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While the U.K. construction industry is working to overcome the impending challenges of the nation's expected exit from the European Union, more specific challenges are cropping up for equipment manufacturers in both the EU and UK.
With the deadline temporarily delayed for the U.K.'s exit from the European Union and a crucial vote due this week, the construction industry is waiting for clearer signals on what will happen next.
Terry Morgan's ouster as chair of HS2 and Crossrail comes as the latter London tunnel line faces a new $2.5-billion budget hole and a likely finish beyond 2019.
The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will cancel a 14-year contract worth about $7.7 billion awarded in 2014 and pay over $122 million compensation to the U.S.-based consortium that failed to win the contract.
U.K. construction’s exposure to the EU is most evident in the sounds of East European accents on countless sites cross the country, particularly in London and south east.
Three groups of U.K. construction workers have secured compensation for losses caused by an unlawful blacklist used by leading contractors for years, starting in the mid-1990s (ENR 10/19/15 p. 7).
Cross-laminated timber panels are becoming commonplace in small buildings in continental Europe, but the technology now is reaching new heights in the U.K.