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Irelandīs biggest-ever concrete pour is Titanic effort
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Foundation work for Belfastīs new Titanic Quarter has seen the largest single concrete pour ever to take place in Ireland, consisting of some 4200 cubic metres of concrete.
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Fly ash award
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RockTron has won the Rushlight Fossil Fuels Award in recognition of its fly ash recycling technology.
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Cracks appear in Berlin Holocaust memorial
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Officials at Berlinīs Holocaust memorial say that most of its 2,711 concrete slabs are suffering from cracks only five years after it was opened. The exact number is not known and no remedy has yet been found for the damage.
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Coal-fired power to win carbon capture grants
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Two coal-fired power plants- Eonīs Kingsnorth project and Scottish Powerīs Longannet plant are to be given government support to develop technology for storing carbon dioxide emissions.
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Five in the frame for Hinkley nuclear ground works
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Britainīs new nuclear programme is poised to take a major step forward with tenders due in for the earthworks contract for the first new plant planned at Hinckley Point in Somerset.
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Big hitters line up for first nuclear job
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Contractors are lining up for the Ģ100m enabling works jobs for winning work on the Ģ4bn power plant at Hinkley Point.
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Bam scoops Ģ600m Somerset BSF job
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A Bam led consortium was named preferred bidder for the Somerset Building Schools for the Future contract, set to deliver the transformation of secondary schools across the county.
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Castle Cement fined
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Castle Cement has been fined for dust and noise nuisances at its Flintshire factory; also for two fires which released potentially dangerous smoke.
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UK tunnel/shaft linings spec nears
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British Precast has begun preparing a new specification for precast tunnel and shaft linings. The work is being co-ordinated on behalf of four member companies: Morgan Est, Buchan Concrete Solutions, F P McCann and Tarmac Building Products.
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E-mail: hafiz.elhag@britishprecast.org
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Drax may take green project out of UK
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A landmark Ģ2bn biomass energy plant will be scrapped and moved abroad unless the government reverses its decision to limit subsidies,Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of Drax, has warned.
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