More projects should be cancelled in their early stages if it is not possible to accurately determine timelines and costs, according to Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) chief executive Nick Smallwood.
Providing evidence at a House of Lords Built Environment Committee meeting Smallwood, who is also head of the government's Project…
British technology firm hyperTunnel will work with the University of Birmingham to develop a new tunnelling method which uses robots to construct the underground structures.
As reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the tech company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Birmingham to progress new methods…
Work on Transport for London (TfL)'s Silvertown Tunnel in east London has hit another milestone, with the project's tunnel boring machine (TBM) reaching Greenwich.
The new 1.4km road link, which includes 1.1km long twin bored tunnels, will connect Silvertown on the north side of the Thames with the Greenwich peninsula on…
Key decisions on the country’s major infrastructure projects are expected in 2023.
Over the course of the next 12 months, transport secretary Mark Harper will have to make big decisions on the country’s planned road building schemes with planning rulings needed in relation to the Stonehenge Tunnel, Lower Thames Crossing and…
Record breaking transport tunnels are being constructed or are in the planning stage. NCE looks at the contributing factors to the industry’s ability to push boundaries.
In late November, National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing reached a key milestone when the project’s revised Development Consent Order (DCO) application was submitted to…
A two-way tram system, an extension to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and improved walking and cycling links are among the suggestions for “better” uses of the Silvertown Tunnel by Green Party London Assembly member Sian Berry.
The Silvertown Tunnel is Transport for London’s (TfL) new four-lane road crossing beneath the…
Anyone who knows me well will know that I love a tunnel, so this issue with its focus on tunnelling is one of my favourites. All other sectors of civil engineering are great, but I am still a geotechnical engineer at heart, sorry! For this issue I headed over to…
After years of planning wrangles, construction of the Silvertown Tunnel in east London is finally underway.
By the time Christmas arrives, contractor Riverlinx’s project manager Ivor Thomas hopes that the Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (TBM) currently driving the Silvertown Tunnel will have passed safely under the Thames. This would be a…
A panel of High Court judges have ordered a retrial for a group of protesters who dug and then occupied tunnels at HS2’s Euston station site.
The initial case against the protesters was dismissed by a district judge, in October last year. In that instance, Judge Williams dismissed the charges on…
Barhale has been awarded a £4.5M contract by Thames Water to carry out protection works on a London sewer to mitigate impacts of HS2 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) working in proximity.
The sewer to be protected in the Middle Level Two (ML2) sewer in North London, which is part of the…
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