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Crossrail tunnelling is now complete
Contractors on the £14.8bn Crossrail project have now finished all tunnelling work under London. Over the past three years Crossrail’s eight tunnel boring machines have excavated six million tonnes of earth, created 42km of running...
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Traffic commissioner suspends scaffolding firm
Wallsend-based Construction Access (NE) Ltd will not be able to run any of its vehicles until 13th June, following a ruling by the deputy traffic commissioner Miles Dorrington. The transport industry regulator also warned the...
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Balfour, O’Rourke and McAlpine share £1bn university campus deal
Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine have been chosen by the University of Manchester for a £1bn capital works framework. The University of Manchester’s campus masterplan is one of the largest in the higher...
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Costain Skanska wins £600m A14 contract
Highways England has awarded the first contracts for its £1.5bn scheme to upgrade 25 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. Due to the size of the project, it has been broken down into...
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KSA contract awards amount to $15.2bn in Q1 2015
Contracts worth $8.1bn (SAR30.4bn) were awarded in January 2015 in Saudi Arabia, making it the highest monthly value of contracts awarded during the first quarter of 2015. Total contracts worth $15.2bn (SAR57.3bn) were awarded in the...
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KSA to fund industrial cities in Jordan worth $30m
Saudi Development Fund and the Jordanian government signed a funding grant agreement worth $30m on Sunday (31 May, 2015) to finance infrastructure projects for new industrial cities in Jordan. These industrial cities will be established...
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EU officials praise Saadiyat worker conditions
European Union officials have hailed the conditions in Saadiyat Accommodation Village, the residential facility for construction workers employed on TDIC projects in Abu Dhabi. EU representatives "expressed positive feedback" about the quality of life and...
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