The pipeline of infrastructure work is drying up with a huge drop in planning applications, research has revealed.
Figures from data analysts Barbour ABI showed a 45% fall in the value of non-buildings construction projects submitted to councils in the second quarter of this year. Government-backed infrastructure work has helped counter…
Skyscrapers, traffic jams, shopping malls, and air conditioners. It is not hard to see why cities account for two-thirds of global energy consumption and more than 70% of annual global carbon emissions.
With more than half of the world’s population living in cities today – a number expected to increase to…
A Balfour Beatty ground engineering worker suffered a fatality on the Atomic Weapons Establishment site in Aldermaston on Thursday 6 July.
The worker was 57 years old and was airlifted to hospital where he died. Balfour Beatty has not released further details on the incident. The site has been temporarily closed…
Earlier this month it was revealed that there were 45 construction workplace deaths last year, a sharp increase on the previous 12 months when there were 29 fatal accidents in our industry.
The construction sector accounts for under 10% of the UK’s GDP but disturbingly it is responsible for a third…
The deadline for the TechFest Awards has been extended to Friday 21 July, giving potential entrants just under two weeks extra to submit their entries.
Celebrating innovation in civil engineering and construction, the awards will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside,…
Construction-related fatalities jumped by 55% from 29 to 45 in the last reporting year and it remains the sector with the highest number of deaths, according to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures.
There were 135 workers killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain between 1 April 2022 and 31 March…
One of the biggest challenges for the infrastructure sector is around innovation: how we harness fresh thinking and talent to create a profession which can deliver the complex programmes society needs in a rapidly changing world.
We’re an industry with a proud heritage of engineering feats, but we’ve also advanced to…
Technology can improve productivity and reduce risk in the design, delivery and operation of infrastructure assets. There are many established tools in the market that can help with more effective resource planning, better construction methodologies and improved asset operation and maintenance.
However, it is essential that companies select interoperable solutions and…
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help streamline the document production process in construction arbitration, cutting the time it takes to reach a resolution in disputes and the cost involved.
The potential of AI to combat uncontrolled document production was one issue we explored with Lindy Patterson KC, full-time independent arbitrator,…
In the month in which we celebrated International Women in Engineering Day, several female appointments were made in senior roles around the sector.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during June follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Andy Lord takes on TfL role…
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