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A meeting between Mace and High Speed 2 promoter HS2 Ltd, at which it challenged the decision to choose CH2M as its phase 2b delivery partner, has failed to give closure to the matter.

A new chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is expected to be announced in the next two weeks, with the masterplan for the High Speed 2/Crossrail super-hub interchange to be completed by the end of the year.

Ensuring infrastructure is ready for advances in technology which will change the way we live is crucial to planning, experts have warned.

Engineering firm Arup and Knight Architects have submitted plans for a new bridge at Luton Airport, part of a wider planning application for a £200M mass passenger transit (MPT) system.

Network Rail has set a target of increasing its female workforce to 20% by 2020.

The ICE is launching a programme of events to celebrate its 200th anniversary next year.

The project promoter of a new mega development in the capital is to step up pressure on government over funding of the scheme’s crucial infrastructure hub.

Reinstatement of a West Coast Main Line station at Willesden Junction in north west London has been mooted as new way to ease pressure on Euston station.

The electrification of the Great Western route was a “stark example of how not to run a major project” according to the chair of the influential Commons public accounts committee (PAC).

France’s South Europe Atlantic (SEA) Tours to Bordeaux high speed line has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule.