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ACE Emerging Professionals
BOOK NOW: ACE emerging professionals mentoring webinar on 27 August
The ACE emerging professionals network gets set for mentoring webinar on 27 August.Read more -
Homes England
York Central £77m infrastructure funding confirmed
Homes England and Network Rail will invest £77m to ensure that York’s new city centre quarter development goes ahead.Read more -
Brexit
CLC launches Brexit Working Group
The Construction Leadership Council has formed a Brexit Working Group to help the industry prepare to maintain continuity.Read more -
Water
Call for water professionals to join crisis response register
The Crisis Response Register has been set up initially as a response to the Beirut explosion on 4 August, and is intended to be a permanent record.Read more -
Covid recovery
Infrastructure leaders predict digitally driven post-Covid recovery, says Atkins
Infrastructure leaders predict digitally driven post-Covid recovery and a return to a pre-crisis outlook within 18 months, says new Atkins report.Read more -
Network Rail
Murphy chosen to build new Soham rail station
Network Rail has awarded the contract to build Soham’s new railway station to J Murphy and Sons Ltd.Read more -
Covid recovery
London City Airport pauses £500m development plans
Airport pauses plans due to falling passenger numbers during Covid-19 pandemic, and concerns about pace of future recovery.Read more -
Regeneration
Redcar steelworks £150m demolition contracts open for tender
Five-year contracts will see the demolition of iconic structures, as site prepares for generation of new industries.Read more -
Cities and infrastructure
Major London bridge closed as cracks appear
133-year-old Hammersmith Bridge closed due to urgent safety concerns.Read more -
Covid recovery
Recovery should be driven by environment and digital connectivity, claims ICE report
A strategic post-Covid-19 recovery should be driven by environment and digital connectivity, claims Institution of Civil Engineers.Read more -
ACE
BOOK NOW: ACE emerging professionals host two webinars this month
The ACE emerging professionals network has two keenly anticipated webinars coming up this month.Read more -
Network Rail
Network Rail pledges immediate action following Stonehaven derailment
Rail chief “acutely aware we need a long-term resolution” to protect against climate change following fatal derailment.Read more -
Railways
Three people lose lives following train derailment
Three people confirmed dead after train derails in Aberdeenshire.Read more -
Construction and coronavirus
2022 athletes village plan abandoned
Plans for new athletes’ village for Commonwealth Games in Birmingham abandoned due to impact of Covid-19.Read more -
Construction and coronavirus
Pandemic sees record 56-year low in new construction work orders
New work orders in second quarter of 2020 at lowest levels since 1964, ONS figures reveal.Read more -
Transport for the North
Transport for the North sets out 30-year investment plan
Government urged to back plans for £5bn pipeline of infrastructure projects, creating up to 20,000 jobs.Read more -
Company news
Balfour Beatty £24m pandemic loss, but confidence remains strong
Financial impacts of Covid-19 “unavoidable, but they will pass,” says chief executive.Read more -
Company news
Murphy bounces back with £7m profit
Solid performance in 2019 with further revenue growth and improved returns.Read more -
Water
AECOM wins place on Irish Water framework
AECOM has won a place on Irish Water’s seven-year engineering design services framework.Read more -
HS2
HS2 launches £523m race for high voltage power supply systems
HS2 begins search for specialist contractors to deliver high voltage power supply systems for the UK's new high speed rail link.Read more
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