Infrastructure Focus – Page 3
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FeaturesGarden Bridge: Troubled crossing
Dame Margaret Hodge’s recent report on the controversial Garden Bridge has highlighted the question of whether the mayor of London should pull the plug on the project
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FeaturesIs nuclear in meltdown?
Work on Hinkley C’s construction may be about to start but hopes for a whole new fleet of power stations are at risk after a ‘crisis’ in market confidence triggered by EDF’s Hinkley delivery problems
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Digital Railway programme
A look at the challenges the Digital Railway programme faces, and how they can be overcome by good management, supply chain collaboration and a strong investment case
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FeaturesAutumn Statement: Hit and miss
Last week’s Autumn Statement trumpeted an extra £1.4bn for 40,000 affordable homes, but is the government set to miss its own target?
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FeaturesSo near and yet so far…
Setting up the National Infrastructure Commission was seen as a sign of the government’s commitment to getting rail, power and other major schemes built
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FeaturesUK airports timeline: Half a century of political indecision
Today’s government decision to back a third runway at Heathrow comes after nearly 50 years of debate about where to expand airport capacity in the South-east
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FeaturesState of play: London
Sadiq Khan has proved himself a pragmatist - a quality he’ll need to address the capital’s major built environment challenges
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Railway stations
Ciara Walker and David Rowlinson of Arcadis consider the challenges involved in designing and building railway stations in complex operational environments, and balancing stakeholders’ competing objectives
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FeaturesThe North goes south
The idea of establishing a northern powerhouse has lost a powerful supporter with the departure of chancellor George Osborne. Is there the will and momentum now in Whitehall to keep the project going?
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FeaturesHow Theresa May can avoid a construction recession
In these days of lightning fast political changes, and possibly dire economic prospects, prime minister Theresa May has to hit the ground running if she is to prevent construction slipping into another recession
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FeaturesPlanes, trains and automobiles
George Osborne is famously a fan of infrastructure - but is he putting his money where his mouth is?
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Smart motorways
Smart motorways could solve rising traffic volumes and congestion in the UK, and have led to Highways England finding an extra third of capacity in our existing motorway network
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FeaturesTfL: Branching out
Transport for London’s plans to develop some 75 sites will make it one of the capital’s biggest developers. Here it names the partners for its £3.6bn development framework
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FeaturesHinkley Point C: Shovels at the ready …
Construction firms have been poised to build Hinkley Point C since 2007. But nine years later the decision on whether to invest in the £18bn project has yet to be taken
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Tunnelling
Significant investment in rail, water and energy infrastructure will drive a strong pipeline in tunnelling for the next decade across the UK. The design and engineering of tunnels can mitigate their impact and optimise construction
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Hitting home
In the first of a series of articles leading up to the Building Live conference, Joey Gardiner reports on the opportunities in infrastructure
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Offshore wind
Reduced costs and the ability to attract finance are critical to the viability of the UK wind industry, and with the government recently withdrawing onshore subsidies, the focus on offshore has never been greater
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Keep the engine running
Lack of investment in UK infrastructure could be a serious barrier to economic growth, but is the government prepared to pay for it?
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FeaturesInside Westminster: One for the road
Continuing our series looking at construction from inside the corridors of power in the run-up to the election, Mark Leftly asks if the coalition’s track record on infrastructure is anything to celebrate
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Energy transmission
The UK’s energy transmission networks need to attract large volumes of investment to respond to a rapidly changing energy market. David Porter and Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris review progress as new regulatory systems bed down