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Hong Kong accepts delays and cost rises for Express Rail
Hong Kong’s government has agreed to put back the target completion of the new express rail line to the third quarter of 2018. It has also accepted that the cost will rise to HK84.42bn (£7.2bn) and...
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Presidential hopeful pledges US$275bn for infrastructure
The frontrunner for the US Democratic presidential nomination has announced a five-year, US$275bn (£183bn) infrastructure investment plan. An infrastructure bank would also be set up, with the aim of leveraging a further US$225bn of investment. Hillary...
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DSR fined £5k for scaffolding tower shortcomings
A demolition company has been fined after a worker fell from a mobile scaffold tower. The incident happened at the Hillington Industrial Estate in Glasgow on 30th December 2011, when the 50-year-old worker was carrying out...
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Harbur moves into student digs
Hochtief chosen for Broughton BypassVan Oord signs $500m Caspian Sea dealSamsung C&T wins Singapore station and tunnel contractBechtel team lands first stage of $1.8bn Canadian light rail schemeAlstom signs €3.7bn of Indian light rail deals Manchester-based Harbur...
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Costain takes aim at diesel consumption
Costain is exploring the use of alternative fuels in construction machinery on its site to reduce its diesel consumption. It is also looking into how to exploit telematics technology that equipment manufacturers offer to monitor the...
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Spurs take Mace to top of contracts league
Hochtief chosen for Broughton BypassVan Oord signs $500m Caspian Sea dealSamsung C&T wins Singapore station and tunnel contractBechtel team lands first stage of $1.8bn Canadian light rail schemeAlstom signs €3.7bn of Indian light rail deals The combined...
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USA logs robust rises in construction spending
Presidential hopeful pledges US$275bn for infrastructureUSAF signs Atkins team to support construction worldwideMasterplan chosen for $2.2bn San Diego airport expansionHNTB picked for 135-mile section of Californian high-speed railBalfour Beatty wins contract for Fort Worth tower Construction spending...
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