Infrastructure – Page 144
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NewsWidespread power station strikes averted
New pay deal agreed with workers will allow work to progress at seven sites, including Sellafield
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NewsBudget for nuclear clean-up to be cut
Treasury in talks with nuclear decommissioning body to look at options to cut costs
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NewsAnother Cumbrian bridge condemned to demolition
Calva Bridge in Workington is the latest to close, as county braces itself for 'big peak' in water levels
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NewsAll bridges in Cumbria to be safety checked
Safety inspections of 1,800 bridges being carried out in flood-hit region after collapse of six crossings
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NewsBalfour Beatty bags £64m Chinese rail contract
Electrification contract builds on recent rail wins in Sweden and Germany
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NewsBAA to raise £500m equity
Funding will be used to reduce debt and facilitate access to capital markets
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NewsNetwork Rail to spend £3.25bn on station refurbishment
Operator announces massive commitment over five-year period
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Nuclear sector calls for government attention
Calls for the government to beef up financial support for the nuclear industry were growing this week as energy ministers announced plans to plough up to £9.5bn into clean coal
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EDF to seek nuclear bids
EDF was this week gearing up to put preparatory works worth several million pounds on its nuclear site in Somerset out to tender
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Banks announce £1.4bn in loans for wind farms
On-shore wind power received a boost on Tuesday as a consortium of banking institutions announced a £1.4bn funding injection
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NewsBalfour reports steady growth and a strong order book
Infrastructure successes give contractor global order book of £13.7bn despite fall in rail business
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NewsBAA construction director to depart
Rob Stewart to leave airports operator after 20 years to take on PFI project in south Wales
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NewsCrossrail seeks bids for Liverpool Street and Whitechapel
Official Journal notice goes up for tunnels, shafts and subways at two stations
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NewsGovernment names 10 nuclear sites
Sizewell in Suffolk among the sites nominated for nuclear development in draft documents
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NewsSellafield decommissioning project faces year’s delay
‘Strategic review’ of £110m scheme raises questions over £20bn new-build programme
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NewsTfL to restart £695m Victoria station scheme
Contractors asked to price early phases of mammoth tube scheme despite TfL’s money worries
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NewsAlarm as 1,400 rail maintenance jobs under threat
Union RMT warns of chaos on West Coast Main Line if threatened cuts go ahead at Network Rail
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NewsTomkins: 'some global markets have stabilised'
But engineering and manufacturing group's building products division continued to decline through last quarter
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NewsBusinesses and MPs plan India infrastructure strategy
Senior figures from Amec, Balfour Beatty and Tata and politicians meet to discuss setting up board to advise Indian government
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NewsBabcock buys UK Atomic Energy Agency for £38m
Support services firm takes ownership of commercial arm that decommissions nuclear plant sites