Author Archives: Sotiris Kanaris

How can new technologies and a systems approach improve rail infrastructure delivery and asset management?

The way rail infrastructure assets are designed, delivered and maintained has transformed over the past few decades, thanks to the introduction of new technologies. The wide adoption of digital tools by rail asset owners and their…

Buses will replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli for 13 weeks, as contractor Alun Griffiths will undertake the final phase of restoration work on the Barmouth Viaduct for Network Rail in North Wales.

The 154 year old, 820m long single track railway viaduct is the UK’s oldest and longest timber viaduct.…

The Rhineland branch of Germany’s motorway network operator Autobahn has awarded a €358M (£307M) contract to a consortium led by Eiffage’s German subsidiary SEH for the construction of a new bridge across the Rhine in Leverkusen, Germany.

The other consortium partners are Max Boegl, Plauen Stahl Technologie, Zwickauer Sonderstahlbau and Hochtief…

The construction industry’s gender pay gap will not be bridged organically, says Jennifer Tomlinson.

In the first quarter of this year, 311,000 women were working in construction, accounting for 14.6% of the sector’s workforce, according to the Office of National Statistics. Construction companies must address this gender imbalance and close the…

HB Tunnelling has completed the construction of a 252m long tunnel that will form a section of a new trunk water main in Glasgow.

The tunnel, which has an internal diameter of 1.5m, was constructed between Broomloan road and the north side of Bellahouston Park in the suburb of Ibrox, south…

 This video was recorded at NCE’s 2023 Bridge Design and Management conference National Highways deputy head of structures Colin George, Atkins professional head of civil engineering structures and geotechnics Chris Mundell and Jacobs nondestructive testing (NDT) technologies consultant James Watson talk about the range of technologies National Highways’ asset…

 This video was recorded at NCE’s 2023 Bridge Design and Management conference. Arcadis project manager Lu Cheng discusses the way the feasibility study on the Brent Bross interchange was conducted in order to help TfL bring 30 structures – the majority of which were built in the 1960s - …

Excavation of the UK’s first “caterpillar shaft” is underway for a key structure on High Speed 2 in London.

West London’s Old Oak Common station will become one of the country’s most vital transport hubs when it opens. It will have 14 platforms – six for High Speed 2 (HS2)…

Tunnelling has been completed for the second phase of Singapore’s  S$10bn (£5.8bn) Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project, which will boost the country’s water recycling capacity.

DTSS was conceived in the 1990s, as Singapore’s national water agency Pub was investigating cost-efficient and land-efficient ways to reclaim and recycle water. Prior to…

Barhale has started works to replace the 3km Thames Water’s Haydon End Rising Main pipe in Swindon which has experienced several bursts in recent years.

The Haydon End sewage pumping station and Haydon End Rising Main were built in 1996 to transfer sewage to the inlet works at the western end…