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Council leaders in Norfolk are hoping chancellor Rishi Sunak will ease their battles to balance the books when he unveils the autumn budget.

After seven years, plans to dual sections of the A47 are being heard by the planning inspectorate this week.

Balfour Beatty Re-iterating 2021 outlook; interim dividend up 43% compared to 2019

Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business was hit by a £23m loss in the first six months of 2021. The contractor was hit by problems on three fixed-price

Digital Edition: 28% cost hike on £1bn A66 upgrade blamed on Project Speed acceleration Speeding up construction of Highways England’s A66 upgrade has added £280M to the final estimated cost of the project. You have read 1 of 1 free-access articles allowed for 30 - days. For further access please register or log in. ICE members can login for free using their ICE email address and password to gain access ...

Military homes at RAF Waddington, including that of Chf Tech Brindley and his family, are being refurbished thanks to additional Government funding.

Streamlining governance, speeding up planning decisions and designing a variety of options have been identified as three key project accelerators needed to achieve the government’s Project Speed aims. A new report from the Nichols Group – The Nichols Vision Report – sets out the three accelerators in a Framework for Project Speed. According to the report, the accelerators could prove essential achieving the government’s agenda to build back better, greener and faster. It suggests that ...

By Jordan Marshall2021-05-25T05:03:00+01:00 Mark Reynolds says firms need to invest in industry newcomers rather than raiding rivals for staff Construction firms need to work together to tackle skills shortages rather than raid each other’s companies, the boss of Mace has warned. Speaking to Building, Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds said contractors and consultants alike were looking to expand going forward as the industry recovers from the pandemic. Mark Reynolds said firms need to brin...

Under the new organisation Network Rail, along with functions from the Rail Delivery Group and Department for Transport will be absorbed as the government delivers what has been described as “the biggest change to railways in 25 years” and aims to lay out a 30 year strategy for the sector. GBR is expected to deliver £1.5bn in savings a year after five years as a result of “increased purchasing power and economies of scale, and make it easier and cheaper to plan maintenance, renewals and ...

A lobbying organisation from the North East says they’re pleased after having discussions with Northumberland County Council over the future of a new rail project. Construction Alliance North East had raised concerns as to why the council had opened up the tendering process to contractors across the country rather than in the North East, but they have now met together to discuss their reasoning. “CAN very much welcomes this level of much needed spend on major infrastructure projects her...