A leading academic has called for greater education around masonry arch bridges, as well as supporting new guidelines on how to deal with those structures.
Speaking at NCE's Future of Bridge's conference, University of Sheffield Integrated Civil and Infratructure Research Centre director Matthew Gilbert highlighted National Highways' approach to bridge infilling as…
The deadline for expressions of interest in the £130M job to carry out strengthening works on Hammersmith Bridge has been extended.
Where the previously-published prior information notice set a deadline of 8 June to register interest, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has re-published the tender to allow for more…
A ‘floating crane’ has been deployed for the construction of a 1.2km bridge in the Red Sea.
Mammoet’s MTC 15 crane has been placed upon a barge in the middle of the sea to lift sections of the bridge into place. The bridge will connect Saudi Arabia’s mainland with a man-made…
Engineers will inspect the Grade I-listed Humber Bridge this week.
The team will walk along the cables of the bridge, but its two 2.2km-long carriageways will remain open during the inspection. The cables will be inspected from today (13 June) until Friday (17 June). The bridge is the longest single-span…
A new 1,080m cross-border road bridge between Russia and China has opened, strengthening trade and diplomatic relations between the nations.
The bridge crosses the Amur River (known as the Heilongjiang in China), connecting the east Russian city of Blagoveshchensk with the Chinese city of Heihe. Construction of the bridge began in…
Repairs to a collapsed flood defence in Matlock, Derbyshire are due to start on Monday but will see a key bridge over the River Derwent closed for at least six weeks.
The flood wall collapsed during a storm in February but access challenges mean that Matlock Bridge, which links the A6…
Local planning officials have urged Eden District Council to refuse National Highways’ application to retain the controversial infill at Great Musgrave bridge.
With a formal decision due next week, the council’s assistant development director has recommended that it be refused as it causes “considerable harm” to the structure’s appearance and “fails…
Bridge engineers are being urged to join forces on a global scale in order to improve design and delivery of structures and reduce the risk of failures.
“Bridge collapses are not isolated incidents – they are happening all around the world and we are not going to solve the issues alone,…
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has become the world’s top export credit agency for sustainable financing, having awarded over £3.6bn to clean energy, healthcare and critical infrastructure projects around the world in 2021.
UKEF’s purpose is to help other countries to finance important infrastructure projects, as long as they commit to sourcing…
Transport Scotland is seeking a main contractor to undertake a £16M contract to replace a section of the listed Kincardine Bridge which crosses the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland.
As reported by NCE-sister title Ground Engineering, an 80m section of the bridge is to be replaced as part of a…
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