Infrastructure news
ICE slams government's lack of vision for transport
Major report on infrastructure argues Highways Agency should be given five-year settlements.
Energy and waste sectors failing to improve
Government drive for more efficient procurement failing to reach energy and waste sector clients
London tube details radical procurement strategy
London Underground to bypass main contractors and take on more construction risk in £331m station programme
Race narrows for £500m Bank station upgrade
Spanish contractor Dragados to face-off against team of Costain and Vinci
Decline in infrastructure drives down new orders
New infrastructure work halves, as new orders in the construction industry fall 10%
Pay deal agreed for Hinkley project workers
Workers on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project will be guaranteed pay of £13 an hour
Costain wins place on £200m TfL framework
Contract among four to be appointed to carry out structural work cross the capital
Crossrail tunnelling machine reaches Canary Wharf
Breakthrough into the station box hailed as a milestone for the project
Consultants line up for £331m London tube upgrade
Exclusive: Three consortiums vying for seven-year package that will bypass main contractors
UK most attractive for infrastructure investment
But report warns government austerity remains a “signficant barrier
Japanese contractors in frame for £10bn Horizon nuclear job
Exclusive: Horizon boss says he has “not ruled out” Japanese rather than UK firms for Wylfa power station
Miliband policy adviser backs Heathrow expansion
Lord Adonis tells BCO conference that Heathrow expansion is the ‘only credible option’ for solving airport capacity crunch
Network Rail revamps contractor league table
Rail body makes changes to contractor ranking system after pressure from firms
Balfour wins £77m Aussie rail job
Contract is first won under the infrastructure giant’s new country structure
Infrastructure spending could boost UK economy by £100bn
Report recommends government spend 1% of GDP on infrastructure for the next five years
MPs reject Thames estuary airport plans
Heathrow expansion backed at expense of schemes by Foster & Partners, Halcrow and Gensler
Engineering firms back Severn Barrage plan
Mott MacDonald, URS and Bechtel all join forces to work on Severn Barrage
Industry hails Queen’s promise of HS2 legislation
Commentators call for further transport infrastructure improvements ahead of HS2s completion in 2032
Five firms make cut for £1.5bn power framework
Exclusive: Firms including Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke win place on five-year National Grid substation framework
Carillion on National Grid framework
Contractor says it is one of six on £1.5bn five-year substation job
WSP wins role on West Coast mainline upgrade
Third phase of upgrade work due to complete in 2016
Hub airport unnecessary, says London Assembly
Body contradicts London mayor by saying existing capacity should be better used
Legal case against £275m incinerator defeated
Spanish contractor FCC to build scheme in Buckinghamshire that will generate 22mw of electricity
Hinkley Point deal 'unlikely'
EDF director says success of on-going negotiations with government is not ‘in any way assured’
Santander’s data centre unfinished after ISG exit
Exclusive: £100m Project Fox missing sections of roofing and cladding and up to eight months behind schedule
Firms appointed to build £600m Scots power substations
Balfour Beatty, Miller, and Bam Nuttall among firms appointed to £600m electricity substation programme in north of Scotland
May Gurney to lose £780m roads job
Support services contractor launches formal appeal as Norfolk council plans to end relationship with firm
Race for Crossrail North East improvements starts
Network Rail asks four firms, including Balfour Beatty and Costain, to bid for improvement job between Stratford and Shenfield
Contractors share in government nuclear funding
Laing O’Rourke, Costain and Arup benefit from £31m funding boost for research projects
Disappointment at ‘jam tomorrow’ Budget
Budget reaction: Industry experts criticise 2015-16 start for £3bn a year infrastructure boost
Race begins for £600m Northern Line extension
London Underground starts pre-tendering for extension to Battersea
Government approves Hinkley Point C
Energy secretary Ed Davey approves 55,000 page EDF planning submission
HS2 defeated in legal challenge
Breaking: Consultation on compensation over high speed rail link ruled illegal
Piling drills pierce London train tunnel
Two piling drills pierce through train tunnel leaving train driver shaken
Drax biomass project in line for £75m guarantee
£225m project to convert half of Drax coal-fired power station into biomass is set to be the next project to receive UK Guarantee
Vince Cable calls for 'crucial' housing investment
Business secretary makes case for spending to boost construction
Whitehall to ask private sector experts to boost skills
Ecobuild latest: Lord Deighton identifies leadership ‘vacuum’ in delivering low-carbon major infrastructure projects
Fosters to submit Thames Estuary proposal
Architect-led group will submit plans to the Airports Commission in July
Government guarantee for £1bn Crossrail trains scrapped
Procurement of new fleet of Crossrail trains will now be 100% publically-funded
Minister torpedos Severn Barrage
Energy minister Greg Barker says there is no chance project could get permission in this parliament
Regulator approves £12.2bn of rail investment
Majority of Network Rail capital spending for the next five years confirmed
Firms named for £1bn Environment Agency framework
Winners include Aecom, Mott MacDonald and Capita Symonds
MPs savage £25bn Severn Barrage plan
Select committee report concludes Hafren Power proposal lacks detail and comes with “high risk” of environmental damage
Network Rail capital spending up 10%
Network Rail’s capital spending increased by almost 10% in 2012 to over £5bn
Thameslink's £3.6bn upgrade back on budget
Public spending watchdog says Network Rail has managed to arrest ballooning costs of £1.7bn phase two of Thameslink programme
Thousand tonne bridge moved into place in Nottingham
Watch a timelapse film of a 1,100 tonne bridge being manoeuvred into position over a live railway line in Nottingham
Anti-HS2 campaigners to appeal legal case
HS2 Action Alliance reaches funding target to progress with appeal on enviromental grounds
Kier and FCC tipped for £600m Mersey Gateway
Kier and FCC consortium emerges as favourite for £600m Mersey Gateway bridge
IMF joins critics of Help to Buy
International Monetary Fund warns Help to Buy is likely to inflate house prices and calls for boost to infrastructure spending
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
UK business 'needs better infrastructure'
Chair of Port of London Authority tells BCO conference that improving the UK’s transport infrastructure is vital
Thames Water confirms £3bn framework firms
Thames Water confirms two consortia including firms Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Costain and Atkins have won places on its £3bn AMP6 framework
Green Investment Bank sparks £2.3bn of investment
Energy infrastructure and Green Deal benefit from bank’s investment in first six months.
Parsons Brinckerhoff wins £78m US rail job
Balfour Beatty subsidiary awarded extension on existing high-speed rail contract
Hinkley C go-ahead ‘imminent’
Deal between EDF and government for £10bn nuclear power station could come as early as next week
Olympic delivery figures launch consultancy
Exclusive: Four senior London 2012 figures including James Bulley will advise clients on major projects around the world
Firms appointed to £3bn water framework
Two consortiums including Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Costain and Atkins have been appointed to do the design and build work on Thames Water’s £3bn framework
Costain’s £123m M6 job faces legal challenge
Campaigners argue government’s decision to grant planning permission to the £123m M6 link road was flawed
Infrastructure plan 'just a long list of expensive projects'
Public Accounts Committee says government’s national infrastructure plan lacks clear priorities and a strategic vision
EDF downsizes Hinkley Point C staff
Firm scales back nuclear new build operation in Somerset to control costs
MPs call for scrutiny of nuclear negotiations
MPs and campaigners press for National Audit Office to review the government’s nuclear ‘strike price’ negotiations with EDF
Network Rail appoints Crossrail director
Rob McIntosh to lead Network Rail’s £2.3bn programme of upgrades for the Crossrail development
Costain joint venture wins £300m Crossrail fit out job
Contract is the last major construction contract to be awarded on the project
WSP wins Qatar airport city job
Engineer wins role on 2022 World Cup project alongside Dutch architect OMA
Speedy lands National Grid tie-up
Firm will provide plant across National Grid’s gas and electricity networks
Elizabeth House scheme avoids public inquiry
Lambeth council approval of £600m Chipperfield-designed development will stand after Eric Pickles decides not to ‘call-in’ plans
Osborne announces £3bn of capital investment
Budget: But the boost will not come into effect until 2015
Osborne chases Hinkley deal for Budget
Government locked in ‘full-tilt’ talks with EDF in bid to announce new-build nuclear funding agreement on Wednesday
Hinkley nuclear plant gets environmental permits
Environment Agency gives permission to EDF to dispose of radioactive waste
CBI backs VAT cut for refurb
Business lobby joins calls for VAT cut as part of £2.2bn budget wishlist
Heathrow T2 goes green
Client tells Ecobuild of collaboration with BRE on UK’s first BREEAM-rated airport terminal
Balfour Beatty lands £130m Crossrail contract
Contractor will build overground section of network to Abbey Wood
Ministers must stop 'crossing fingers' on nuclear
Energy and climate change committee warns government to put in place a contingency plan if private sector fails to deliver nuclear new build programme
Crossrail under pressure as fresh blacklist link emerges
Exclusive: Link between HR manager and The Consulting Association prompts renewed calls for investigation
