Laing O’Rourke has confirmed that a person working for one of its sub-contractors on construction of the new Bramley Moore Dock football stadium for Everton Football Club died following an incident on site yesterday.
Work on the stadium, which is being built in a former dock, has been suspended while investigations…
Around 200 people, including some senior members of staff, are understood to have been made redundant at Arup this month after the encountered a “slowdown” in work, including the pause in construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).
In the news, first reported by NCE’s sister title Architects Journal, Arup confirmed that…
This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. Rail Industry Association technical director David Clarke discusses why the rolling stock strategy for the UK needs to be linked to the decarbonisation plan for the network and that neither can be achieved without that link. During the presentation he…
This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. High Speed 2 managing director phase 2 Tim Smart and East West Rail chief executive Beth West join NCE features editor Sotiris Kanaris to reflect on lessons learned from recent major rail projects in the UK and how they are…
This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. The Midlands Rail Engine project aims to create a rail hub to improve connectivity across the region with improved rail links between 30 different locations. In this presentation Midlands Connect head of integrated transport Karen Heppenstall sets out the proposed…
Switzerland’s rail infrastructure operator SBB has appointed the IBD joint venture, formed by Implenia, Bernasconi and De Luca, to deliver a key contract on the Ligerz Tunnel project.
The CHF220M (£198M) deal involves construction of a 2.1km long double-track tunnel, of which around 1,850m will be formed by mining techniques and…
Strengthening and repair of an historic wrought iron rail bridge in the Saltmarket area of Glasgow has been completed a month ahead of schedule, Network Rail has revealed.
The 150 year old bridge carries the City Union Line of the A8 near Glasgow Cross and the £3.8M upgrade delivered by Story…
The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has recently celebrated its second anniversary and is just starting to hit its stride in terms of building the team needed to provide the funding that will deliver its aims.
The remit the bank was given at its launch in June 2021 was clear. It…
This video was first recorded at NCE’s UK Road conference. Department for Transport director of roads strategy David Buttery looks at the pipeline of work for the roads sector on both the strategic and local road network. During the presentation, Buttery discusses plans for the next 10 years to…
Figures released by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in the last month show that construction-related fatalities rose by 55% to 45 between 1 April 2022 and 31 March this year. This year, and for many years in the past, construction has been the industry with the highest number of…
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