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Colas to axe 2,400 jobs after heavy losses in central Europe
Roads contractor Colas is to axe 2,400 jobs from its central European operations after announcing a 33% drop in revenue in the first half of 2010.
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Crossrail announces more tunnelling shortlists
Crossrail has today shortlisted seven construction teams for the Connaught Tunnel on the Abbey Wood branch and the Pudding Mill Lane Tunnel portal
Thames Water in hunt for Thames Tunnel delivery partner
Thames Water has gone out to tender for a delivery partner for the £2bn Thames Tunnel project.
Chilean president predicts Christmas return for trapped miners
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday he hopes 33 miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground will be home by Christmas.
Dozens missing after Chinese landslide
Rescuers are searching for 44 missing people after a landslide hit a village in southern China and killed at least four.
JCB donates equipment to Pakistan
Construction firm JCB has announced it is to donate equipment to help in reconstruction projects following the devastating floods that have caused havoc across much of Pakistan.
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Evacuation remains essential to New Orleans flood plans
Engineers this week warned that New Orleans’ residents will still have to flee the city in the event of another Hurricane Katrina-style event, despite a massive $15bn (£9.7bn) investment in flood defences.
Network Rail produces “affordable cost” plan for Crossrail works
Tunnelling contracts for London’s £15.9bn Crossrail scheme will not be awarded until 2011, scheme promoters confirmed this week.
Post-Katrina project speeds to conclusion
Almost five years to the day since Hurricane Katrina ripped across Louisiana, engineers are bracing themselves for the final phase of works to reduce the risk of storm damage to the city of New Orleans.
Efforts to resolve Edinburgh tram dispute put back to autumn
A crucial report into the Edinburgh Tram project, which will set out options for ending the dispute between the project’s contractors and the local authority, has been delayed by a month.
Kazakhstan's national library: the yurt factor
Kazakhstan’s new national library is a simply astounding structure and British expertise is critical to the project now under construction in Astana. NCE reports.
This week's top story
Evacuation remains essential to New Orleans flood plans
Engineers this week warned that New Orleans’ residents will still have to flee the city in the event of another Hurricane Katrina-style event, despite a massive $15bn (£9.7bn) investment in flood defences.
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We cannot afford to underinvest in infrastructure
If you need an example of the impact that decent infrastructure - or the lack of it - has on people’s lives, then look no further than New Orleans.
