All Infrastructure articles – Page 82
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NewsAustrian Hinkley challenge gathers momentum
Founder of renewable energy firm backs Austrian government’s move against nuclear power plant in UK
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NewsReport calls for four new east Thames river crossings
Centre for London think tank says four new river crossings should be built across the east Thames to unlock a “wave of regeneration”
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NewsSkanska to build £500m of onshore wind farms
Skanska announces joint venture with green energy firm Ecotricity to develop onshore wind farms
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CommentNearly there
The go-ahead on the Hinkley nuclear project is a huge boost for the UK construction industry, though there remains one potential roadblock
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NewsTube bosses add £100m to upgrade programme
London Underground to expand station upgrade by more than £100m
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NewsHinkley nuclear project could face four-year legal wrangle
Lawyers warn Austrian challenge to European Commission’s go-ahead for £16bn nuclear power project could lead to long delay
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NewsBrussels gives green light to £16bn Hinkley nuclear project
The European Commission approves the UK government’s backing for EDF’s Hinkley nuclear project
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NewsAustria warns of legal fight over £16bn Hinkley project
Austria says it will take European Commission to court if Brussels backs the UK’s planned support for the Hinkley nuclear power project
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NewsLib Dems reject move to back expansion of Gatwick airport
Liberal Democrat leaderships’ proposal to change party policy on airport expansion defeated
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NewsGovernment to claw back Hinkley construction underspend
European Commission demands UK impose more provisions to recover taxpayers’ money
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NewsBam Nuttall facing fresh £31m busway claim
Council given advice that contractor should pay to fix a string of defects on the scheme
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NewsWorker dies at Heathrow construction site
A Laing O’Rourke worker has died at a construction site at Heathrow airport after being struck by a lorry
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NewsCostain and Vinci win £86m Glasgow tunnel job
Contractors to build the biggest upgrade to Glasgow’s waste water network in more than century
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CommentHearts and minds
As we approach election year infrastructure is high on the agenda of all the main political parties, but the public need to be won over
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NewsHS2 college HQ goes to Birmingham
College for training next generation of engineers for HS2 to have homes in Birmingham and Doncaster
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NewsThames Tideway boss to chair government infrastructure group
Andy Mitchell appointed chair of the Infrastructure Client Group set up to drive cost savings on government-procured infrastructure projects
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NewsOsborne pledges Tory focus on infrastructure
George Osborne says Conservative government would prioritise investment in infrastructure and create a connected “powerhouse” of northern cities
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NewsContractors picked for £336m Sellafield job
Joint venture between Amec, Jacobs and Balfour Beatty wins job to build new nuclear waste processing plant
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NewsContractors primed to start work on £16bn Hinkley nuclear project
Civils work on the UK’s first nuclear power plant in a generation could start as early as December
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NewsCampaigners challenge £1bn M4 extension
Friends of the Earth lodges legal challenge to the decision to build a road through the Gwent Levels