Infrastructure – Page 76
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NewsLib Dems reject move to back expansion of Gatwick airport
Liberal Democrat leaderships’ proposal to change party policy on airport expansion defeated
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NewsGovernment to claw back Hinkley construction underspend
European Commission demands UK impose more provisions to recover taxpayers’ money
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NewsBam Nuttall facing fresh £31m busway claim
Council given advice that contractor should pay to fix a string of defects on the scheme
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NewsWorker dies at Heathrow construction site
A Laing O’Rourke worker has died at a construction site at Heathrow airport after being struck by a lorry
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NewsCostain and Vinci win £86m Glasgow tunnel job
Contractors to build the biggest upgrade to Glasgow’s waste water network in more than century
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NewsHS2 college HQ goes to Birmingham
College for training next generation of engineers for HS2 to have homes in Birmingham and Doncaster
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NewsThames Tideway boss to chair government infrastructure group
Andy Mitchell appointed chair of the Infrastructure Client Group set up to drive cost savings on government-procured infrastructure projects
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NewsOsborne pledges Tory focus on infrastructure
George Osborne says Conservative government would prioritise investment in infrastructure and create a connected “powerhouse” of northern cities
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NewsContractors picked for £336m Sellafield job
Joint venture between Amec, Jacobs and Balfour Beatty wins job to build new nuclear waste processing plant
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NewsContractors primed to start work on £16bn Hinkley nuclear project
Civils work on the UK’s first nuclear power plant in a generation could start as early as December
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NewsCampaigners challenge £1bn M4 extension
Friends of the Earth lodges legal challenge to the decision to build a road through the Gwent Levels
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Heathrow wants lower costs
Airports director of planning and programmes tells Building he has set demading targets for contractors
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NewsLabour will make 'swift decision' on airport capacity
Shadow transport secretary tells Labour party conference issue will not be “kicked into the long grass”
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NewsBalls rules out borrowing to fund capital spending
Shadow chancellor uses Labour conference speech to commit to austerity in next parliament
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NewsEx-Atkins boss appointed to £850m Swansea tidal project
Former Atkins chief executive appointed as non-executive chair on Swansea tidal lagoon power project
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NewsUK more attractive to infrastructure investors
UK breaks into top ten global ranking of most attractive markets in the world for infrastructure investment
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NewsGovernment gives Thames ‘super-sewer’ go-ahead
Ministers conclude there is “on balance a good case” for £4bn Thames tunnel, but project could yet face legal challenges
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NewsMott MacDonald buys £120m-turnover civil engineer
Consultant snaps up long-standing water sector partner JN Bentley
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NewsUK firms dropped from £485m flood defence race
Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain teams out of the running for massive Environment Agency flood defence job
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NewsNuclear developer warns over UK skills shortage
Westinghouse boss says firm may need to import foreign engineers to build nuclear plants in the UK due to skills shortage