The government has appointed the UK's first-ever offshore wind champion to accelerate floating wind innovations.
The appointment of Tim Pick as the first UK's offshore wind champion was announced by prime minister Boris Johnson and energy secreaty Kwasi Kwarteng. Pick – the former head of energy, resources and infrastructure at law…
Network Rail and National Grid have been recognised among the best employers for women in the UK.
The pair were included on The Times 2022 list of the Top 50 Employers for Women, which also names Wates, Willmott Dixon and Jacobs along with mining company Anglo American. Run by Business in…
An underwater drone has been deployed for the first-ever inspection of a wind farm’s foundations.
EDF has deployed a customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out the autonomous wind farm foundation inspection at its Blyth Offshore Wind Farm. The ROV, equipped and operated by researchers from the ORCA Hub, was…
The number of people working on HS2 continues to ramp up as construction of the high speed rail line moves forward.
HS2’s workforce increased by more than 2,000 in the last quarter, with the construction of Britain’s new railway now supporting a record 24,800 jobs. Civils construction works are now underway…
A low carbon asphalt solutions has been trialled on the upgrade of the A414 in Hertfordshire in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of the scheme and provide a more resilient road.
The work was carried out by Hanson Contracting in partnership with designer Atkins on the A414 – between…
VolkerRail has been fined £550,000 after a worker was buried on site following the collapse of a trench wall during excavation work.
The incident happened in July 2014 during work outside Stafford railway station. The worker suffered serious injuries including a broken pelvis and several broken ribs. He underwent surgery on…
A robotic dog fitted with in-built laser scanners has been put to work by Bam Nuttall on a remote construction site in Shetland.
Bam Nuttall successfully trialled the integrated Trimble X7 laser scanner with Boston Dynamics’ Spot® robot in a remote construction setting in the first use case of its kind.…
Transport for London (TfL) has forecast further cost increases related to patching up the Capital’s ageing surface transport assets.
In total, TfL spent a record £2.9M on implementing interim measures for its road tunnels and bridges during the last year, with a further £3.3M spent on reactive safety measures, agenda papers…
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has given the green light for another junction upgrade on the M25.
Less than a week after granting planning permission for the M25/ A3 junction upgrade, Shapps has now given the go-ahead for work to begin on the M25 junction 28 improvement scheme. The scheme is located…
An investigation into a near miss in Somerset has revealed that two trackers moved to a position of safety with just two seconds to spare.
The RAIB report into the incident reveals that the two workers failed to respond to the train’s warning signals and only scrambled to safety once…
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