Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Andy Byford will pursue the possibility of setting up a “meaningful” organisation to look after London’s river crossings.
Speaking at a meeting of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee on Monday 14 March, Byford acknowledged the recommendations made in the committee’s report London’s river crossings: bridging the…
The first major steel section of the Gull Wing bridge in Lowestoft arrived at the construction site on Lake Lothing, with more sections expected to be delivered over the coming months.
The bridge will be a third crossing over the town’s Lake Lothing and is expected to reduce traffic congestion. Farrans…
It is common for residents of the Kigoma region in north west Tanzania to make dangerous crossings of rivers to reach workplaces, schools, hospitals and markets during the rainy season. But for many, such journeys will soon no longer be necessary as a result of a new bridge construction programme.…
A Norwich bridge on the A140 partially collapsed yesterday following a burst water main in the area.
Parts of the pavement along Sweet Briar Road, which runs over the Marriott's Way trail, have fallen away. The cause of the collapse is currently unconfirmed, although the road had flooded yesterday due to…
The replacement of Torbay Road bridge in Devon is expected to take an additional month to complete due to supply chain issues.
Network Rail has said that its project to replace the life-expired bridge over Torbay Road in Paignton is now expected to be completed on Friday 8 April. This is…
British engineers have suggested plans to dismantle an historic bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to make way for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ superyacht to pass through, are feasible.
This weekend, it emerged that the historic Koningshaven Bridge in Rotterdam, locally known as De Hef, may need to be dismantled to allow Bezos’…
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.
Jacobs senior associate director and practice group lead for intelligent asset management Steve Yule and Collins Engineers director of unmanned aircraft systems, artificial intelligence and reality modelling Barritt Lovelace join NCE editor Claire Smith and reporter Catherine Kennedy to discuss…
Campaigners have called for Preston City Council to submit a bid to the government's Levelling Up fund to save the city's Old Tram Bridge.
The 200-year-old bridge - linking Avenham Park and Penwortham - was closed in 2019 after concerns were raised that it was a risk of collapse. More…
Using high-tech solutions to take care of some of the UK’s oldest rail assets creates great opportunities for career development within Aecom.
What do the Forth Rail Bridge, the Tay Bridge and the Royal Albert Bridge all have in common, apart from vying for the title of the UK’s most iconic…
A £1.7M project to repair and re-paint two railway bridges in Edinburgh City Centre will get underway in January, Network Rail has announced.
Network Rail will begin work on the bridges at Calton Road and New Street on 10 January, with grit blasting, steelwork repairs, steel strengthening and painting all scheduled…
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