The UK will not realise its offshore wind ambitions without rapidly expanding the port infrastructure. We need to think differently to seize this unprecedented opportunity.
Whilst the UK has an established offshore wind sector, the continued expansion of this green energy source still presents a major opportunity: not just as…
Flying drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the operator to benefit infrastructure inspections could become legal under new proposals from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The CAA's proposal would be critical in infrastructure inspection as it would allow visual access to hard-to-reach locations with much lower safety risk. Industries…
The government has announced it is backing the proposal to construct a new train station in St Athan, a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
Plans for a new station at St Athan will restore services to the area for the first time in 60 years. Transport secretary Mark…
A new forum for infrastructure investors has made a recommendation for the UK to scale up public/private infrastructure partnerships to manage major project risk and improve their investment grade.
The recommendation from the Infrastructure Delivery Forum has been made off the back of changes to the regulatory framework for insurers that…
Campaigners’ case against the government’s decision to green light the £1.7bn Stonhenge Tunnel has been quashed by a High Court judge.
The £1.7bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade, which includes a 3.3km tunnel beneath the Unesco World Heritage Site as part of the 12.8km dualling project, was granted a development…
A think tank is urging the government to review its current defence measures for undersea cables, which other nations are considering “critical” assets and infrastructure.
Policy Exchange, an influential policy think tank, has authored the report From Space to Seabed: Protecting the UK’s undersea cables from hostile actors which states that as…
Revised plans to protect fish from water intake tubes for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant on the Severn Estuary have come under fresh criticism from environmental organisations.
EDF recenrly proposed plans to create a saltmarsh at the Somerset nuclear plant site as an alternative to an acoustic fish deterrent.…
A new video has detailed how the 73,000t concrete elements that will form the 18km immersed tube Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be precisely assembled to mm precision on the seabed between Germany and Denmark.
Once completed in 2029, the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between the Danish island of Lolland and the German island…
Cornwall Council will submit an addendum to its outline business case (OBC) for the A39 Camelford Bypass to the Department for Transport (DfT) to reflect that the expected cost of the new road has tripled.
The OBC for the scheme was originally submitted in 2021 but now Cornwall Council has agreed…
With the prospect of a general election (most likely) this year, the issues of tax and planning reform are set to be key campaign focuses. To add to what is set to be a politically charged year, the London Mayoral election is scheduled for May. The need for a holistic…
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