A remote monitoring device for inspecting concrete structures for faults has been developed by a research team at the University of Strathclyde.
The Advanced Nuclear Research Centre at the university has created the Adaptive Lighting for the Inspection of Concrete Structures (ALICS) device which can be employed to detect and classify…
Officials from Ukraine and Moldova have signed an agreement to construct a new road bridge across the Dniester River between the two countries.
The bridge will be 1.4km and feature two lanes of traffic in each direction and pedestrian footpaths on both sides. It will be between Cosăuți in north Moldova…
The risk incorrectly installed tension control bolts could have posed to a highway bridge’s structural integrity if they were not spotted during an inspection has been revealed in a new report published by Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (Cross UK).
The report was submitted through Cross UK’s confidential reporting system…
A Scottish Conservation Group in North Lanarkshire is working to secure the future of a listed bridge on the Monkland Canal after efforts to raise money for repairs proved unsuccessful.
The structure, known as Maggie’s Bridge, is attributed to Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist James Watt who achieved fame for…
Bristol City Council has come under fire for approving a £1M plan to raise and restore a Grade II listed cast iron pedestrian bridge that will mean it will no longer meet accessibility standards.
The footbridge across Kingsweston Lane dates from the early 1800s and is a crucial pedestrian crossing over…
Contractor Galliford Try has begun the construction of a new £140M 8km link road in Carlisle.
The Carlisle Southern Link Road will connect junction 42 of the M6 with the A595 at Newby West. It will also include the construction of four new roundabouts, four new road bridges and a combined…
A Scottish local authority's budget for six bridge repair projects has soared by 26% after its contractor encountered a number of unforeseen problems.
East Ayrshire Council's cabinet was told that works expected to cost a total of £732,248 were now estimated at £924,845 largely due to scope and design changes. The…
Commentators including engineering experts are pointing to design, materials and construction methods as possible contributors to the collapse - the second in just over a year - of a £170M bridge over the River Ganges in India.
A 200m segment of the extradosed bridge collapsed on Sunday 4 June, which was…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pledged €50M (£43M) to build temporary bridges in war-torn Ukraine. The EU's lending arm said the grant to the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (SARIDU) would “save lives” by providing evacuation routes and access to aid and healthcare. More than…
Gateshead and Newcastle Councils have given the green light to Network Rail for a £4M package of refurbishment works to be carried out on the High Level Bridge across the River Tyne.
Constructed between 1845 and 1849, the 408m long structure was the world’s first combined road and rail bridge, with…
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