Author Archives: Thomas Johnson

Neom Company has appointed Jacobs as lead design consultant for the redevelopment of the port of its planned mega-city in Saudi Arabia.

The organisation behind the multi-billion-dollar development of the desert Tabuk Province in the northwest of the country has appointed the American engineering giant to design plans for the Port…

An innovative tunnel is being constructed by Essex & Suffolk Water in a £20M project to deliver a 20km pipeline beneath the River Blackwater and Langford Cut in Essex.

Essex & Suffolk Water’s new pipeline, which will run between Layer-de-la-Haye and Langford, in Hertfordshire, will help make water supplies to customers…

Ground has been broken on a “pioneering” form of green hydro energy generation at a Scottish Water reservoir in East Lothian.

The government body in charge of Scotland’s water and sewerage networks will invest £3M into the scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir as part of its work to reduce carbon emissions. The…

The East Coast Main Line will see a number of upcoming closures as a £5.7M upgrade project from Network Rail has begun.

During the project 750m of drainage improvements at various locations between Reston and Drem will be completed to stabilise an embankment. Engineers will also replace 6km of worn railway…

Proposals for the redevelopment of the Ivanhoe Line will not see passenger railway reinstated all the way to Leicester, Network Rail has revealed.

The “significant infrastructure investment” required for the section of line between Coalville and Leicester South has seen the final section scrapped from Network Rail’s current plans. The transport…

Passenger tram services on the new West Midlands Metro extension in Wolverhampton city centre began yesterday, Sunday 17 September.

The £50M extension has created two new tram stops at Pipers Row and Wolverhampton Railway Station, offering connections to bus and train services and helping to create a major public transport hub…

Plans to use nuclear generated hydrogen to decarbonise asphalt and cement production have been given a large funding boost, with £6.1M coming from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

This figure will be matched by industry partners for the Bay Hydrogen Hub, a Hydrogen4Hanson scheme. The Bay Hydrogen…

Lower quality building materials used in the rural areas of Morocco have resulted in these regions being the most affected by the destructive earthquake that hit late on Friday 8 September, experts have told NCE.

The interior ministry of Morocco reported the death toll from the 6.8 magnitude earthquake had reached…

Approval has been given for a disused railway in Somerset to be converted into a new active travel path that will traverse two historic viaducts and a tunnel.

Somerset Council’s planning committee has granted planning permission for a 2.4km walking and cycling path along the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.…

Lancashire County Council has granted planning permission for a new railway station 4km from Preston city centre.

The plans will see Cottam Parkway built as a two platform station on the Blackpool to Preston railway line, complete with a new station building, as well as a forecourt and a footbridge over…