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Balfour Beatty to invest in £48m pioneering green energy plant
Contractor in consortium including the Green Investment Bank to invest in first plant of its kind in the UK
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RIBA announces rail electrification design competition
Cesign competition to focus on improving aesthetics of overhead rail electrification
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MPs call for HS2 construction to be sped up
Transport committee backs HS2 but call for serious consideration to be given to simultaneous construction from north and south
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Eight in running for £250m Scottish defence framework
Defence Infrastructure Organisation shortlists contractors for Scottish regional framework
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Crossrail shuns design review for 27 surface stations
Leading architects including Richard Rogers warn over lack of design scrutiny on £15bn project
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EDF moots ‘client bank accounts’ on £16bn Hinkley project
Accounts would work something like “project bank accounts” and would ensure suppliers are paid on time
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Ministers seek to block bad HS2 assessment review
Ministers seek to block publication of report that describes HS2 as in danger of failing
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Fomer Carillion boss to head up Thames 'super sewer' project
Former Carillion chairman Sir Neville Simms is to take charge of the £4.1bn Thames Tideway ‘supersewer’ project
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Severn Trent reappoints firms to major framework
All seven of Severn Trent Water’s design and build engineering partners have had their contracts extended for a further five years
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Horizon appoints nuclear engineers
Atkins, Amec and Cavendish win support roles to new Wylfa nuclear project for the next three years
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No guarantee insurers will invest £25bn in new infrastructure
Pledge by insurers to invest over the next five years is not binding and does not guarantee investment in new-build infrastructure
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Government to change subsidies to boost offshore wind
Government will also cut ‘strike price’ for onshore wind and solar energy schemes
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Insurers ready to invest £25bn in UK infrastructure
Announcement comes as government publishes new National Infrastructure Plan containing a pipeline of over £375bn of planned projects
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UK would welcome Chinese HS2 investment, says PM
Prime minister promises “very open competition” over infrastructure investment
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Crossrail on track to hit carbon reduction target
Contractors on Crossrail are on target to reduce carbon emissions from the project by 8%, according to Crossrail’s annual sustainability report.
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China could play major role in HS2, says premier
Li Keqiang says the two nations have become “indespensable partners for each other’s development”
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Eleven contractors vying for £1.5bn of Heathrow work
Exclusive: Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Mace among those bidding for four packages of work
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Construction leaders hail 'significant step' of HS2 bill
Hybrid bill provides plans for extensive tunnelling and cuttings between London and Birmingham
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Costain wins £30m Crossrail job
Paddington New Yard contract is group’s 11th for London infrastructure scheme
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RICS launches specialist qualification for infrastructure skills
RICS Built Infrastructure Pathway will certify surveyors’ competency in skills including project and cost management, project finance, and BIM