The recently completed flood defence scheme in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has helped protect the town against Storm Babet which has been causing chaos for Scotland’s infrastructure over the past week.
The Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme was completed on 23 August after works began in the spring of 2019. It was designed…
The £4.5bn Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer project has reached a milestone with the placement of a concrete lid on the Nine Elms site, the most central on the 25km project.
Back in 2018, the 30m wide and 50m deep shaft on Kirtling Street saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) lowered…
Engineering schedules have been ripped up by Storm Babet, with many works cancelled and emergencies occurring elsewhere.
Storm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on 16 October and was forecast to last through last weekend.…
New requirements of The Environment Act and intensifying regulatory expectations are driving new approaches for the water sector.
The water industry in England and Wales is transitioning between five-year asset management plans (AMP) which is always a challenging time. The final phase of AMP7 (2020-2025) is being carried out during…
Balfour Beatty has started construction of a key element of a £69M flood-protection project in Wales.
The contractor this month began installing revetment steps for the western section of the Central Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme for Denbighshire County Council. Balfour is replacing more than 600m of century-old sea walls in the…
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced an $800M (£655M) allotment for rural infrastructure projects. Although the funding may seem insignificant, it will greatly increase the number of new projects launched in 2024.
It is also important to note that the federal funding, in almost every case, will be…
Improving UK infrastructure to drive economic growth and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable – if the government makes the right policy decisions now, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said.
The government’s independent advisory body has released its second National Infrastructure Assessment – setting out a programme for…
Work is underway to build a new £2M flood risk management scheme to better protect homes from flooding in the Pebble Mill area of Birmingham.
The scheme will provide protection from the River Rea to more than 100 residential properties. The area has historically been impacted by flooding, with the…
Planning permission has been granted for two coastal management schemes in Norfolk.
Balfour Beatty will undertake construction work on the two projects, the Cromer Coastal Management Scheme Phase 2 and the Mundesley Coastal Management Scheme. The plans were approved at a meeting of North Norfolk District Council's Development Committee meeting last…
A joint venture of CBNA and Halmar has been awarded a $819M (£671M) contract to design and build a major new sewer tunnel in Washington DC, USA.
As reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the 8.9km long Potomac River Tunnel will control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into the Potomac River,…
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