This video is from NCE’s 2023 UK Roads events. National Composites Centre principal research engineer Kunal Kansara talks about the issues arising from the use of traditional steel-reinforced concrete and the benefits fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites offer, including tension strength/weight ratio, embodied carbon and corrosion. Kansara also explores…
Construction of a new London Undeground ticket hall in south London called for some complex ground engineering to protect the running tunnels.
Over the past decade, the Elephant & Castle district in south London has been transformed with the construction of several new high rise residential buildings. With many more flats…
Northumberland Country Council has announced that construction of three more stations as part of the Northumberland line restoration project will begin as Morgan Sindall Infrastructure has now signed the main construction contract.
The Northumberland railway line between Ashington and Newcastle was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts. In…
Rising stars of the civil engineering world have been given two extra weeks to submit their entries for the NCE Graduate & Apprentice Awards, as the entry deadline has been extended to Friday 11 August.
This year will be the 26th edition of the awards, which are celebrating the talent of…
The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
The final section of the subsea cable of the Viking Link electricity interconnector, a high-voltage direct current link between UK and Denmark, has been laid in the North Sea, establishing a connection between the countries’ grids for the first time.
The €2bn (£1.7bn) Viking Link project is a joint venture between…
A major milestone has been reached for the Western Sydney Airport Metro project as a third earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been launched.
The project is part of the wider Sydney Metro project which involves the creation of a rail network comprising four metro lines, 46 stations and…
This video was first aired at the 2023 NCE Flood Resilience conference. Jacobs head of water catchment management Amy Bentley, Greater London Authority principal policy and programme officer Victoria Boorman, Network Rail principal engineer (drainage and lineside) Hector Kidds, Environment Agency flood and coastal risk management manager Steven Tupper and…
This video was first aired at the 2023 NCE Flood Resilience conference. Environment Agency director for flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) strategy & national adaptation provides an insight into the Environment Agency’s plans to make the nation ready for and more resilient to flooding and coastal change.…
Further works to restore and enhance the structural safety of the Menai Suspension Bridge, which connects mainland Wales and the Isle of Anglesey, will begin on 4 September and last for up to two years, the Welsh Government has announced.
These will be part of the second and final phase of…
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