All articles by Alex Funk – Page 4
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NewsSizewell C inks skills agreement with Liverpool University
Education establishment to provide training in nuclear safety
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NewsBrookfield buys £1.75bn share in Orsted wind farms
Orsted agrees to divest 12.45% of a third of its UK assets to Canadian investor
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NewsNetwork Rail after teams to complete building works worth £226m
Operator wants to upgrade dozens of commercial and industrial buildings by 2030
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NewsCouncils holding £8bn of builder contributions meant for vital infrastructure, says HBF
Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding
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NewsVolkerFitzpatrick and Taylor Woodrow win contracts for Piccadilly Line revamp
New depot facilities in Cocksfosters and Northfields will maintain a fleet of state-of-the-art trains
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NewsRIBA Special Awards 2024 winners announced
Stephen Lawrence Prize, Reinvention Award, Neave Brown Award for Housing and Client of the Year winners revealed
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NewsRail lobby calls for private investment to boost infrastructure
HS1 Ltd, Mott MacDonald and others urge government to explore various investment avenues for public transport growth
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NewsUS nuclear firm sets sights on Wales for £300m micro-reactor scheme
Last Energy’s first UK site could be up and running by 2027
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NewsIndustry reacts as construction ‘noticeably absent’ from government’s industrial strategy paper
Despite outlining infrastructure-focused ‘growth-driving’ sectors, Labour’s new strategy fails to mention the construction sector
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NewsManaging director chosen to head up Stanhope’s £700m Oxford science district
First phase of scheme beingbuilt by Laing O’Rourke and due to open next year
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NewsScottish Power owner to plough £24bn into UK green infrastructure
Spanish firm plans major investment upgrading electricity grid
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NewsFresh hope for Bakerloo line extension as Aecom and WW + P asked to carry out stations study
Scheme involves adding four stations south of of current terminus at Elephant & Castle
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NewsFormer Lipton Tea office being revamped into new HQ building
Contractor 8Build due to finish work at the end of next year
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NewsDecision to build £9bn Lower Thames Crossing delayed for third time
Government extends deadline on project, which would include the UK’s longest road tunnels beneath the Thames, until next May
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NewsOffsite firm picked to deliver NHS centre producing chemotherapy treatments
Multimillion-pound scheme to improve public healthcare services will be built by Merit
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NewsHS2 team to trial clay as low-carbon alternative to concrete
Funding from Innovate UK seeks to reduce carbon emissions across infrastructure projects
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NewsPost-election boost peters out, data firm says
Glenigan index says jobs being held back by uncertainty over government’s budget later this month
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NewsDandara Living win planning for 435 new Bristol homes
Scheme will be built opposite city’s main railway station
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FeaturesNot in my Brick Lane: Truman Brewery’s uphill struggle to win support for development plans
The last time the East End land owner tried to bring change to the iconic London thoroughfare, it was met by fierce resistance. With even more ambitious plans now lodged with the council, what are the odds of them winning the locals over? Alex Funk went to find out