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Infrastructure Investment StrategiesGuest: Mark Gilligan, Head of Infrastructure, AXA IM Alts In this podcast we delve into the fast-evolving world of infrastructure investment - an area that… |
Jobs unlocked as first wave of hydrogen projects sign contracts10 projects from the first phase of the government's flagship hydrogen programme can begin construction. In an update to the hydrogen market, the government has confirmed that 10 projects… |
RrOBO: World first demonstrates the future of nuclear clean-up is in safe handsA team of robotics specialists have achieved a world first by fitting and operating a robotic arm inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield. A world first demonstration of a robotic… |
Final Investment Decision reached for Sizewell C – the biggest British clean energy project in a generationSizewell C has today been given its Final Investment Decision by the British Government, unlocking the biggest investment in clean, homegrown energy in a generation and marking a major step in… |
Breakthrough! HS2 completes excavation of huge 8.4 mile tunnel under the capitalConstruction of Britain’s new high-speed railway has passed a major milestone with excavation of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel under London. The fourth of four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) being… |
Big Carl lifts the dome onto Hinkley Point C’s second reactorThe 14-metre-tall dome closes the 44-metre-high reactor building, allowing its fit-out to accelerate. Images of the spectacular operation can be downloaded here - and the video can be downloaded… |
NRS celebrates socio-economic investmentAlmost £20 million funding was invested to help NRS communities grow and thrive in 2024/25. NRS has supported 149 projects to bring positive social change to benefit people living in communities… |
NDA calls for engagement on refreshed decommissioning strategyThe NDA has published its strategy for consultation, setting out the roadmap to decommission the UK’s earliest nuclear sites safely, securely and sustainably. The Nuclear Decommissioning… |
KAEFER UK & Ireland Secures 5-Year Contract Phase 2 with BabcockKAEFER UK & Ireland has announced the signing of a five-year contract extension with the defence company, Babcock International Group. This milestone agreement builds on a long-standing… |
New Altrad Partnership with Scotty’s Little SoldiersAs Armed Forces Week began, Altrad was proud to announce a new partnership with the inspirational charity, Scotty’s Little Soldiers. The collaboration marks a significant step in our ongoing… |
A 10-Year Infrastructure StrategyGuest: James Corrigan, Managing Director for Infrastructure, Turner and Townsend In this episode we are focusing on the government’s latest - and long… |
Sizewell C Nuclear RealitiesGuest: Julia Pyke, Managing Director, Sizewell C project. In today' podcast we are focusing on the UK’s new nuclear power ambitions and specifically,… |
NDA launches pioneering robotics partnership to manage nuclear wasteNuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group announces pioneering partnership to deploy innovative technology to manage radioactive waste. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group… |
Balfour Beatty VINCI completes slide of the ‘East Deck’ of HS2’s M6 South ViaductBalfour Beatty VINCI have successfully slid the first part of a major 320-metre-long viaduct into position that will carry high speed trains across the M6 near Birmingham Airport. The first… |
Balfour Beatty secures £833 million Net Zero Teesside contractBalfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded an £833 million contract by Technip Energies to act as the construction partner for Net Zero… |
Offshore wind farm developers to share their proposals at six in-person eventsMembers of the public are being invited to have their say on plans for a new offshore wind farm project at six in-person events this week. Dogger Bank D is a proposed project in the North… |
Construction underway on subsea electricity superhighwayConstruction has started on a subsea electricity superhighway which will help expand the grid for the future. As well as supporting long-term local development for regional communities playing… |
Going Nuclear - How the Atom Will Save the WorldA bold and ground-breaking call to harness the untapped potential of nuclear power to tackle our global climate and energy crises, from a leading chemist Tim Gregory at the National Nuclear… |
Pioneering survey work – Partners TGS at Green Volt siteMark McDonald, Stakeholder Lead of Green Volt project shares his experience of being aboard the Ramform Vanguard vessel being mobilised for the Green Volt’s geophysical survey. Standing on… |
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Green Volt set to unlock £2.5 billion of private investment and create up to 2,800 jobsThe pioneering floating offshore windfarm Green Volt, based off the Northeast coast of Scotland, has awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) Phase 1 contracts to two sets of leading… |