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1 December 2008

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New form of PPP launched to fund £450M Croydon redevelopment

Infrastructure investment group John Laing and Croydon Council today formed a a new model of public private partnership (PPP) to deliver a £450M joint venture to regenerate significant sites across Croydon town centre and deliver new flagship council headquarters.

Published:01 December 2008 11:54
Author: John McKenna

Business

Hyder looks to nuclear

Hyder announced strong half year results last week with revenue up 39% to £151.6M, of which 65% was from overseas and an operating profit up 33% to £8.9M before exceptional items.

Transport

Work at Rugby suffered from significant overruns last year

Regulator seeks assurances from Network Rail over Christmas works

New statistics published by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) show record performance on the railways, but the regulator wants some reassurance that Network Rail, will not repeat the dramatic overruns experienced last year.

Transport for London board member Steven Norris at Civils 2008.

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Geotechnical

Arabian Canal: Dubai's can-do canal

West of Dubai, work is under way on a 75km long man-made waterway costing over £6bn. Bernadette Redfern visits the Arabian Canal and interviews project director Ian Raine.

Leader

Infrastructure must not be left to a public referendum

The future of Mancheter's £3bn public transport revamp is at the mercy of a public vote next month. This is an ludicrous way to plan vital regeneration, argues NCE editor Antony Oliver

Energy

John's blog: When the lights go out

It's that time of year again. As Christmas lights are switched on across Britain's high streets, so too begins the fear mongering over the possibility of the lights going out this winter.

Features

Thames Rescue

Billed as the largest water infrastructure project in the northern hemisphere, the London Tideway Tunnels aim to massively reduce sewage discharge into the rivers Thames and Lee. Alexandra Wynne talks to the man in charge of delivery.

Structures

Diamond effort: Dubai's Al Mas tower

Chandra Puri is the project structural engineer on the 360m tall Al Mas tower, which is set to become the Dubai diamond exchange. He explains the challenges to Bernadette Redfern.

Transport

Holding a line of thought

The £400M upgrade of the Trent Valley line will be the final piece of the £9bn West Coast Main Line upgrade. Ed Owen visited the project to see how new measures to stop possessions overrunning are working.