Peter Reina

UK Offers COVID-19 Financial Cushion to Firms, Workers

March 27, 2020

Government delays tax payments and offers corporate loans and small business cash grants while extending employee stipends to self-employed workers.

UPDATE: UK Construction Copes With Mixed Guidance on COVID-19 Lockdown

Debra K. Rubin

Peter Reina

March 22, 2020

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More British projects are closed but others proceed as govt. and industry grapple with rising COVID-19 numbers, tough directives on social distance and economic fallout; across Europe, 190,000 cases and 8,700 deaths pose key challenges.

COVID-19 Global Market Slowdown Shuts Equipment Maker JCB Through March 30

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

March 18, 2020

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UK firm's hiatus will enable it to "replan our production," says its CEO; company is weighing a government request to produce ventilators for affected patients, media report.

Construction and The Pandemic

Construction Responds To Limit Coronavirus Infection Exposure, Manage Work

Mark Shaw

Aileen Cho

Peter Reina ENR Editors

March 13, 2020

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$1B+ London Google project site shut, construction worker in Washington state infected, AIA cancels annual conference, but industry taps virtual solutions and other mitigation steps.

Balfour Beatty Shares Good News, and New Risk, in Latest Results

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

March 11, 2020

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UK contractor notes strong year-end numbers and key role in rail megaproject, but CEO concedes looming coronavirus project impacts.

Transportaton

UK Appeal Court Scraps Heathrow's Third Runway Plan

$18B expansion did not comply with international climate change commitments, court finds

Peter Reina

February 27, 2020

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The project can be made compatible with climate commitments, a spokesman said.

Global Workforce

Post-Brexit 'Points' Plan for Non-UK Workers Will Hurt Industry, Firms Say

Peter Reina

February 19, 2020

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Migration change ends free labor movement from EU nations, as of 2021, and will impact numbers of key craft trades needed for upcoming projects, execs say.

Infrastructure

Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct

With 18 piers complete, crews are working round the clock on central spans

Peter Reina

February 13, 2020

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Fincantieri-Salini joint venture expedites work on structure in place of span that collapsed in 2018, killing 43.

Infrastructure

For Two Futuristic UK Maritime Projects, High Ambitions and Long Odds

Schemes involve dams to seal the North Sea and English Channel and a bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland

Peter Reina

February 13, 2020

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Dutch and German backers admit dams would create severe environmental impacts, while critics say highway bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland would be technically challenging.