Infrastructure – Page 145
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Construction brings biggest boost to UK economy
Pressure mounts for more government construction spending as report shows it brings greatest rise in GDP
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Tottenham Court Road tube design gets thumbs-up from Cabe
Design watchdog supports plans but says project should be dealt with through formal planning submission
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Crossrail and tube revamp would boost economy by £24bn
Crossrail and overhaul of London's tube would benefit the wider UK economy, says research
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Carillion and Eiffage team up for nuclear market
Two firms sign partnership deal to deliver pressurised water reactors for UK new-build programme
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Crossrail to redesign stations
Crossrail is planning to redesign two or more of its stations to make a saving of up to £130m on the £16bn project
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Shortlist for £1.8bn prisons PFI framework revealed
Carillion, Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke among firms competing for contracts to design, build and run up to five 1,500-place prisons
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Parsons Brinckerhoff shareholders approve Balfour deal
Final hurdle completed for £380m acquisition of US consultant by Balfour Beatty, as vote secures 99% support
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Infrastructure Planning Commission confirms first projects
Government planning body to consider five wind farms, a biomass plant, two National Grid programmes and two nuclear plants
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BAA offers to buy homes affected by Heathrow third runway
Airports authority says it has made offer to ‘reduce uncertainty faced by residents wishing to sell properties’
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CBI calls for boost to nuclear programme
Business body says UK risks undermining energy security if it fails to build at least six new nuclear plants by 2030
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Bids sought for £140m Sellafield framework
Four contractors will be appointed to four-year framework for decommissioning, demolition and waste streaming
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BAA sells Gatwick airport for £1.5bn
UK's second largest airport sold to US investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners
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Terrorism Act may stop worker protesting at power station
Scottish and Southern Energy is seeking an injunction arguing the picketing over worker's dismissal is a threat to UK energy supply
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Nuclear power stations may receive public subsidies
Guardian newspaper says government plans to pay for new wave of power plants with carbon levy on electricity consumers
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Highways Agency overspends on contracts
Report reveals above-inflation maintenance payments and not enough monitoring of cost and quality
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Clean coal power hit by decision to postpone plants
Delays feared for new wave of 'clean' coal-fired power stations as two large schemes held up
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Construction Bill amendment frees up PFI lending
Last-minute amendment as bill passed by Commons will reduce investment risk for PFI consortiums
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Crossrail spend £3bn by next election
Scale of expenditure by next election makes cancelling Crossrail less attractive to an incoming government
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Transport for London slashes capital programme
Mayor takes 'difficult decision' to scale back improvements and raise fares in face of huge financial pressures
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Crossrail route could extend further east
Land required for extension beyond Abbey Wood terminus to be safeguarded from any alternative use