Atkins has been awarded a five-year contract by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to deliver civil and airfield engineering design services at Dublin and Cork airports.
DAA is the owner and operator of both airports. The Civil Engineering Design Services framework contract (Lot 2) – extendable by three years - is…
The proposed reopening of Manston Airport in Kent has been given the go ahead, despite planners recommending that its development consent order application (DCO) be refused.
The Planning Inspectorate had previously concluded that "the Applicant had failed to demonstrate sufficient need for the Proposed Development, additional to (or different from) the…
Construction of Southampton Airport’s runway extension can now begin after The Court of Appeal upheld Eastleigh Borough Council's decision to approve the plans.
It marks the end of the legal battle, with The Court of Appeal the final route available to campaigners trying to stop the expansion. The scheme was approved…
A construction worker has died on Costain's £150m Gatwick Airport station upgrade project.
The 35-year-old was working for subcontractor Kilnbridge when the incident happened in the early hours of Friday 22 July. British Transport Police confirmed that he was pronounced dead at the site. Detectives are working with the Health and…
Lineside fires, power cuts, buckled road and damaged runway – Britain’s record-breaking heatwave certainly made an impact on infrastructure.
As temperatures were recorded above 40C for the first time in the country’s history, civil engineers were busy responding to a number of emergencies. This came despite a lengthy build-up to the…
The government will continue to support “justified” airport expansions while working to make the UK’s aviation sector net zero by 2050.
In the Jet Zero Strategy: delivering net zero aviation by 2050, released this week, the Department for Transport (DfT) outlines how it will continue to grow the aviation sector while…
Ministers have pledged £273M to further the cause of futuristic air transport initiatives such as flying taxis, electric planes and rapid-infrastructure-assessment drones.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced the cash injection today as he unveiled 48 winning projects across two major competitions. A drive to create automated manufacturing capabilities for solar cells…
This time last year, the government published its long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan.
It set out the government’s roadmap to offsetting carbon emissions on the UK’s roads, railways and in the aviation sector. So what was promised in the strategy - and what has (or hasn't been achieved)? Rail electrification pipeline The…
London City Airport has returned to expansion plans which were put on ice in 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19.
The airport has launched a 10-week public consultation on plans to increase annual passenger numbers from 6.5M to 9M. To handle the additional passenger numbers, London City Airport has confirmed…
Wholesale aviation decarbonisation rests on new technologies some years away from scaled up implementation, so the built environment sector must do what it can to accelerate the decarbonisation of airports now.
As a sector committed to reducing carbon emissions and limiting the impact of climate change, our long held practices…
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