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Disconnect between housing and infrastructure puts South East at threat
AECOM and Kent County Council have identified a £2bn infrastructure funding gap in Kent alone over the next 16 years -
Moving infrastructure beyond a lick and a promise
All eyes are on the new infrastructure commissioners, appointed last week, as they begin their programme of work to determine Britain’s infrastructure priorities. CECA’s Marie-Claude Hemming explains the challenge. -
Gaining consent in the North York Moors National Park – an impossible feat?
Careful handling of ‘Special Qualities” has gained planning permission for a potash mine in the North Yorkshire Moors National Path, explains Matthew Hunt. -
Industry backs Chancellor's new Infrastructure Commission appointments
New “long-term strategy to ensure the UK’s infrastructure truly meets the expectations of business and the general public” and £100bn spending commitment by 2020 underlines government’s support for infrastructure investment. -
£100bn? Excellent - but devil is in the detail
Promise of £100bn of spending on infrastructure up to 2020 is welcome news, says AECOM’s Richard Robinson, but industry urgently needs the detail of what it is to be spent on so the projects can start to move. -
Heseltine and Armitt top line up as Osborne names Infrastructure Commission
Chancellor George Osborne backs National Infrastructure Commission with £100bn spending commitment to ‘get Britain building’ new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital projects in this Parliament. -
Pace of infrastructure project pipeline delivery too slow, says UK business
UK infrastructure quality is increasing but vital economically significant infrastructure projects are still progressing too slowly, according to CBI/AECOM survey of UK businesses. -
Infrastructure Commission: what are the opportunities and how should it work?
Establishment of the Infrastructure Commission creates a set of unique opportunities, which could create a UK economy that is resilient to, and able to adapt in the face of, future global challenges. Dr Tom Dolan sets out an agenda. -
Interview: Sir John Armitt – infrastructure in ascendency
Sir John Armitt takes over as the 151st President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in November and as the architect of the National Infrastructure Commission he is upbeat about the on-going drive for UK investment in vital infrastructure. -
Video: Chris Fry: Infrastructure assets – a land of missed opportunities?
Government Departments will soon respond to the Treasury’s call to release public land and property for 150,000 new houses. But could more be done to embrace the holistic thinking seen in our best projects and apply the ideas elsewhere, asks Temple Group managing director Chris Fry.
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