Improving gender diversity in civil engineering depends on role models and school outreach, Abigail Brierley.
Laing O’Rourke graduate construction manager Abigail Brierley came face to face with the civil engineering and construction sectors’ gender imbalance before she even had her first job. “When I joined my university course [BEng Civil Engineering…
Matt Palmer, the executive director of Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), has been appointed an industry sponsor looking after net zero and biodiversity for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).
Palmer is one of four sponsors announced today by the CLC to lead delivery of its long-term priorities set last autumn - building…
A new rebar threading facility at HS2’s Copthall tunnel site in Hillingdon, West London, has been established, with a team of 14 set to make 92,000 rebar couplers on site to construct the 880m long cut and cover tunnel.
HS2 said the move was a response to supply chain delays leading…
An investigation is to be launched after a major incident was declared in Poole Harbour, Dorset, due to an oil leak yesterday, 26 March.
The leak stemmed from a pipeline operated by independent oil and gas company Perenco at Owers Bay, part of the Wytch Farm oil field, one of the…
The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has been established as a permanent institution, having been passed into law today after receiving Royal Assent.
UKIB said the development places the bank on a statutory footing, confirming its long-term role in addressing climate change and supporting regional and local growth. It also means the…
Network Rail will be carrying out stabilisation and widening of an embankment on the railway to the north of Martlesham, on the East Suffolk Line; the work is scheduled to start tomorrow and run until to 6 April.
The improvements need to be completed before 1.6km of worn-out track on top…
The first stages of infrastructure upgrades for the ferry terminal at Uig harbour in Skye have been completed by contractor RJ McLeod.
The Uig ferry terminal reopened today after a 10 day delay to the original schedule. The terminal was due to reopen on 13 March, but the site's owner Highland…
The team tasked with delivering High Speed 2’s (HS2's) next tunnelling scheme is recruiting 100 employees to new roles on the construction of the 5.6km long tunnel between Warwickshire and Birmingham; the news comes in the same week as the announcement of significant redundancies at HS2’s Euston station site.
The Warwickshire-Birmingham…
Flexible working in the construction and engineering sector requires an approach that suits individuals’ and business’ needs; and what works for an office based role may not work for operational teams.
That was one of the findings of the "Unlocking Flexible Working" webinar which launched The Inspiring Women in Construction and…
The majority of local authorities plan to ditch or review major highway projects, as well as road maintenance work, next year due to rising costs, according to a new survey from the County Councils Network (CCN).
The survey asked councils to outline whether they intended to reduce road infrastructure projects and/or…
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