The first ever use of the innovative ‘moveable weirs’ in the UK has hit a major milestone as all three weir gates have been installed as part of the Leeds flood alleviation scheme.
The weirs have been installed at Knostrop Weir on the River Aire as part of the first phase…
The first of three aqueduct bypass tunnels has been completed on time in Birmingham by the BNM Alliance, a JV between North Midland Construction and Barhale.
Birmingham’s 100-year-old aqueduct, the Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA), increasingly requires maintenance but as the city’s only water supply it cannot be turned off for more…
Scottish councils will now be able to source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services quicker and more easily as a new major framework agreement goes live.
The contract is the brainchild of Scotland Excel, a not for profit shared service which is funded by the country’s 32 local authorities and works…
Thames Water has been fined an unprecedented £20M for a series of significant pollution incidents on the River Thames.
Wastewater sites in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire repeatedly discharged untreated or poorly treated raw sewage into rivers, the Environment Agency told Aylesbury Crown Court. The Agency said that it was the biggest freshwater pollution…
Contractors have finished a major tunnelling operation to divert a water main under London’s South Circular Road and around a river and two railway lines.
Thames Water described the project as like ”threading the eye of a needle”. The diversion was carried out to enable the building of 588 apartments by…
Research body HR Wallingford has teamed up with Brunel University London and the Environment Agency to produce a series of flood and coastal engineering courses.
There will be 20 places on this new two-year foundation degree (FdSc), funded by the Environment Agency. Brunel said students spend six months on an industry…
A new low-head river hydroelectric power plant has opened in Yorkshire today.
The new 500kW Kirkthorpe hydro scheme on the River Calder is built next to a Victorian weir which drops around 3m in height. Water flowing into the plant above the weir drops by around 7m and is then channelled through…
Ensuring infrastructure is ready for advances in technology which will change the way we live is crucial to planning, experts have warned.
Having enough electricity to meet the needs of the ”internet of things” or ensuring there is enough 5G access on roads to support autonomous vehicles are central issues for the…
The ICE is launching a programme of events to celebrate its 200th anniversary next year.
The ICE 200 programme will feature the people and projects who have made an impact on society across the UK and internationally, telling the story of civil engineering over the last 200 years. The aim is…
Incredible damage to the primary spillway at Oroville Dam in California has been revealed, showing the scale of work engineers face this week before a vital power plant can be reopened.
Officials stopped water flowing down the primary, or main, spillway on Monday 27 February so that engineers could clear debris from…
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