Author Archives: Patricia Moore

Businesses of all sizes prize certainty. When we reflect on political decision making this year and a looming general election, it’s clear that for the foreseeable future we’ll be working in an age of flux.

Government has traditionally been the UK construction and infrastructure sector’s largest client and it’s likely…

Ahead of the Autumn Statement last week, there were plenty of people in the industry preparing for the worst with perhaps not much hope for the best. Critical programmes, from Northern Powerhouse Rail to HS2 and Sizewell C, all looked to be in the chancellor’s sights.

Thankfully the rumoured cuts…

With Europe’s largest infrastructure project now half complete, the scale of Crossrail’s challenge – and achievement so far – are becoming clear.

The giant boring machines that will eventually carve out 41.6km of new tunnels beneath London’s streets are making good progress, and in January the project reached the half way…