Scott Wilson has won a contract to develop a ‘perspective plan’ to look at infrastructure links along a 1500km rail freight link between India’s capital Delhi, and its largest city and major part, Mumbai, including the location of a new city.
Scott Wilson’s director of sustainable development, Andy McNab, says the freight…
Shares in consultant White Young Green fell by more than 30% today on the announcement of its interim results, despite shedding 235 staff, as it admitted it could breach one of its banking covenants.
White Young Green’s order book fell by 6%, and debt rose by £20M to £91.5M while adjusted…
Crossrail will bring London businesses six times the benefit of the supplement to fund it - up to £1.24bn of benefit per year when it opens in 2017 according to new research published today.
New modelling suggests that the wider economic benefits of Crossrail due to quicker journey times and reduced congestion will…
Construction of The Shard, Europe’s tallest mixed-use development, is set to get underway next month as the construction contract for the 80 storey build was signed this week with Mace Group
Site demolition for The Shard has been completed and test piling is currently underway. It is anticipated that building work on the Shard…
Workloads in the building sector continued to fall sharply in the final three months of last year according to the RICS UK Construction Market Survey published today.
Total construction workloads have declined for the third consecutive quarter with the net balance falling to the lowest level in the survey’s history with…
Contractor Amey has scooped the Managing Area Contractor (MAC) contract for the West Midlands for the next five years.
Previously held by an Amey/Mouchel joint venture, The new MAC is worth £275M over five years. Amey will carry out a range of operational and routine maintenance services and deliver improvements.Routes in Area 9…
Climate change pledges by the new US White House are a significant and real policy change according to an expert assessment, although new plans may take longer to implement than rhetoric suggests.
According to a joint study by the London and New York offices of WSP Environment & Energy, commitments by President…
Consultant Waterman yesterday reported a 12% increase in revenue for the six months to December 2008, compared with the same period in 2007.
However, in trading conditions that Waterman chief executive Nick Taylor described as “challenging”, the firm also confirmed it had also made permanent and temporary staff redundant at a cost…
The ICE has today released the first in a series of energy briefing papers, designed to investigate practical solutions to the UK’s current energy problems.
The initial paper sets out the current state of the energy sector and highlights the challenges facing the nation as it struggles to meet ambitious emissions…
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