Infrastructure
Infrastructure news
Bidders for £1.5bn Scottish Water job revealed
Mace, Carillion, Morgan Sindall, Atkins and Balfour Beatty among the members of six consortia in the race
Miliband policy adviser backs Heathrow expansion
Lord Adonis tells BCO conference that Heathrow expansion is the ‘only credible option’ for solving airport capacity crunch
UK business 'needs better infrastructure'
Chair of Port of London Authority tells BCO conference that improving the UK’s transport infrastructure is vital
Case studies
Birmingham New Street: Quite a journey
Getting the trains to run on time is one thing, but running to the timetable on a project the size of the £700m refurbishment of Birmingham New Street - while keeping the existing station fully operational - is something else entirely. Thomas Lane jumps on board
King's Cross Western Concourse: Space Travel
John McAslan’s 8,500m2 Western Concourse at King’s Cross is transport architecture on an epic scale, returning the station to the grandeur of the golden age of trave. Just a shame about the glazing …
Farringdon station overhaul: Boring? If only!
London’s Farringdon station has been given an overhaul and is ready for more passengers, bigger trains and Crossrail. But it hasn’t been an easy ride - and digging a 140m tunnel by hand was the least of it. By Thomas Lane. Photography by Colin Streater
Defence
Byles’ firm joins bid team in £400m defence estate race
Exclusive: Ex-schools capital chief’s firm Cornerstone becomes ‘key adviser’ to Telereal Trillium-led consortium
MoD reopens bids for £250m Scotland framework
The Ministry of Defence’s estate arm has reopened the bidding race for construction work on military estates in Scotland
Energy
Engineering firms back Severn Barrage plan
Mott MacDonald, URS and Bechtel all join forces to work on Severn Barrage
Hinkley C go-ahead ‘imminent’
Deal between EDF and government for £10bn nuclear power station could come as early as next week
Transport
Watchdog slams 'flawed' HS2 business case
National Audit Office says business case for high speed rail line has numerous flaws
Nuclear
EDF delays Hinkley funding ‘until at least September’
Exclusive: £10bn nuclear plant project six months behind revised schedule with half of jobs on site now at risk
Cost models
Market reports
High Speed 2: full speed ahead
High Speed 2 is a project people love to hate. But it would reduce train overcrowding, boost business and pump billions into the construction industry
All change: The rail sector
The rail sector is embarking on a journey of disruption, change and uncertainty, with Network Rail’s transformation at the centre of it all. But having dodged the worst of the spending cuts, the sector could become a highly sought-after destination – for those who can handle the risk
