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Former tube chief O'Toole poised to take over at Tube Lines

15-Mar-2010 | By Ed Owen

The ongoing dispute between Tube Lines and London Underground is poised to take a surreal twist as former managing director at London Underground, Tim O’Toole, is poised to take the top job at the tube upgrade contractor.

Government reveals high speed rail plans

Government reveals £30bn high speed rail plans

11-Mar-2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Transport secretary Lord Adonis has just announced plans for a new £30bn high speed rail scheme for the UK, which will create an “initial core” network linking London to Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds..

Malahide bridge collapse

Ignorance over structural behaviour identified as key factor in Irish bridge collapse

11-Mar-2010 | By Mark Hansford

The official report into the collapse of the Malahide Viaduct near Dublin last summer has found a complete failure of railway engineers to understand what type of structure they were dealing with.

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Parry rejects Arbiter's figures

15-Mar-2010 | By Ed Owen

London Underground’s managing director Richard Parry has rejected the PPP Arbiter’s decision to award Tube Lines £4.5bn to upgrade the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee lines over the coming 7.5 years, but said he would not be taking legal action at this time.

Askew brought back from Dubai in Atkins shake-up

15-Mar-2010 | By Ed Owen

Atkins has recalled Tim Askew, who headed the company’s Middle Eastern business, from Dubai to lead the group’s water and environment business.

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Council goes public over Cambridge busway defects

11 March 2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Frustration over contractual issues that have left the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway project more than a year late in opening this week boiled over into a public dispute between the client and main contractor Bam Nuttall.

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Oakervee reaffirms Thames Estuary plans

11 March 2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Thames Estuary airport champion and former ICE president Douglas Oakervee this week publicly reaffirmed his commitment to the scheme.

Tunnel bids for Crossrail

Tunnel bids for Crossrail

11 March 2010 | By Antony Oliver

Full tender documents for the lucrative main TBM tunnel packages on the £15.9bn Crossrail scheme are expected to go to bidders in the next few weeks as the project presses forward with main works procurement.

Ian Pearson

Treasury considers Infrastructure Bank

11 March 2010 | By Ed Owen

Economic secretary Ian Pearson this week said he was seriously considering setting up a bank to drive investment in infrastructure.

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Project scope and spec challenged

11 March 2010 | By Antony Oliver and Gemma Goldfingle

Crossrail designers are re-examining the scope and specification of virtually every aspect of the £15.9bn Crossrail project in a bid to ensure that unnecessary or unwanted elements are designed out before construction begins in earnest later this year.

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M1 managed motorway

Broad shoulders: The M1's first managed motorway scheme

11 March 2010

Less congestion, better information, greater safety and quicker incident response will add up to good news for drivers using junctions 10 to 13 of the M1 from spring 2013. The full managed motorway toolkit of technologies and operating procedures including hard shoulder running and variable speed limits will ease traffic through a notorious pinch point.

Paul Sheffield

Paul Sheffield: Kier's value hunter

18 February 2010 | By Antony Oliver

After a 26 year career with contractor Kier, Paul Sheffield takes over as chief executive in April. Antony Oliver reports.

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First Olympic pumping station in operation

26-Jan-2010 | Updated: 2-Feb-2010 | By Natalie Hardwick

The Olympic Delivery Authority has this week announced the opening of an essential new utilities building in the Olympic Park. The Pudding Mill pumping station is the first in a series of infrastructure projects architects hope will become design landmarks. The design is by John Lyall Architects.

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Risk survey

In the light of the new Bribery Act and the continued economic downturn, NCE is carrying out a survey of industry attitudes towards risk management.

The survey should take no more than 10 minutes. Click here to take survey. The results will be published in NCE in April.

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Tyne Tunnel

A road runs through the river: The new Tyne crossing

16 October 2008 | By Alexandra Wynne

A trio of tunnelling techniques will come together to create the new Tyne Crossing near Newcastle. Alexandra Wynne reports.

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Delivering Crossrail: Major project report

NCE presents its major project report on Crossrail - a comprehensive guide to the project featuring interviews with Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.

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    Getting more from less: how to survive the recession

    18 February 2010 | By Antony Oliver

    Delivering more for less is without question going to be the mantra for the civil engineering and construction industry over the next half decade - and perhaps beyond.

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