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Skanska has been handed a contract worth up to £41m to change 55,000 standard street lights to LED ones. Gloucestershire County Council has awarded Skanska a 12-year contract to reduce the energy consumed by the county’s street lighting. ...

Turner & Townsend has been appointed to lead the project and cost management for the new corporate headquarters for Canadian newspaper 'The Globe and Mail'. The project, which is scheduled to be complete by January 2017,...

Galliford Try JV secures £560m water dealBlack & Veatch to design Jeddah desalination plantGrant Thornton picks T&T for Joburg officeStudy takes forward Thames flood protection schemeMace picked for Joburg regeneration Black & Veatch has established a local operation in South...

Civil engineers are hoping that research into how owls fly so quietly could lead to new ways of making wind turbines quieter. Most birds make a noise when they flap their wings but not owls. The aspiration is to...

Union activists are planning demonstrations outside the offices of construction employers’ organisations in protest in protest against their refusal to adopt the London Living Wage for construction workers. Trades unions Ucatt and Unite are staging their...

A joint venture of Thales and Siemens has won a €34.8m (£24.7m) contract on the Chamartín-Torrejón de Velasco section of Spain’s high-speed rail network. The contract covers signalling facilities, train protection systems, fixed telecommunications and centralised traffic control, including...

£200m power stations approved for Suffolk and South WalesBechtel begins construction of Ohio power plantDesign unveiled for 2 World Trade CenterContract let for 12 Thai power stationsGreen light for ESB's £750m Knottingley power station Design company Big is using Kickstarter...