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As the investigation into the deaths of four men at a decommissioned power station enters its eighth year, Ian Weinfass speaks to some of those still affected by the tragedy and asks why the industry has received no guidance since Sadie Cresswell has been waiting for seven years to find…

Nick Gray is COO at Currie & Brown Infrastructure investment is a key lever for boosting the UK economy, so the chancellor’s recent commitment to HS2 being delivered in full is welcome news. However, between soaring inflation, supply-chain uncertainty, and the threat of an economic recession, infrastructure as a whole,…

Time-consuming, slow and expensive, tunnelling can delay and increase the costs of construction schemes – as seen with megaprojects such as Crossrail. Is there a better way of doing things? A way to avoid the pitfalls of previous projects and increase efficiency and speed? And are robots the answer? The…

The outlook for the year ahead changed dramatically towards the end of 2022 – from optimism and expected growth to worries about material costs and inflation. The last couple of months of the year saw a raft of gloomy forecasts about the state of the construction industry in 2023, with…

The year got off to a bumpy start with a major contractor going under in January. But there was better news for those eyeing up nuclear builds. Here are the stories that Construction News readers flocked to read in 2022. 10. Boost for Rolls-Royce’s Snowdonia nuclear plans In mid-October, Rolls-Royce’s…

The precast factories for HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct and the Chiltern Tunnel are responsible for some of the most ambitious prefabrication works ever attempted in the UK. Joshua Stein reports

Scheme Central 1 (C1) package of HS2 Phase 1 – Colne Valley Viaduct and Chiltern Tunnel, Hillingdon Client HS2 Main contractor Align…

Loraine Martins, director of diversity and inclusion at one of the industry’s biggest clients, has spent more than a decade turning round the rail body's reputation on inclusivity. As she prepares to leave Network Rail, she tells Ian Weinfass about the progress she’s made and why there’s still a lot…

Given that history is littered with spiked infrastructure schemes that are later revived, Greg Pitcher examines whether the recent government announcement to cancel the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds really means it is all over

Months of uncertainty and speculation over the future of the eastern leg of HS2 appeared…

The Leeds leg of HS2 may have been pulled but, in west London, construction is powering ahead. Paul Thompson reports on the techniques employed at the megaproject to aid delivery of two major schemes in one

Project Old Oak Common Station Box Contract value £1.67bn Client HS2 Ltd Main contractor…

Material costs and labour issues hit the sector in 2021 but, despite this, certain areas of the industry are booming. While some jobs have been slowed down by politics, others have been kickstarted by the right political decisions. Here are 10 projects that the industry will be watching in the…