Recession Busting UK Government Projects Critical to Contractors and Consultants Fail to Move Forward to Start On Site Despite Treasury Cash

June 6th, 2009 by waster

Government promises, vital to the depressed construction industry and made some months ago are not being kept. Many Local Government Waste Management contracts are also late. Just when will the government wake up to the need to get the construction industry working again?

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Institution of Civil Engineers UK Responds to the Budget by Asking for More Infrastructure Funding Arrangements

May 2nd, 2009 by waster

ICE responded to the announcements in Alistair Darling’s budget on Wednesday welcoming many of the measures but with a number of caveats and additional calls. The ICE statement commented:
“There is much to be welcomed in this budget. The commitment to maintaining capital investment to 2012 will hopefully reduce the danger of a double dip [...]

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Construction Waste Standard Launched in Wales

October 12th, 2008 by waster

02-10-2008 from LetsRecycle News
Companies handling construction waste in Wales can now sign up to a standard recognising that they are disposing of it correctly and in line with their Duty of Care.
Launched by Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW) and Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, the ‘Green Compass’ standard is the first of [...]

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