Upgrading the UK’s ageing canal and waterway network is a “vital weapon” in tackling flooding, according to the founder of marine engineer The Rothen Group.
Ian Rothen has called for greater investment in inland waterway infrastructure, as swathes of the UK continues to suffer severe flooding following a fortnight of heavy…
Two huge North Sea dams, which span between the UK and Norway and France, could help defend millions of people against climate change, according to a Dutch government scientist.
Sjoerd Groeskamp, oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, claims the dams could protect more than 25M Europeans against rising…
Scrutiny of key Edinburgh water supply infrastructure has been undertaken by Scottish Water using a surfboard that it instrumented to create an automated inspection device.
Inspection of a short section on the 45km long Victorian-era Talla Aqueduct for cracks and defects has just been completed as part of a pilot project…
Putney Bridge in west London is to close for 24 hours to allow a key piece of work to be carried out on the Thames Tideway super sewer.
The bridge will close from 4am on Sunday 2 February to 4am on Monday 3 February 2020 so the work can take place.…
London’s Thames Tideway super sewer project, has reached a landmark milestone at its Victoria Embankment site, after the team completed the concrete slab at the bottom of a 48m shaft.
The slab is 3m thick, and its completion is the latest development on the 25km long “Super Sewer” project, which is…
Repairs to the Toddbrook reservoir dam in Whaley Bridge will start today, after heavy rainfall caused significant damage to the dam walls last August.
Kier will work with the Canal & River Trust on the project, which is expected to cost around £10M and last "several years". The first stage will…
North West civil engineering firm Centum has called in the administrators.
The firm has already laid off eight staff members since it ran out of money and was forced to call in administrators from Begbies Traynor. Joe Fitzgibbon, an engineer for over 35 years, ran the company from Levenshulme in Manchester…
Ofwat has unveiled a £51bn spending pot for the next five years.
The water regulator finalised its price review for 2020-25 (AMP7) by confirming a major investment programme to improve services for customers and the environment. The £51bn pot will be available to the country's 17 major water providers. A quarter of this,…
Galliford Try, Mott MacDonald and NMCM are among the contractors picked by Yorkshire Water to deliver the utility provider’s £650M AMP7 frameworks.
The contractors have been picked along with Morrison Utility Services, Sapphire Utility Services and Peter Duffy for the infrastructure networks framework, which is valued at £400M. The Infrastructure…
Thames Water has been fined £300,000 after three employees were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) issued the fine after Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how the workers were washed away while carrying out preparatory work for the Thames Tideway…
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