http://www.nce.co.uk http://www.nce.co.uk http://www.nce.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nce.co.uk http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/concerns-over-costs-and-delays-spark-thameslink-cutback-fears/5204411.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/concerns-over-costs-and-delays-spark-thameslink-cutback-fears/5204411.article Network Rail’s £5.5bn Thameslink upgrade faces the prospect of cuts to beat time and cost overruns, sources close to the project said this week. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/new-forth-bridge-design-and-build-deal-goes-out-to-tender/5204423.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/new-forth-bridge-design-and-build-deal-goes-out-to-tender/5204423.article Transport Scotland was this week expected to officially invite bids for the construction of the new Forth Crossing, the single biggest transport infrastructure project in Scotland for a generation. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/capital-costs-undermine-offshore-wind-farms/5204418.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/capital-costs-undermine-offshore-wind-farms/5204418.article Wind power companies fear that rapid increases in capital costs are undermining the economic viability of offshore projects. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/brown-to-identify-uk-infrastructure-needs/5204417.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/brown-to-identify-uk-infrastructure-needs/5204417.article Prime minister Gordon Brown this week said that he was setting up a new advisory body to identify the country’s infrastructure needs for the next five to 50 years. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/engineers-warn-ports-must-invest-more-to-support-the-offshore-wind-industry/5204421.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/engineers-warn-ports-must-invest-more-to-support-the-offshore-wind-industry/5204421.article UK ports must start investing in facilities to support the off shore wind industry, leading wind engineers said this week. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/europe-needs-a-supergrid/5204422.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/europe-needs-a-supergrid/5204422.article Investment in a Europe-wide energy grid should be prioritised over renewable technology, an EU advisor claimed this week. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/scott-wilson-looks-to-india-and-china/5204437.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/scott-wilson-looks-to-india-and-china/5204437.article Scott Wilson said this week that its geographic diversity would see it through the recession. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/ashes-cricket-series-heads-for-wales/5204442.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/ashes-cricket-series-heads-for-wales/5204442.article The Ashes series begins on Wednesday at Cardiff’s Swalec Stadium, Britain’s newest Test venue and the first to be built in Wales. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/international/construction-picks-up-in-the-middle-east-except-for-dubai/5204444.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/international/construction-picks-up-in-the-middle-east-except-for-dubai/5204444.article Construction output in the Middle East could recover in 2010, although the focus of the workload has shifted away from Dubai, according to a new survey published last week. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/judges-start-visiting-programme-for-the-bci-awards-2009/5204448.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/judges-start-visiting-programme-for-the-bci-awards-2009/5204448.article Members of the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA) judging panel went to the West Country last week setting in motion the visit programme to the 35 UK projects shortlisted for this year’s awards. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/water/flood-defences-need-1bn-a-year-spend/5203945.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/water/flood-defences-need-1bn-a-year-spend/5203945.article Flood defence spending must double to £1bn a year by 2035 to ensure that protection for the one in six homes now at risk of flooding in England is maintained, the Environment Agency said last week. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/catalogue-of-failures-led-to-so-paulo-collapse/5204029.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/catalogue-of-failures-led-to-so-paulo-collapse/5204029.article “Systemic failure” of design, construction and risk management was responsible for the São Paulo tunnel collapse that killed seven people in January 2007, a lead member of the investigation team said last week. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/wyg-heads-take-10-salary-cut/5204010.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/wyg-heads-take-10-salary-cut/5204010.article Senior management at consultant White Young Green (WYG) this week confirmed that they will take a voluntary 10% salary cut as part of the firm’s on-going restructuring. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/mouchel-downplays-talk-of-takeover/5204011.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/mouchel-downplays-talk-of-takeover/5204011.article Mouchel chief executive Richard Cuthbert moved swiftly this week to downplay analysts’ fears that the company was ripe for takeover following revelation of worse than expected losses last week. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/water/much-wetter-winters-forecast/5203950.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/water/much-wetter-winters-forecast/5203950.article Temperatures in the UK will change dramatically in the next few decades, according to new climate change projections published last week. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/highways-agency-39bn-over-budget/5204008.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/highways-agency-39bn-over-budget/5204008.article The Highways Agency’s road building programme is running up to £3.9bn over-budget according to research from the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT). Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/contractors-must-get-responsible/5204017.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/contractors-must-get-responsible/5204017.article Construction companies can lead the field in corporate responsibility provided they match commitments to improve training and skills with action. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/nuclear-power-cant-take-up-renewable-slack/5204024.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/energy/nuclear-power-cant-take-up-renewable-slack/5204024.article Nuclear power will be unable to meet unpredictable shortfalls in Britain’s energy needs resulting from increased reliance on renewable energy, a leading energy expert said last week. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/motts-wembley-stadium-defence-goes-into-extra-time/5204025.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/motts-wembley-stadium-defence-goes-into-extra-time/5204025.article Wembley stadium designer Mott MacDonald was this week given extra time to prepare its defence case for the £253M claim lodged against it by the stadium’s contractor Multiplex. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/skill-shortages-still-persist-in-small-firms-despite-the-downturn/5204026.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/skill-shortages-still-persist-in-small-firms-despite-the-downturn/5204026.article Civil engineering graduates were this week told to be more proactive about looking for work. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT