Innovations to accelerate track laying, rail welding and automate cable installation are among technologies aiming to be deployed during delivery of HS2.
Four technologies and the companies behind them have been selected as part of a government rail innovation competition. The winners are Mirage, Mobibiz, I3D Robotics and Geokod Rail. The…
National Highways is set to upgrade 11 more sections of smart motorway with extra places to stop in an emergency.
Earlier this year, the government cancelled plans for any new smart motorways, due to cost pressures and the lack of driver confidence. A further 11 locations have now been announced for…
Essex and Suffolk Water has completed its £14M project to double the capacity of a water treatement works (WTW), which will improve drinking water for over 1M people and protect the environment.
The investment in the washwater facility at Hanningfield WTW has seen the installation of two new 1.25Ml tanks, along…
A Northamptonshire viaduct has become the first on the HS2 project to have all its deck beams installed.
The 163m long Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near the village of Aston le Walls, is one of more than 50 major viaducts being built as part of the rail project between London and Birmingham.…
Plans are in place for a £360M investment for improvements and major projects on Lincolnshire’s highways, while Balfour Beatty has signed a new £330M highways maintenance contract with the county council.
In addition to the standard maintenance and repairs carried out by Lincolnshire County Council each year, a total of £360M…
Network Rail is launching a masterplanning process around Cardiff Central Station that will see the design and redevelopment of over 4ha of railway land and the delivery of new homes.
Cardiff Central currently attracts 13M passengers a year and acts as a vital gateway to the city centre. The masterplanning process is…
A 3D concrete printed drawpit structure has been installed at Yorkshire Water’s second largest wastewater treatment works near Bradford.
It comes as part of a drive to consider how more sustainable materials can be used in the construction process. Finnish technology company Hyperion Robotics, working in collaboration with Tarmac and Mott…
Tilbury Douglas has successfully completed the UK’s first “biophilic” primary school as part of an innovative pilot scheme on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE).
St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary (CV) Academy, dubbed the greenest primary school in the country, was delivered to a fast-track programme, enabled by modern methods of…
Scottish Water has broken ground on an innovative project to upgrade its waste water treatment system in Edgehead, Midlothian.
The project will see the installation of market leading treatment technologies, which will improve the quality of the treated water being released into the environment. Hybrid Submerged Aerated Filters, supplied by WCS…
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has set out three key priorities for the next UK government in its manifesto, Sustainable Growth and Prosperity.
The document sets out ACE members’ priorities for working in partnership with government to deliver “a competitive regulatory and policy framework” to unlock opportunities for the UK…
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