Geoffrey Osborne has won a deal to work on 17 cycle paths in the East of England.
The contractor will start in the new year building or upgrading the bike-friendly routes on roads including the A5, A12, A120 and A47. The £2M contract is part of a £100M investment in making…
Total replacement of the problem truss end links on the Forth Road Bridge was recommended by consultant Fairhurst five years ago, it has been confirmed. But the work was never approved, mainly due to the need for lengthy closures of the crossing before the new Queensferry Crossing was open.
Instead, work…
Civil engineers have warned that the devastation caused by Storm Desmond shows the folly of the government’s spending review strategy of slashing revenue budgets while raising capital spending.
Intense rainfall in Cumbria last weekend led to closure of several local roads, damage to a number of bridges, power cuts in thousands…
The latest report on what could be Europe’s longest tunnel has been welcomed by infrastructure chief Lord Adonis.
The Trans-Pennine Tunnel Study interim report set out the case for building a new road between Manchester and Sheffield, as well as examining the feasibility of the project, which could include creating a…
British tender processes for privately financed infrastructure take too long, a leading Spanish contractor claimed last week.
British public sector clients fail to define projects in enough detail when putting them out to tender. This means that negotiations with preferred bidders take much longer than they do in Spain. The criticisms…
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