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UK heading for reset on infrastructure delivery amid further HS2 delay
The UK government is preparing to release two reports on the to signal a reset on how major infrastructure projects are delivered
Modular construction firm Elements Europe enters administration
Company enters administration after failed move from subcontracting to main contractor
Hydrogen diggers permitted to drive on UK roads after law change
JCB drives hydrogen-fuelled backhoe loader past Palace of Westminster to mark legislative change
L Lynch plant hire fined £80,000 over abnormal load notification
L Lynch fine by police for incorrect abnormal load notification
UK contractor trials JCB hydrogen Loadall
Trial proves hydrogen “can be the future for construction”
HS2 selects JV for £332m high-voltage network delivery, maintenance
A joint venture will deliver and maintain HS2’s high-voltage supply systems
Severfield’s welding defects affect HS2 and National Highways bridges
HS2 and National Highways name structures impacted
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UK Government tightens oversight on HS2 amid soaring costs
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Unknown cost overruns prompt the UK government to oversee the problematic HS2 project
Report lists lessons to be learned from HS2
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Britain can’t afford more infrastructure “failure” after part of the UK’s flagship infrastructure project, high-speed railway HS2, was cancelled last year.
WATCH: Balfour Beatty Vinci JV places new 84m bridge for UK HS2 megaproject
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Contractors for the UK’s HS2 rail project moved in place an 84m bridge
HS2 downgrade has cost UK taxpayers more than £2 billion
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The UK government’s decision last year to cut back the HS2 high speed rail link has cost taxpayers more than £2 billion (US$2.6 billion) 
Develon to appear at RWM Expo for the first time
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Equipment giant to showcase new DL-7 wheeled loaders and waste and recycling kit
Former Crossrail CEO appointed to take charge of HS2 high-speed railway
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Former Crossrail CEO Mark Wild has been appointed to take charge of the UK’s HS2 high-speed railway
‘World’s first’ octaganol high-rise building to be built in UK
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The £110m project is backed by global real estate investor City Developments Limited (CDL) of Singapore
Balfour Beatty Vinci JV tunnel boring machine starts last HS2 dig
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The equipment will finish off tunnelling for the high-speed rail project
HS2 project costs soar up to £66.6bn
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In 2013, the estimated cost of HS2 was £37.5 billion
Kier preferred bidder on major UK roads contract
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Contractor signs interim contract with Birmingham Highways, 14-year deal to come
How did the UK end up in such a mess over high-speed rail megaproject HS2?
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Why has the UK government cut part of the HS2 high-speed rail project and what happens now?
Watchdog rates parts of UK’s €52 billion HS2 rail project ‘unachievable’
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Hammer blow for one of Europe’s most ambitious high-speed rail network schemes
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