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Offsite at scale: inside HS2’s prefab factories

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The precast factories for HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct and the Chiltern Tunnel are responsible for some of the most ambitious prefabrication works ever attempted in the UK. Joshua Stein reports

The woman who built diversity into Network Rail’s culture

Loraine Martins, Network Rail head of diversity and inclusion

Loraine Martins, director of diversity and inclusion at one of the industry’s biggest clients, has spent more than a decade turning round the rail body's reputation on inclusivity. As she prepares to leave Network Rail, she tells Ian Weinfass about the progress she’s made and why there’s still a lot…

Saving a megaproject: is there still hope for HS2’s eastern leg?

HS2 Close-up of the Chiltern Tunnel, south portal, in the summer of 2021

Given that history is littered with spiked infrastructure schemes that are later revived, Greg Pitcher examines whether the recent government announcement to cancel the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds really means it is all over

10 projects to watch in 2022

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Material costs and labour issues hit the sector in 2021 but, despite this, certain areas of the industry are booming. While some jobs have been slowed down by politics, others have been kickstarted by the right political decisions. Here are 10 projects that the industry will be watching in the…

High salaries, solo delivery: Ferrovial UK reveals its future plans

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Ferrovial Construction UK is like a “family organisation” according to managing director Karl Goose. It might seem hard to believe, given the company, formerly Ferrovial Agroman, is part of multi-national conglomerate Ferrovial, the Spanish behemoth that owns some of the world’s largest airports, including Heathrow, and employs more than 18,500…

Revealed: what the client behind the £750m Commonwealth Games regeneration is looking for

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There is less than a year to go until the starting guns are fired at the Commonwealth Games, but the related building work will be a marathon effort, not a sprint. Mark Smulian speaks to Birmingham City Council on what it is delivering, and what it expects from its contractors

Tidal power: construction’s financial and environmental opportunity

TPGen24 founder Stuart Murphy

Stuart Murphy is the founder of tidal power research firm TPGen24 As Construction News reported in March, the Welsh Government has revived its interest in tidal energy solutions. The call for involvement towards establishing a consortium to explore the resource in more depth closed a few weeks ago, and this…