All Infrastructure articles – Page 82
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Worker 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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Costain 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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Hearts 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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HS2 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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Thames 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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Osborne 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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Contractors 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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Contractors 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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Campaigners challenge £1bn M4 extension
Friends of the Earth lodges legal challenge to the decision to build a road through the Gwent Levels
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Heathrow wants lower costs
Airports director of planning and programmes tells ɫTV he has set demading targets for contractors
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Labour will make 'swift decision' on airport capacity
Shadow transport secretary tells Labour party conference issue will not be “kicked into the long grass”
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Labour conference: No borrowing for building
A fretful conference saw Labour tighten its stance on austerity, ruling out extra borrowing for capital spending
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Balls rules out borrowing to fund capital spending
Shadow chancellor uses Labour conference speech to commit to austerity in next parliament
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Ex-Atkins boss appointed to £850m Swansea tidal project
Former Atkins chief executive appointed as non-executive chair on Swansea tidal lagoon power project
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UK more attractive to infrastructure investors
UK breaks into top ten global ranking of most attractive markets in the world for infrastructure investment
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Government gives Thames ‘super-sewer’ go-ahead
Ministers conclude there is “on balance a good case” for £4bn Thames tunnel, but project could yet face legal challenges
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Mott MacDonald buys £120m-turnover civil engineer
Consultant snaps up long-standing water sector partner JN Bentley
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UK firms dropped from £485m flood defence race
Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain teams out of the running for massive Environment Agency flood defence job
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Nuclear developer warns over UK skills shortage
Westinghouse boss says firm may need to import foreign engineers to build nuclear plants in the UK due to skills shortage
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Government gives green light to £4bn Thames 'super-sewer'
Government gives development consent for 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel, with construction due to start in 2016