Construction
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Comment: Government awards HS2 contract to failing construction firm
On Monday, the government announced £6.6bn in contracts awarded to a variety of building firms for the construction of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link. Alongside French construction company Eiffage and UK firm Kier, Carillion has won a contract worth £1.4bn of public money to design and built part of the £56bn megaproject. Carillion…