All Infrastructure articles – Page 70
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NewsOsborne drags Network Rail into spending cuts round
Treasury demands Network Rail cuts, while energy department eyes further solar subsidy cuts
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NewsBalfour Beatty quits £75m North West rail upgrade
The contractor said it was “unlikely” to deliver the North West rail electrification programme “on time and to budget” after reviewing the scheme
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NewsTfL to start £30bn Crossrail 2 procurement in spring
Project likely to see company set up to oversee planning and delivery if £250m government funding found
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CommentStealing is good
Bent on pursuing its ideological objectives, the government has dismissed the Lyons and Armitt reports. Instead, it should plunder them and present the best solutions as its own
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NewsNetwork Rail issues £60m Crossrail 2 job
Rail operator looking for a consultant to provide design services for ‘On Network’ part of the project
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CommentThe tides of change
Climate change means we need more joined up thinking to prevent flooding and storm damage
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NewsTwo overseas giants close in on Wylfa nuclear job
Japan’s JGC and US’s Bechtel in ‘exclusive discussions’ with Hitachi over EPC contractor role
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NewsFirst homes above a Crossrail station completed
Berkeley Homes completes first homes at new Woolwich Crossrail scheme
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NewsUnder-construction Forth bridge becomes highest in UK
New £1.4bn bridge overtakes Humber Bridge in height as number of workers on site hit 1,200
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CommentGoing down the drain
The London super sewer could be a costly mistake. Green infrastructure can provide much more sensible solutions
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NewsNorthern Powerhouse transport blueprint unveiled
Government outlines £13bn of planned infrastructure improvements
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NewsTrain operators pile pressure on Network Rail
ORR report finds that several train operators have raised concerns over delays to projects
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News£8bn offshore windfarm gets go-ahead
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has given green light to £8bn Dogger Bank Teesside A and B prioject in north east
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NewsCalifornia High Speed rail boosts WSP
Half-year revenue rises to C$2.9bn on back of contract wins for subsidiary Parson Brinckerhoff
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News1,200 Sellafield workers go on strike
Construction workers on Cumbria power plant strike over contractors’ alleged refusal to have full-time shop steward
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NewsThales wins £760m Tube deal
French firm to fit new signals on four London Underground lines as part of £5.4bn TfL programme
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CommentNorthern powerhouse: Using our brains
Universities in the North can play a lead role in building the northern powerhouse
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NewsProblem Faslane jobs push Morgan Sindall to £27m half-year loss
Losses on MoD contracts at Faslane Naval Base see contractor fall £27m into the red during first half of 2015
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NewsEDF names £1.3bn Hinkley winners
EDF Energy announces preferred bidders for contracts totalling £1.3bn