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Scottish health projects put on hold for two years

Budget pressures have been blamed for plans to build new hospitals, surgeries and a network of treatment centres in Scotland being put on hold for up to two years.

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Insurers call for pilot investment projects to support green investments

UK insurers want to start pilot investment projects with local and national government to develop funding models that might include new public-private partnerships to help deliver a potential £100 billion of investment in green infrastructure projects.

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Company fined £450,000 for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences

A company has been fined £450,000 with £167,601 costs for corporate manslaughter and a director has received a suspended prison sentence for health and safety offences after a labourer was crushed to death at a construction site.

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Government nuclear policy slammed for lack of clarity

A cross-party parliamentary committee of MPs has slammed government nuclear policy over the proposed building of small modular reactors (SMRs).

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Safety regulator looking for a high profile prosecution

Many contractors are ignoring safety regulations despite repeated warnings that measures introduced by the Building Safety Act are already in place and affect every project, not just high rise residential projects (HRBs), according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

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Roads regulator starts investigation into National Highways performance

The Office of Rail and Road is to investigate whether National Highways is taking every action that could 'reasonably be expected' of it to meet its targets under the current Road Investment Strategy which has a year to run.

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Court rejects attempt to force engineer to produce a collateral warranty

The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that a structural engineer could not be compelled to execute and deliver a collateral warranty in favour of the landowner more than five years after the conclusion of a contract between the engineer and the project’s contractor which created the obligation to produce a warranty that was never complied with.

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Government urged to scrap tax cut plans and increase public investment

A report from independent think tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has urged the government to boost public investment rather than implement ‘tax giveaways’.

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HS2 slammed for failure to provide value for money

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says that HS2 now represents very poor value for money and neither the Department for Transport (DfT) or HS2 Ltd knows what the final benefits of the project will be. Costs have continued to escalate and neither the DfT or HS2 know how much the project will now cost, a PAC report says.

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Edinburgh consults on extension of controversial tramline

The City of Edinburgh Council has put the proposed construction of a new £2 billion tramline in the city to public consultation.

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