Buildings

Keep up to date with the latest contract wins and case studies for buildings by UK construction firms

Emissions directive welcomed

The chief executive of the Association of Electricity Producers has welcomed a vote by the European Parliament to extend the deadline for power plants to comply with air pollution targets from 2016 to 2019.

London rail funding vital for national economy

Fighting to keep funding for rail services in London is essentially a fight for securing the economy of the entire country.

Network Rail calls for unity with TfL for funding

Network Rail major programme director for Crossrail Robbie Burns is under no illusions as the size of the task facing the industry as a whole.

New nuclear steps closer

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The coalition Government’s backing of the £40 billion new nuclear build programme in the UK is the news energy firms had been waiting to hear.

EDF to showcase nuclear progress

EDF Energy’s director of planning and external affairs Richard Mason is preparing to present updated plans to minimise the community impact of building new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

Contracts from the 1970s are still in fashion

Claire Donnelly is a senior associate in the construction and engineering practice of law firm Dundas & Wilson.

Few trends which began in the seventies have aged well. But GC/Works/1, a contract launched in 1973, and not updated since 2000, has recently been making itself known again even after NEC3 was endorsed by OGC for use by the public sector and chosen by the UK Olympic Delivery Authority. By…