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NCE Major Projects Hub
 On 17 March 2010, NCE will be launching its new Major Projects Hub. The hub will track the progress of the 100 biggest global infrastructure projects. The schemes will be explained with project timelines, image libraries, project updates, technical details and in-depth reports. To make sure your project is included email Mark Hansford To find out about sponsorship opportunities Leanne Morgan |
Major projects: latest news
Government reveals £30bn high speed rail plans
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..
Crossrail to awards second round of enabling contracts
Crossrail has awarded the second round of enabling works for the £15.9bn scheme for portals at Royal Oak and Pudding Mill, and demolition works at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.
Additional Blackfriars rib arches installed
New rib arches have been delivered and installed at Blackfriars Bridge in London, which will be renovated and widened as part of the £5.5bn Thameslink upgrade.
VT bags Sellafield monitoring job
VT Group continues its push into nuclear, winning a £10M, 3-year contract to monitor the Sellafield site and ensure it meets its environmental targets.
Major projects: NCE exclusives
Tunnel bids for Crossrail
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.
Project scope and spec challenged
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.
Major projects: features
Chameleon culture: Extending the Louvre
Underpinning the Louvre in Paris is not an easy job. Tolerances are strict, work must be silent and the client is watchful. Gemma Goldfingle reports.
Albania highway: Making the first move
At first glance, building a 61km long motorway in a European country might not sound like much. But Albania’s first ever motorway scheme has many twists and turns. Over the next eight pages Alexandra Wynne reports from a scheme where the word “mountainous” is appropriate in more ways than one.
The Big Interview
Doug Oakervee: let's get going now
Crossrail chairman Doug Oakervee is clear - Crossrail will be built. The outgoing chairman urges his successor to ‘start digging’.
