Balfour Beatty has commenced work with SSEN Transmission on the development of nine electricity transmission projects across the north of Scotland.
The work forms part of SSEN Transmission’s £10bn Pathway to 2030 network redevelopment programme. Balfour Beatty was appointed to the project in August 2023 alongside Siemens-Bam JV, Murphy and others.…
The government has delivered a sum of £123M for the Midlands Rail Hub (MRH) and said that “work is set to begin” on the £1.75bn project.
It comes shortly after Network Rail commenced the procurement process for engineering and construction partners to join its MRH Alliance in a contract worth up…
The Environment Agency has provided an update saying that it is still “exploring options” for flood protection in the Bournville and Stirchley areas of Birmingham.
Bournville and Stirchley are areas in south Birmingham through which have the “heavily urbanised” watercourse called The Bourn running through them on the way to meeting…
The benefits associated with the modular design of HS2’s Thame Valley Viaduct could influence the way future rail viaducts are constructed in the UK.
Modern viaduct construction has started to incorporate some prefabricated elements, but not entirely. Commonly, concrete piers are poured insitu over fixed steel before precast beams are…
High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Chilterns tunnel boring machine (TBM) struggled through the final stretch of its 16km drive as slurry pipes became clogged with clay, officials told NCE.
The 2,000t TBM Florence, which is operated by HS2 main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) concluded its two year and nine…
Network Rail has officially started procuring for civils and construction partners to join its Midlands Rail Hub (MRH) Alliance in a contract worth up to £1.38bn.
The rail operator published a periodic indicative notice (PIN) for “non-signalling” partners in November when it expected the value of the contracts to be £1.05bn.…
Network Rail engineers have completed a nine-day programme of works to upgrade the UK’s only sliding canal bridge in Keadby, near Scunthorpe.
The work took place around the clock from Saturday 17 February to the early hours of Monday 26 February with more than 100 engineers on site. It involved strengthening…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and its main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) celebrated the completion of the first bore of the 16km Chilterns tunnel today, 27 February.
The 2,000t tunnel boring machine (TBM) Florence, manufactured by Herrenknecht, set off on its journey from the south portal alongside the…
Years of neglect led to the corrosion of the weathering steel legs of Pennsylvania’s Fern Hollow Bridge in the lead up to its collapse, new details from USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveal.
The Fern Hollow Bridge near Pittsburgh, which carried two lanes in each direction on the east-west Forbes…
Laing O’Rourke has installed the final concrete terracing unit at Everton FC’s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium, marking the completion of structural work in the bowl.
The final piece was lowered into place in the east stand this week, ending 18 months of work since the first concrete terrace was installed in…
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