infrastructure

15/07/2013

A major infrastructure deal that includes highways has been put out to tender by Staffordshire County Council.

26/09/2013

Transport Minister Keith Brown has outlined how the additional £20 million, recently allocated to cycling, will be spent in Scotland over the next two years. 

23/10/2013

Energy, road and rail projects worth £33 billion have passed the first hurdle in getting a Government infrastructure guarantee.

04/12/2013

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed that there will be no tolling on the planned A14 scheme between Cambridge and Huntingdon as the Government outlined its new National Infrastructure Plan.

04/12/2013

The National Infrastructure Plan announced by the Government today (4 December) has received a mixture of responses from the industry.

05/12/2013

Chancellor George Osborne reiterated the Government’s commitment to invest in UK infrastructure during today’s (5 December) Autumn Statement.

12/12/2013

Mouchel, the international infrastructure and business services group, has announced its results for the year ended 30 September 2013.

16/01/2014

Infrastructure investor John Laing has appointed Olivier Brousse as its new chief executive.

21/01/2014

Ian Troughton has joined Mouchel as its new head of project management.

21/01/2014

Amey has been announced as the preferred bidder for Staffordshire County Council’s new Infrastructure+ contract.

03/03/2014

Transport infrastructure group Britpave has called on Chancellor George Osborne to use his forthcoming Budget to focus on addressing the transport needs of the UK.

04/06/2014

Reforms to speed up infrastructure projects, including new freedoms for the Highways Agency have been included in the Queen’s Speech today (Wednesday 4 June).

05/06/2014

The Infrastructure Bill, which is designed to encourage investment in Britain’s infrastructure, has been published today (5 June).

10/07/2014

The transport network in London “requires attention”, according to a report carried out by the Institution of Civil Engineers London.

15/07/2014

The government’s Infrastructure Cost Review programme has delivered savings of around 15% across a number of sectors including highways.  

30/07/2014

The progress of more than 100 transport projects worth a total of over £140 billion can be viewed on an interactive map.

31/07/2014

London Mayor Boris Johnson has revealed details of a proposed £1 trillion programme that would see huge improvements made to the capital’s infrastructure.  

18/08/2014

Britain’s manufacturers have called for the creation of a permanent UK infrastructure authority amidst continued concerns over the UK’s neglected road network.

29/09/2014

Alan Taggart is the new head of transport asset management within Mouchel’s infrastructure services division.

05/11/2014

A survey carried out by CBI/URS has found that more than 50% of businesses expect strategic and local roads to worsen in the next five years.

27/11/2014

The biggest single investment in cycling will be unveiled by the government today (27 November 2014).

03/12/2014

Local authorities that adopt good asset management will be rewarded when it comes to allocating local highways funding, according to details outlined in the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) 2014.

14/04/2015

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of infrastructure’s importance ahead of the General Election.

19/05/2015

Amey has won a £235 million contract to provide environmental and infrastructure services for Trafford Council.

08/10/2015

A new independent National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has been created to provide unbiased analysis of the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs.

29/10/2015

Three quarters of firms who responded to the 2015 CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey are open to the idea of road charging as a way of boosting investment.

02/02/2016

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) wants road user charging to be considered as a way of funding infrastructure improvements in London.  

02/02/2016

Tarmac is encouraging more people to consider a career in construction through the launch of a new recruitment campaign.

07/03/2016

Intertraffic Amsterdam – the international trade fair for infrastructure, ITS traffic management, safety and parking – is less than a month away.

23/03/2016

A new National Infrastructure Delivery Plan that brings together all of the government’s infrastructure priorities over the next five years has been published.

04/04/2016

The organiser of Intertraffic Amsterdam says the 2016 show will be the biggest ever, with more than 800 exhibitors and 27,000 visitors.

19/05/2016

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has set out the government’s plans for transport and infrastructure.

25/05/2016

Essex County Council is investing £50 million on improving Colchester’s infrastructure – including road, cycle and bus schemes.  

28/06/2016

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says investment in infrastructure is now more important than ever.

15/07/2016

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) says new Prime Minister Theresa May must commit to infrastructure in her first 100 days in post.

22/07/2016

A report from Midlands Connect has called for a quickening of the pace in tackling the bottlenecks at the heart of the UK’s road and rail network.

01/08/2016

Infrastructure projects, including new roads and bridges, could be at risk unless the government releases billions of pounds of EU regeneration funding.

10/08/2016

Figures released by economic think tank IPPR reveal the North of England is six-times less funded than London on infrastructure.

02/11/2016

Scottish Transport Minister Humza Yousaf has announced plans for a cycling taskforce.  

07/11/2016

More than 70% of infrastructure providers are not confident that Highways England has the capacity to deliver the Road Investment Strategy (RIS), according to findings in the CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey 2016.

12/12/2016

Balfour Beatty VINCI, the joint venture working on the conversion of the M5 Junctions 4a to 6 smart motorway project, says it has achieved "significant results" through the use of 4D modelling as a management tool.

14/12/2016

Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates will outline plans for multi-billion pound Welsh Government infrastructure investment over the next five years including major improvements to the M4, A55, A40 and A494.

04/05/2018

A new blueprint for the future of high performing infrastructure has been unveiled by the Project 13 initiative, with the support of government and sponsored by the Infrastructure Client Group (ICG) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

13/09/2018

An emerging sub-national transport body has called for a groundbreaking National Policy Statement (NPS) for its region as part of a list of demands to speed up the delivery of infrastructure.

24/01/2019

A quarter of local authorities have yet to submit a Local Plan six years after being required to act, new research has revealed.

14/02/2019

Ahead of the WIG Infrastructure Conference | A cross-sector perspective in March, the not-for-profit Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG) spoke with Philip Graham, chief executive of the National Infrastructure Commission.

05/04/2019

Transport for Wales has revealed the names of the first companies to win Infrastructure Delivery Partner (IDP) contracts as it ramps up its £738m modernisation programme for the Core Valley Lines.