Infrastructure – Page 163
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NewsCostain profit leaps 26% in 2008
Engineering and construction group reports £10m profit and order book at record level
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NewsWatchdog slates government's Titan prisons plan
Questions raised over safety of vulnerable inmates in outsized jails and scope for cost savings
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NewsLaing O'Rourke and Bechtel make £400m Crossrail delivery partner shortlist
Three joint ventures are also shorlisted, while BDP, Atkins and WSP are among 15 asked to bid for £300m design framework
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Nuclear body backs £15m Scots Highland rail link
UK Atomic Energy Authority voices support for proposed Dornoch Rail Link
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NewsCompetition Commission wants BAA to sell two London airports
“Competition problems” found at all seven BAA sites and sale of one Scottish airport is also recommended
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NewsLaing O'Rourke JV signs £400m deal on London Gateway port
Contract signed today for first construction phase of £1.5bn container port on the Thames
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NewsEmergency meeting on Northern Ireland floods
MPs to quiz rivers, roads and water agencies on economic impact of weekend floods
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NewsPlan to upgrade Green Park station
London Underground wants to improve underground station in time for 2012 Olympics
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NewsBAA steels itself for forced airport sale
Chairman predicts Competition Commission report will order BAA break-up and says buyer interest already “huge”
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NewsHuman error caused Liverpool Street rail bridge collapse
Report concludes subcontractor error in positioning Teflon plate caused bridge accident that led to rail rush-hour chaos
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NewsRising material prices to hit major infrastructure costs
Government may have to plough in extra cash to fund major infastructure projects such as Crossrail and the 2012 Olympics
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NewsDelhi plans 10 new metro stations for 2010
Pell Frischmann works with architect John McAslan + Partners to build 10 new Delhi metro stations
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NewsLondon Underground names 12 contractors for £2.8bn framework programme
Carillion, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow, Costain and Balfour Beatty make the cut for Vendor Capital Programme but Bovis loses out
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NewsBirse wins £9.2m contract on Land Secs' Ebbsfleet
Civil engineer to undertake infrastructure works on 10,000-home mixed-use development
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NewsTube Lines consortium cuts passenger delays
Work on upgrading underground lines causing 22% fewer delays
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NewsCentrica moots nuclear merger with British Energy
British Gas owner may merge with UK nuclear operator after EDF takeover talks stall
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NewsEDF wants piece of UK nuclear sector despite collapse of takeover talks
French energy firm still confident despite British Energy's snub that has left UK contractors in limbo
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NewsRoyal Haskoning wins design contest for Dubai bridge
Engineer scoops design for 450m-long motorway bridge to connect Dubai's largest Palm Island
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NewsCarillion awarded £96m Birmingham motorway deal
Highways Agency traffic management project aims to reduce congestion on motorways around the city
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NewsGo-ahead for UK nuclear research institute
New lab approved as part of £2bn regeneration plan for West Cumbria