Infrastructure
Agility Trains, DfT reach financial close on IEP project
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and Agility Trains (comprising Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments) have signed a contract for the DfT’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP) and confirmed financial close for Phase 1 of the project....
Infrastructure
Reading railway station redevelopment reaches bridge slide
Construction work on the Reading railway station has reached the stage of a major bridge slide across the rail tracks. The new 100m deck is being constructed in three sections at a site beside...
Infrastructure
MoD unveils shortlists for £4.35bn repair contracts
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the shortlisted bidders for each of its three delayed prime repair contracts worth up to £4.35bn in total. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has now confirmed shortlists for the...
Infrastructure
Interserve confirmed winner of Corby Link Road
Interserve has confirmed it has won a £24m contract with Northamptonshire County Council to build the new A43 Corby Link Road. The contract, which has come in a third below first cost estimates, heralds...
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...
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