The first span of the single leaf rolling bascule bridge being constructed in the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft has been moved into its final position.
The construction of the Gull Wing bridge is part of a £146M project to ease congestion on local and strategic roads. The scheme includes building…
The Menai Suspension bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales has been forced to close to all forms of traffic following structural engineers’ discovery of “serious risks” that threaten its safety.
The Thomas Telford-designed bridge will be 200 years old in 2026 and has been subject to a 7.5t weight restriction since…
Skanska has installed two road bridges for its £282M M42 Junction 6 upgrade in Birmingham on behalf of National Highways.
The motorway project will allow smoother journeys coming on and off the A45, currently a well-known bottleneck. To create the new junction, which will also support access to Birmingham International airport…
Three key ways to boost productivity in infrastructure have been identified by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
The findings come as part of the ICE's State of the Nation 2022: Improving Infrastructure Productivity report, which is the result of extensive consultation with professionals across the UK and the world. It…
Campaign group Just Stop Oil has named one of the demonstrators who has scaled the Dartford Crossing to protest against the use of oil as a civil engineer who lives in east London.
Morgan Trowland, who claims to design bridges, said it is his duty as a civil engineer to "safeguard…
Frustration among locals is rising over the replacement of a Welsh road bridge destroyed by Storm Christoph almost two years ago.
Llanerch Bridge connected the two villages of Trefnant and Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd but collapsed after being hit by an oak tree on 21 January 2021. Residents of the…
Changes to design and construction methods have helped Bam Nuttall reduce the carbon footprint of the £118M Cross Tay Link Road project by 35,000t.
Dubbed the biggest infrastructure project ever in Perth and Kinross, the Cross Tay Link Road scheme involves the construction of a new three-span bridge over the River…
Network Rail begins its next programme of works for the £14M construction of Inverness Airport Station today.
The work will close a section of the line between Inverness and Aberdeen for 11 days. Engineers will work around the clock during this time to carry out extensive work between Inverness and Nairn…
National Highways has abandoned its plans to infill a 156-year-old disused rail bridge in the South Downs National Park.
Last year, the road operator revealed that it would be instructing contractors to carry out the infilling of Stoke Road bridge under permitted development rights; which allows temporary works to be carried…
Engineers have raised concerns about the impact of business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg’s plans to switch to imperial measurements for buying goods.
The proposals have survived from the early Brexit days and would see all products purchased within the UK measured using the imperial system of pints, pounds and miles. However engineers…
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