A grid connection for the 3,240MW capacity tidal lagoon in Cardiff has been secured, paving the way for construction of a new tidal power station.
The company behind the energy project is Tidal Lagoon Power. “Today we have secured the grid connection for a tidal power station equal in installed capacity to…
High Speed 2 Ltd’s civils contractors are poised to reap the benefits of close working between environmental teams at HS2 Ltd and the Environment Agency.
It is hoped early and monthly dialogue between the newly appointed contractors, HS2 Ltd and the Environment Agency will streamline the potentially onerous environmental permitting process.…
As this issue lands, much of Houston and the towns surrounding it are still underwater and 60 people are confirmed dead as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey.
Parts of south east Houston received over 600m of rain in 24 hours during the storm, and as of 12pm on 27 August…
The main spillway on the Mosul Dam in Iraq has reopened a year after Italian engineering giant Trevi started repairs on the structure.
Last year the US Embassy in Iraq raised concerns that the dam faces a “serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure” with little warning. It said that if the…
Floodgates at two flood protection reservoirs in Houston, Texas, have been opened to allow a “controlled” release of water into the already flooded Buffalo Bayou river after a hurricane hit the city last Friday.
Flooding in the Houston area has been unprecedented as Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. Fourteen people are reported…
With the second anniversary of the launch of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, what have we achieved? The blunt answer - not enough.
With this type of open-ended wide ranging set of goals, one might brush this aside and say there is always more that could be done. But…
New “ground breaking” sensors have been installed on the foundations of two offshore wind turbines in northern England to analyse their performance in the harsh marine environment.
The sensors have been installed on two out of five gravity-based foundations in the EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm.…
Highways England is looking into ways of reducing the cost of building a canopy over roads, to protect the environment from harmful vehicle pollution.
The move is part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of Britain’s roads on the environment. The road authority said it had identified a “cantilever…
A new interactive map showing past, present and future construction projects in London has been launched by its mayor.
The app, which is the second phase of London’s Infrastructure Mapping Application, uses both public and private sector data to map out transport, water, energy and building projects in the capital. It…
Severn Trent’s tunnelling machine, Wiggle Blaster, has completed the tunnelling for a £60M water and waste improvement scheme in Newark.
The work is being carried out by the BNM Alliance, comprising of North Midland Construction and Barhale. The Wiggle Blaster’s diameter is 2.1m and the tunnel is more than 200m long.…
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