Roads | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:25:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Roads | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Editor’s Comment | Asset management needs efficiency and forethought https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-asset-management-needs-efficiency-and-forethought-28-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-asset-management-needs-efficiency-and-forethought-28-03-2024/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:00:33 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275856 We knew this time would come. When the great highways boom started in the 1950s, we knew that one day our shiny new beacons of personal freedom and prosperity would grow old and we would have to do more to maintain them. Of course, it…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-asset-management-needs-efficiency-and-forethought-28-03-2024/feed/ 0 Contractors face ground engineering challenges on A63 underpass project in Hull https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/contractors-face-ground-engineering-challenges-on-a63-underpass-project-in-hull-26-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/contractors-face-ground-engineering-challenges-on-a63-underpass-project-in-hull-26-03-2024/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:00:48 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275790 Working on a sliver of land in a busy urban setting would be a challenge for any highways project team, but ground conditions in Hull added a further level of complexity to the city’s ongoing A63 improvement scheme.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/contractors-face-ground-engineering-challenges-on-a63-underpass-project-in-hull-26-03-2024/feed/ 0 How the industry is helping highways authorities keep maintenance costs under control https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/how-the-industry-is-helping-highways-authorities-keep-maintenance-costs-under-control-20-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/how-the-industry-is-helping-highways-authorities-keep-maintenance-costs-under-control-20-03-2024/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:00:16 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275721 Tightening budgets mean road maintenance specialists are finding new ways to keep costs down.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/how-the-industry-is-helping-highways-authorities-keep-maintenance-costs-under-control-20-03-2024/feed/ 0 Your View | High Speed 2 and private finance, National Grid expansion, resilience, handling runoff https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:17:00 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275680 HS2 needs private investment Since central government’s cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) phases 2a and 2b in October, there has been much hand wringing about the future of the entire HS2 network, as discussed in the two letters published in NCE last month. Fortunately,…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/feed/ 0 Ground investigations are key to cost certainty on highways projects https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/ground-investigations-are-key-to-cost-certainty-on-highways-projects-19-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/ground-investigations-are-key-to-cost-certainty-on-highways-projects-19-03-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:10:41 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275675 There are few things more important in any highways project than certainty of cost. Understanding and agreeing the price of what is above ground and can be seen is relatively straightforward compared to what is below ground. But it is here the risk of a…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/ground-investigations-are-key-to-cost-certainty-on-highways-projects-19-03-2024/feed/ 0 Opening of £27M link road in Lancashire delayed by two months due to wet weather https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/opening-of-27m-link-road-in-lancashire-delayed-by-two-months-due-to-wet-weather-14-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/opening-of-27m-link-road-in-lancashire-delayed-by-two-months-due-to-wet-weather-14-03-2024/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:14:18 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275521 The new £27M Fylde Link Road’s opening has been delayed due to wet weather, Lancashire County Council has announced.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/opening-of-27m-link-road-in-lancashire-delayed-by-two-months-due-to-wet-weather-14-03-2024/feed/ 0 Jacobs appointed to strategic M28 project in Cork https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-appointed-to-strategic-m28-project-in-cork-19-12-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-appointed-to-strategic-m28-project-in-cork-19-12-2023/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:19:01 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=272024 Jacobs has been selected by Cork County Council as technical advisor for the new M28 motorway.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-appointed-to-strategic-m28-project-in-cork-19-12-2023/feed/ 0 Future of Roads | Heads of the Valleys road upgrade overcomes challenging ground conditions https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-heads-of-the-valleys-road-upgrade-overcomes-challenging-ground-conditions-28-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-heads-of-the-valleys-road-upgrade-overcomes-challenging-ground-conditions-28-09-2023/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2023 04:00:53 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=267421 Property and environmental constraints posed design and construction challenges for the latest upgrade on the Heads of Valleys road in south Wales.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-heads-of-the-valleys-road-upgrade-overcomes-challenging-ground-conditions-28-09-2023/feed/ 0 Future of Roads | Major new Serbian motorway to offer flood resilience benefits as well as improved connectivity https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-major-new-serbian-motorway-to-offer-flood-resilience-benefits-as-well-as-improved-connectivity-26-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-major-new-serbian-motorway-to-offer-flood-resilience-benefits-as-well-as-improved-connectivity-26-09-2023/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:00:24 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=267411 Construction of a new motorway in Serbia is bringing more than just transport connectivity to the region. It is also bringing communications improvements and flood resilience.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-major-new-serbian-motorway-to-offer-flood-resilience-benefits-as-well-as-improved-connectivity-26-09-2023/feed/ 0 Future of Roads | How does the industry react to National Highways’ RIS3 proposals? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-how-does-the-industry-react-to-national-highways-ris3-proposals-21-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-roads-how-does-the-industry-react-to-national-highways-ris3-proposals-21-09-2023/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2023 05:00:21 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=267451 National Highways wants the government’s next road strategy for England to focus on maintaining the existing network while building some large, deferred schemes.

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