Australia’s dream of an east coast high speed rail scheme is creeping forward, with A$78.8M (£41M) released to support the business case for the Sydney to Newcastle line.
The Sydney to Newcastle line in the state of New South Wales is the first tranche of line planned for the east coast…
Ground investigations along with the construction of access roads and a new cable sealing end compound are underway for a new converter station for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), as reported by GE.
EGL2 is the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project and is part of National Grid’s £54bn Great Grid…
A bridge over the M42 near Birmingham that was hit twice by HGVs in the space of a week is to be demolished. National Highways made the determination following investigations last week, after the bridge was struck by two lorries using the motorway underneath it on 8 January and again…
Network Rail is preparing to install a new bridge over a London Overground line in Dalston.
Engineers will lift the brand new bridge structure into place using a crane this weekend, 27 and 28 January, to replace a 100-year-old bridge forming part of Kingsbury Road in Dalston. The bridge carries Kingsbury…
Plans are progressing for a critical defence against worsening tidal flood risk in the town of Bridgewater, Somerset, despite a budget blow out caused by inflation and material cost hikes.
The Bridgwater tidal barrier will be one of the largest flood defence schemes in the UK. It is a key scheme…
Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a venture to drive the global energy island market, starting with an initial portfolio of 10 international schemes.
CIP specialises in infrastructure investments, particularly wind power, and was part of the consortium that launched VindØ in 2020, claimed to be the world’s…
Barhale has been contracted by Thames Water to remediate the mains on a critical section of the East London sewer network and replace a discharge chamber with a prefabricated alternative.
The £7.8M programme is unfolding in Barking, east London, where 800mm diameter twin rising mains run from the Store Road Pumping…
A 1.8m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) has arrived in Meadow Lane Portadown for use on a key £7.8M Northern Ireland Water wastewater network upgrade.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) is the sole provider of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. Its wastewater upgrade at Portadown in County Armagh, 40km…
With more and more focus on sustainability within construction and the whole life cycle of a building, engineers and specifiers are often looking for ways to evidence sustainability. Could Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) be the answer?
The construction sector has been dialling up its approach to sustainability for decades, adding new…
Spencer Group has started work to create a new wet berth at Hull Marina to be the new home of the historic Spurn Lightship.
With the majority of works to be carried out from floating pontoons, the project will include dredging the berthing area and the installation of five mooring piles.…
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