The East Anglia One offshore wind farm that is expected to support almost 2,900 jobs and bring over £520 million of investment into the UK’s economy has today been given consent from the government to go ahead. This is an important milestone for what could be one of the largest wind farms in the world….
Planning permission has been granted for Westminster City Council’s proposed redevelopment of the Ebury Bridge Estate in Pimlico, south-west London. The Council’s planning applications sub-committee resolved on 10 June to grant conditional planning permission for the redevelopment of the estate, subject to approval from the mayor of London. Plans for the site involve the demolition…
Scape has officially started the race for a sole place on a new £1bn-£1.5bn civil engineering and infrastructure framework. Scape System Build Ltd is a Local Authority controlled company wholly owned by Derby City, Derbyshire County, Gateshead, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire County and Warwickshire County Councils in equal shares. Scape plans to shortlist half-a-dozen civil engineering…
A financial model, which unlocked a £850 million funding investment in the St James Quarter in Edinburgh, will be the basis for a new funding mechanism which will could help to see £6 billion spent on infrastructure investment across Scotland’s cities. The new funding model is designed to stimulate growth, create jobs and support businesses…
Costain Group PLC has announced that it has won a contract with Centrica PLC’s Centrica Energy, for the provision of Engineering Procurement and Construction services as part of its Barrow Gas Terminals Project. The Barrow Terminals Project, which is scheduled to complete in the fourth quarter of 2015, represents a total investment of GBP84 million…
Crossrail 2 could be opened by 2029 – four years earlier than initially proposed – the Mayor announced today as he published revised plans for
Roger Hawkins (HawkinsBrown), Sunand Prasad (Penoyre & Prasad) and Peter Murray (New London Architecture) have all been appointed by the Mayor of London to oversee
The Infrastructure Bill introduces new measures to make it easier, quicker and simpler to get Britain building for the future. The government has published the
Leaders from the worlds of business, sport, the public sector and academia will explore the legacy of London 2012 and the impact of the World Cup in Brazil during events at Birkbeck, University of London. With a screening of England’s final group match on 24 June, the World Cup takes centre stage at Business Week…
he Highways Agency has awarded Balfour Beatty the £44m congestion-busting job to widen the A1 Western Bypass around Newcastle. The contractor will start work this summer on the A1 Coal House to Metro Centre road improvement scheme. Balfour will widen a 4-mile stretch of dual carriageway to three lanes in both directions and build a…
