The rail network faces unique biodiversity and resilience challenges. Overcoming them could set the direction for wider infrastructure.
Network Rail owns an estimated 55,000ha of railway land and over 16,000km of track across the length and breadth of the UK. Much of the network was built in the 1800s. That makes…
Plans for a 12km long, $1.3bn (£1bn) sea bridge in the Brazilian state of Bahia have taken a step forward with drilling work starting on land to examine ground conditions along the route.
Intended to create a valuable economic link between Itaparica island and the city of Salvador, the new bridge…
There can be no question that considerable levels of decarbonisation are underway across the infrastructure and engineering sectors. The dramatic expansion of renewable energy has played a big part in that, and so has the emergence of new technologies and standards in all sectors. Projects like Ev0, featured this month,…
The River Thames Scheme (RTS) has called for candidates to come forward to deliver 8km of new flood channels along with new biodiverse open space for the public.
Planned for one of the largest unprotected developed floodplains in England, RTS has widespread local support as it seeks to create a nature-positive…
Sadie Morgan is one of three members of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to have been involved since it was founded in 2015.
She was part of the NIC’s first National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA1) which set out recommendations for a 30 year infrastructure strategy in 2018. So before discussing the NIC’s…
A sustainable, safe and reliable ground stabilisation technique not widely used in the UK is experiencing significant success on the High Speed 2 and Silvertown tunnels.
Ground freezing is not a new technology. It has been deployed for tunnel cross passages in many countries for a long time. But in…
The infrastructure story of the last 30 years has been the rise and rise of tunnelling, in large part thanks to an overwhelming willingness to adapt and improve every aspect of how the sector works. That willingness remains today, but a thriving tunnelling sector was far from inevitable in 1994.…
Jacobs has been selected by Cork County Council as technical advisor for the new M28 motorway.
The proposed Cork to Ringaskiddy motorway project will upgrade approximately 12km of the N28 national primary route to help improve its safety, capacity and accessibility. The investment reflects the need to strengthen local connectivity as…
Wiltshire Council has granted planning permission for National Grid to replace overhead power lines with underground cables beneath the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The landscape north of Devizes is set to be enhanced by the replacement of 4.6km of overhead power lines and 13 pylons with…
The final months of 2023 have been tough for our sector. The cost-driven cancellation of High Speed 2 north of Birmingham was not a complete surprise by the time the government stopped hinting and finally announced it. But it was still a shock and led to new questions about why…
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