Infrastructure news
Horizon nuclear sale 'could take years'
Tory chair of energy committee fears long delay in selling Horizon Nuclear Power after hearing evidence from energy firms
Parsons Brinckerhoff wins HS2 design brace
Consultant fends off competition from Mott MacDonald, Arup-Systra and Jacobs
Bam Nuttall blames council boss in £55m busway dispute
Contractor says council official wanted Cambridge busway to resemble scheme in France that he ‘liked’
Government wants HS2 legal bids to be bundled together
The Department for Transport wants five separate requests for judicial review to be heard together in the High Court in October
Bam Nuttall issues £43m counter-claim over Cambridge busway
Contractor’s defence alleges “failings” at project manager Atkins behind dispute
EDF boss piles pressure on government over nuclear plans
Head of French energy firm wants guaranteed price for nuclear power which greens oppose as a subsidy
Government claims £1.5bn infrastructure savings
Treasury says procurement improvements could lead to £3bn savings by 2015
Chinese investors sniff out £4.1bn super sewer
Thames Tideway Tunnel project attracts attention of Chinese investment funds
Boris details concerns over HS2 link
London mayor pressing ministers on ‘unacceptable’ use of London Overground to connect to HS2
Leeds eyes £1bn transport fund in next 'city deal'
Council expects progress on city region plans in May
Five firms scoop £49m of HS2 civils work
Engineers Mott Macdonald, Arup and Atkins all to design parts of the new line
Aecom bags £49m brace of water contracts
Engineer will work on the upgrade of Blackburn Meadows water works
Green light for second phase of Doncaster road scheme
Department for Transport approves grant for Southern Gateway Improvement Scheme
Councils seek judicial review to derail HS2
Camden adds concerns about Euston station work in joint challenge to £32bn high-speed line
Nuclear plans on hold as Horizon put up for sale
Npower and E.On to sell joint venture Horizon - move throws £10bn nuclear new build plans into doubt
Crossrail gets green light for Moorgate plans
Corporation of London approves retail and commercial development
Bidders for £400m Crossrail tunnel fit-out job revealed
Bam Nuttal, Balfour Beatty and Costain among bidders for fit-out of 21km of twin bore tunnels
Council forks out £300k to scrutinise Hinkley plan
Sedgemoor council examining 55,000 page application for EDF for nuclear new build
Chancellor announces £150m funding for TIF schemes
Move dismissed by British Property Federation as “small beer”
'Super sewer' could create 9,000 construction jobs
Report backed by TUC and London First calls on government to proceed with £4bn Thames Tunnel scheme
Ramboll refocuses on overseas mega projects
Consultant eyes major infrastructure work in Middle East, Russia and eastern Europe
King's Cross western concourse completed
Network Rail declares £550m five-year programe finished and ready to open
Arup wins £10m HS2 contract
Engineer partners with Grimshaw and Costain on job to design new Euston station
Carillion bags extra £120m Thameslink work
Construction projects to accommodate new 12-car train fleet
Heathrow T2 firms set to earn £60m bonus
Laing O’Rourke and Ferrovial Agroman had bonus written into contract for work on Heathrow terminal
No third Heathrow runway will cost UK £8.5bn a year
Construction sector leaders back call for new runway
Laing O'Rourke bags £300m Crossrail contract
Crossrail awards construction contract for Liverpool Street Station to Laing O’Rourke
Shortlist for Crossrail Custom House station job revealed
Laing O’Rourke, Costain, Geoffrey Osbourne and Hochtief in battle for £35m job
Osborne urged to stimulate infrastructure investment
Industry bodies call for chancellor to make good on promises to boost infrastructure in Budget
CH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup
UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
Higgins waives £340k bonus
AGM postponed as Network Rail chief executive pledges money to level crossing safety fund
Balfour and Thales bag £335m Danish rail contract
Balfour Beatty and Thales have won a £335m contract to transform Denmark’s rail signalling system
Exclusive: 13 firms to share £320m HS2 work
Full details released of 13 consultants that will share £320m worth of work on first phase of new high speed rail line
CH2M Hill bags HS2 contract
Contract for development partner on high speed project worth between £50-70m
Government to consult on 'Boris Island' estuary airport
The government is to hold a formal consultation on controversial plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary
Osborne wants £10bn from town hall pension pot
Osborne plans meeting with local government pension fund bosses over plans to invest in UK infrastructure
Queen's Speech confirms Energy Bill
New legislative programme to bring forward electricity market reform to sure up nuclear new build programme
Davis Langdon poaches T&T director
Paul Dyson joins consultant as a director in its infrastructure team
Crossrail reveals Traction Power infrastructure shortlist
Balfour, Alstom, Costain, Siemens and Murphy through to next round
Network Rail signals Bristol station expansion
Planned overhaul as part of upgrade of the Great Western railway
Bidders for £4.35bn defence contracts revealed
List of firms interested in bidding for three new regional prime contracts worth up to £4.35bn published
Network Rail opens up bids for £400m of work
Private sector could run almost one-quarter of infrastructure work
Network Rail starts new infrastructure drive
Commercially-focused, regional approach aims to push down costs
Government to press ahead with energy reforms
But industry calls for more urgency on electricity market reforms to save UK nuclear new build programme
Hinkley nuclear plan faces fresh legal test
November date set for Court of Appeal challenge to EDF’s £10bn Hinkley nuclear project
Horizon sale may set nuclear plans back two years
Fears over delays to programme and wider appeal of sector
Ministers detail £270m in new infrastructure funding
Government departments breakdown Growing Places cash
Industry hits out at government delay over PFI
Budget fall out as ministers warned lost time costs jobs
Firms scoop £25m of HS2 enviromental work
Arup, Atkins and Mott Macdonald among firms to be awarded the last set of enviromental assessment contracts
Greater Manchester unveils £1.2bn infrastructure fund
Budget deal will see city region recoup up to £30m per year from national tax take
Canary Wharf Crossrail station five months ahead of schedule
Station ready for tunnel boring machines to break through
Chancellor delays airports review
Policy paper delayed until summer as business leaders call for review to look at third runway at Heathrow
Regeneration fund receives £270m budget boost
Osborne hands Growing Places fund a boost including £70m reserved for London
Greater Manchester to 'earn back' up to £30m a year of tax
City region agrees deal with Whitehall that includes recouping proportion of national tax take to invest in growth
Volker and Colas net £65m Birmingham contracts
Contractors named preferred bidders for A45 transport-corridor work and Birmingham Airport runway extension
Government 'planned poorly' for aborted £1bn carbon capture scheme
NAO report claims DECC and predecessor did not effectively manage risk
Balfour Beatty chases double nuclear win
Contractor says securing Horizon jobs would not count it out of Hinkley Point race
Mersey Gateway changes backed by council
Halton approves £30m savings plans to scrap toll booths for six-lane bridge
Balfour tipped for huge Horizon nuclear job
Balfour Beatty joint venture with Areva looks set to win job to build four UK power stations
Rail contractors to see no UK favouritism
Government rules to help UK businesses bid for rolling stock won’t extend to civils works
Vinci Ringway bags £800m London roads deal
Joint venture selected as preferred bidder on 25-year PFI contract
Keltbray wins £46m Network Rail contract
Rail division will deliver two years of track work improvements for Network Rail
Council backs £230m Barry Waterfront plans
Vale of Glamorgan gives full planning approval to regeneration scheme for 2,000 homes
EDF rejects non-French bids for £2.5bn Hinkley Point job
Costain, Sir Robert McAlpine and Hochtief lose chance to win key contract on nuclear power station
Atkins and Skanska net £80m Highways Agency contract
Duo win equal share of five-year South West deal, the agency’s first procurement under new Asset Support Contract
Councils set to launch HS2 legal challenge
Deadline for councils’ objections to HS2 passes without resolution
Kier and Bam sign £100m Hinkley nuclear contract
Contractors will provide preparatory works at EDF nuclear power plant in Somerset
Osborne's infrastructure push 'will fail' surveyors predict
RICS survey casts doubt on plan to boost institutional investment in infrastructure
Four shortlisted for MoD's £950m training estate contract
Babcock and Serco on shortlist for contract for the management of MoD training areas, camps and weapons ranges
Morgan Sindall bags £28m waste-to-energy deal
Contract for Yorkshire Water in joint venture with consultant Grontmij
Energy sector to drive global construction growth
Almost half of industry leaders say the best opportunities are in energy sector
MoD’s search for private sector partner delays work
Department puts £5bn of construction contracts on hold because it wants partner to manage estate
Government approves HS2 in the face of fierce opposition
Changes to the route including running more than half the line in tunnels or cuttings
