Highways England is reviewing its bridge maintenance regimes following the Genoa bridge collapse.
The three month review in response to the Italian disaster, which killed 43 people earlier this month, is a “precautionary measure” being undertaken “simply because that’s a sensible thing to do”, chief executive Jim O’Sullivan told BBC Radio…
Sunderland’s new Northern Spire bridge is set to open to traffic today, after the first pedestrians crossed it yesterday.
The £117M bridge across the River Wear, was designed by BuroHappold and constructed by a Farrans/Victor Buyck joint venture in 36 months. It has a 105m tall central A-frame pylon. Sunderland City…
Leading engineers have expressed concerns about Autostrade’s plan to rebuild the collapsed Polcevera viaduct within eight months.
Following the fatal collapse which killed 43 people, highways operator Autostrade has vowed to rebuild the bridge, known locally as the Morandi bridge, in eight months and has set aside €500M (£450M) to do…
A “Marshall plan” costing “tens of billions of Euros” is needed to bring the tens of thousands of bridges across Italy that have exceeded their design life up to standard, a leading Italian research body has demanded.
The call has been made in the wake of the collapse of the Polcevera…
An Italian engineer investigating the collapse of the Polcevera viaduct has told New Civil Engineer about his early hypotheses into why the bridge may have collapsed, ruling out a previously-mooted theory.
University of Genoa associate professor Antonio Brencich said that he has already ruled out a geotechnical failure of the tower…
No bridges on the UK’s strategic road network bear similarities to that of the collapsed structure in Italy, Highways England (HE) has said.
Moved to respond to the catastrophe in Genoa, the roads operator said that while “a very small proportion” of its structures are suspension or cable stayed bridges, none…
The owner and operator of the Polcevera viaduct was actively tendering for €20M (£17.9M) of structural retrofitting at the time of its collapse, as a stop gap while a complete upgrade of the major road network around Genoa was worked up.
Tender documents seen by New Civil Engineer reveal that the…
The remains of the Polcevera viaduct are at risk of further collapse, according to a structural engineer involved in the rescue effort.
Luca Ponticelli, a structural engineer for Italy’s national fire brigade Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco, told New Civil Engineer that the remaining sections of the viaduct, more commonly known as the Morandi bridge, are unbalanced…
A huge bridge beam lifting operation has been completed on the £96M Lincoln Eastern Bypass.
Four 41m long, 108t bridge beams for the new Greetwell bridge were lifted into place during a twelve-hour closure of the Market Rasen to Lincoln rail line, which will run below the bridge. Galliford Try is…
The process to obtain a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the £100M Lake Lothing Third Crossing has started.
The new lifting road bridge is planned for Lowestoft, Suffolk, and has been deemed a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project meaning it requires a DCO. Construction is planned to start in 2019-2020 and be…
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