Infrastructure delivery is critical to a country’s economic strength. Road and rail connections are vital for the supply of goods and materials, and they also link cities, towns and villages, enabling people to access job opportunities and support businesses.
Infrastructure investment has historically been funneled into projects in London and the…
Atkins is to assess plans to introduce electric air taxis in south west England.
Trials could begin as early as 2023, following the award of a £2.5M grant from government to assess the plans. Atkins will work with Vertical Aerospace and the West of England Combined Authority to assess the feasibility…
Senior figures at Arup, Balfour Beatty and Heathrow have been appointed to the government’s Build Back Better Council, set up to provide a roadmap to recovering the UK economy following the economic downturn due to Covid-19.
The prime minister chaired the first meeting of a new business council earlier this week.…
Transport for London (TfL) has been told to settle on an estimated final cost for completing Crossrail before the Mayor’s final 2021/22 Budget is submitted.
In response to London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s draft budget, the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee has urged TfL to set a final cost for Crossrail…
More than £115M had been spent on developing Crossrail 2 proposals during the last six years before the project was mothballed in November, NCE can reveal.
The money was spent on developing the route for the now mothballed scheme designed to connect south west London with north London. The Department for…
Government pledges to “level up” the UK by investing in Northern transport schemes are “threatened” by the government’s decision to slash central funding to Transport for the North (TfN).
Papers released ahead of this week’s TfN board meeting reveal that TfN is set to lose 40% of its core funding and…
The UK government has launched a legal bid to ban former Carillion directors from holding boardroom position in the UK.
The lawsuit launched by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng could see eight former senior Carillion figures banned from assuming senior management roles for up to 15 years. The move comes three years…
Major consultants are usually the first port of call when a new project is under discussion and, while they are often essential to the main delivery of the work, in the early stages the client – and the project as a whole – would probably benefit from more SME input.
The…
Mott MacDonald is among three suppliers selected to develop designs for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM).
The procurement process for the designs launched last year, with the three suppliers now awarded contracts to develop their concepts to present to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority in March. Dromos Technologies – which…
Last year was one that brought significant and long-lasting change, not least for our industry. Designers and engineers thrive in collaborative and creative environments so what do we do when those settings and our ability to engage are subject to such change?
We have adapted to homeworking out of necessity but…
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