All infrastructure articles – Page 2
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Features
Your guide to the May 2 elections: what’s at stake for construction
Three new metro-mayoral positions will be among those filled as local and regional elections take place next month. Carl Brown reports.
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UK’s environmental adaptation strategy ‘falls far short’, says Climate Change Committee
Group says national initiative published last year does not meet urgency of issue
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McAlpine recruits highways specialist from Keltbray to beef up infrastructure team
Contractor pledged to grow infra business under last year’s rejig
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ǿմý The Future Commmission: Take a long-term view to give UK the infrastructure it needs
After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the ǿմý the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Dave Rogers explains why the country’s economic welfare depends on efficient planning and a clear and stable pipeline
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Mayors to hold more talks on HS2 alternative after ‘constructive’ transport secretary meeting
Andy Street and Andy Burnham to brief wider team this week on Mark Harper talks
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Railway station footbridge ‘overdue by a decade and £8.25m over budget’
Upgrade in Berkshire due to open this spring reflects ‘stifling bureaucracy and red tape’ that affects UK infrastructure planning and construction, according to local MP
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Features
Everything must go: The HS2 land fire sale and what it means for the future of rail
After cancelling the northern leg of HS2 last month, the government has moved quickly to start selling the land it had acquired to build the route. Will the process “salt the earth” for alternative rail plans?
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Comment
We were on the right track. Cancelling HS2 has taken us off it
Some building projects are worth the money and the wait. A once-in-a-generation opportunity has now been missed, writes Randstad’s Victoria Short
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News
Unesco tells government to change £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel plans
Road scheme was approved for the second time in July
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Plans for £750m Marlow Film Studios progress amid local backlash
Local MP among hundreds of objectors to plan to build one of the UK’s largest film studio complexes
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Industry concerned at ‘lack of urgency’ in UK climate adaptation plan
ICE and UKGBC criticise government’s lack of ambition in its National Adaptation Programme
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Plan for £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel approved again
Transport secretary gives road scheme the nod two years after it was quashed in High Court ruling
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Balfour Beatty worker dies at Aldermaston nuclear site
Work on site stopped as contractor helping police and nuclear regulator investigate accident
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Revenue and underlying profit rise at Murphy
Infrastructure specialist blames accounting measure for drop in headline pre-tax profit figure
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HS2 delays set to slow infrastructure tender price inflation, says T&T
Consultants adds schemes need to be better planned to overcome skills gap
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Second staircase rule will delay capital’s high-rise housing schemes by nine months, says Arcadis
Consultant predicts 2% tender price inflation in London this year
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Comment
Explaining the infrastructure levy
The proposed new levy, designed to replace section 106 agreements and the CIL, is now to be stuck in pilot phase for a decade. What does this mean for developers?
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News
Transport for North launches consultation on new strategic transport plan
Strategy aims to double freight share carried by rail
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T&T rejigs leadership structure with internal moves
Shake-up sees firm appoints first ever defence boss