Heathrow Hub is set to begin its appeal against the High Court decision to reject a legal challenge mounted against Heathrow Airport Ltd’s expansion plan.
Grounds for the independent consortium’s appeal remain unchanged from the High Court judgment handed down on 1 May which dismissed all 26 grounds for challenge and…
The final decision on whether or not to reopen Manston Airport in Kent is edging closer as the Planning Inspectorate has made its recommendation to transport secretary Grant Shapps.
The recommendation, which has yet to be made public, will only be published when the final decision has been made by Shapps.…
The government must re-examine its airport capacity strategy if it is to ensure aviation emissions hit net zero by 2050, transport secretary Grant Shapps has been warned.
Shapps was issued the warning in a letter by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent non-departmental public body established under the Climate…
Uttlesford District Council has been urged by four chambers of commerce to stop delaying planning permission for the £600M expansion of Stansted Airport.
In a joint letter to housing, communities & local government secretary Robert Jenrick and the council's Residents for Uttlesford leader John Lodge, the leaders for the chambers…
Heathrow Hub has called on transport secretary Grant Shapps to launch a review into Heathrow Airport Ltd’s third runway plans, arguing that the operator’s cost estimates are misleading.
Heathrow Hub, the rival expansion group which argues that extending one of the existing runways at Heathrow is a more cost-effective way of…
Work has begun on the biggest expansion of New Zealand’s largest airport since the 1970s. The project to expand Auckland Airport will see more than 250,000m2 of land converted into new airfield space at the western end of the New Zealand airport beside the international terminal. New Zealand-based construction firm…
Birmingham Airport's plans for major £500M expansion could need to be redrawn if the scope of HS2 is changed following a review into the project, New Civil Engineer understands.
The airport launched an ambitious masterplan in 2018 which was focused on maximising the opportunities that HS2 brought to the region and…
VolkerFitzpatrick has won the £75M contract to undertake resurfacing works at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has appointed the contractor to the work, which comes alongside other improvements at the base including new accommodation for personnel, a new air traffic control tower, upgrades to drainage and…
It may be 100 times smaller than the UK’s biggest infrastructure project, but High Speed 2 engineers have taken inspiration from Luton Airport’s new light rail link.
At just 2.1km long, the Direct Air-Rail Transit (Dart) project to connect Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway railway station has, at first glance,…
WSP has been named as programme manager for a major £180M ($218M) construction project at Tuscan International Airport in the US state of Arizona. The US operating arm of WSP has been appointed by the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) to provide programme management and construction management services on its airfield…
New Civil Engineer Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer