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Conservatives vow to build Crossrail and "begin work" on high speed rail line

2-Feb-2010 | By Mark Hansford

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has pledged that his party will build London’s £15.9bn Crossrail scheme and start work on a north-south high speed rail line should they win the next General Election.

Carbon emissions

MPs: Carbon price too low

8-Feb-2010 | By Ed Owen

MPs have slammed the European Union’s carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for failing to ensure that the price of carbon is set high enough to keep emissions down.

Huge Connecticut power plant explosion kills five

8-Feb-2010

Five workers have died after a massive blast blew apart a power plant in the eastern United States as workers building it purged natural gas lines.

Construction sector continues to decline

8-Feb-2010 | By Ed Owen

Britain’s construction worload declined further during the final quarter of 2009 despite the recovery in the wider economy, the Construction Products Association said today. 

Construction insolvency warning

8-Feb-2010

Construction businesses have been warned to brace themselves for tough times ahead despite the fledgling economic recovery, with a high rate of insolvencies reported.

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Cumbria Floods

Morgan Est starts work on £4.6M Cumbrian temporary road bridge

8-Feb-2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Work to rebuild a connection for flood-wrecked Workington in Cumbria will begin almost immediately following today’s award of the construction contract for a new bridge to Morgan Est.

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TfL anger as Tube Lines plans “massive disruption”

04 February 2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

A fresh row broke out this week between London Underground (LU) and its contractor Tube Lines, this time over weekend possessions for the Northern Line Upgrade.

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What causes construction failures?

04 February 2010 | By Antony Oliver

NCE has this week pledged its support for a major new Health & Safety Executive (HSE)-backed study into the causes and consequences of major failures and collapses in construction.

Solar power

Government's microgeneration cash-back scheme slammed

04 February 2010 | By Mark Hansford

Government proposals to allow homeowners to cash in on small-scale energy generation by selling it on to the National Grid have been slammed by engineers for offering misleading figures.

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Sellafield's toxic challenge

04 February 2010 | By Andrea Klettner

A project to build a concrete building could sound run of the mill. But this one is being built at Sellafield. Andrea Klettner reports.

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David Waboso: Make work not war

28 January 2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

London Underground director of line upgrades David Waboso is keen to set the record straight after a turbulent couple of weeks that saw contractor Tube Lines accuse it of cost hikes on the Victoria Line.

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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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Eurocodes survey

NCE is carrying out a survey of industry awareness of Eurocodes, the new set of European design codes.

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Sailing by: Poole Harbour bridge

March 2007 | By Andrew Mylius

The phrase ‘beautifully simple’ might have been invented for Poole Harbour’s new bridge.

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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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    We need to make our work place a safer place

    04 February 2010 | By Antony Oliver

    The deaths of two railway workers this week in separate, unrelated falls from the Tay Bridge and Forth Rail Bridge serve once again to highlight the dangers that still exist in the construction industry.

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