Infrastructure
Kier BAM JV signed up for £100m+ site preparation contract
A Kier BAM joint venture has now signed contracts with EDF Energy to carry out £100m+ of site preparation works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. The work includes excavation, earthworks,...
Infrastructure
Government approves HS2 in the face of fierce opposition
The government has given approval to plans for a £32bn high speed rail line linking London and Birmingham despite fierce opposition from local, mainly Conservative, MPs. Transport secretary Justine Greening said on Tuesday: "It is...
Infrastructure
Balfour Beatty wins £750m electricity upgrade contract
Builder Balfour Beatty today won a five-year contract worth up to £750 million to upgrade Britain's electricity transmission network. It's an extension of an existing deal for the infrastructure group, after it formed the Electricity...
Infrastructure
£43m capacity expansion for Peterborough station
A £43m upgrade of Peterborough station to improve facilities and accommodate longer trains has been announced by Network Rail. The scheme includes platform lengthening, two new platforms, the footbridge extended and lifts installed. Work...
Infrastructure
Government plans £50bn infrastructure boost
The government is planning to make housing and infrastructure the centrepiece of a £50 billion growth plan that it will unveil later this month.Chancellor George Osborne yesterday said that he accepted the need for the government to go further...
Infrastructure
MPs back high speed rail linking London, Midlands and North
The House of Commons transport committee said a high speed rail network, beginning with a line between London and the West Midlands, could provide a "step change" in UK rail services. But the committee's approval came...
Infrastructure
BAA still hopes for third Heathrow runway
The Labour party rang the political death knell for Heathrow expansion yesterday by joining the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in declaring that building a new landing strip is "off the agenda". Shadow transport secretary, Maria Eagle...
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