confirms probe into Crossrail
The NAO is set to begin an investigation into the cause of the £16bn scheme’s delay early next year
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NewsKhan raises ‘significant concerns’ about how Crossrail is being run
Mayor of London says scheme’s executives have not been transparent as NAO investigation looms