AI systems to manage storm loads, thousands of new in-sewer monitors, new staff and accelerated wetland construction programmes will receive investment over the next 12 months according to a government announcement.
The move by the government to invest £180M over the next 12 months follows the existing £3.1bn commitment from water…
Network Rail has begun two bridge repair projects, one to allow the A159 to reopen in Lincolnshire and the other to conduct urgent repair work to a viaduct’s supporting pillars that have started to erode in Cumbria.
Engineers began emergency work to repair a damaged railway bridge on Saturday, 9 March,…
The Environment Agency has begun work on its new £10.6M flood risk management scheme to better protect homes and businesses in Stoke-on-Trent town centre.
The scheme will reduce flood risk to 333 homes and businesses from the Fowlea Brook during times of high rainfall. The Fowlea Brook is a 6km tributary…
The signing of the £1.3bn tunnels and approaches deal for the Lower Thames Crossing took infrastructure contract awards to their highest level in four years last month, according to research.
The latest Snap Analysis report from industry analysts Barbour ABI showed that £2.9bn of work was handed out in the sector…
"Massive" benefits could be on their way to universities in the Midlands if new rail connections are created between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham, according to Midlands Connect.
Midlands Connect, which describes itself as “the sub-national transport body (STB) for the Midlands,” commissioned research from Cencuswide and conducted interviews with senior staff…
National Grid has chosen key sites for a major new power line under the North Sea. The energy distribution body announced the landfall, cable route and convertor station locations for the proposed LionLink connection to the Netherlands. Ministers revealed plans last year to create the world's largest multi-point power line…
Network Rail has set out plans to revamp Waterloo Station in a far-reaching project that would overhaul a chunk of London's South Bank.
The infrastructure operator published a 'vision document' for the ambitious scheme, drawn up by engineers WSP, architects Grimshaw and cost consultants Turner & Townsend among others. Proposed changes…
The latest episode of the Engineers Collective is out now.
In this month’s episode of The Engineers Collective podcast from New Civil Engineer we speak to Julia Stevens, the chief executive of the Constructionarium, about how the facility is preparing budding construction workers and engineers for life on a work site.…
The civil engineering sector is employing a wide range of initiatives to support and promote women in the workplace.
EngineeringUK recently reported that only 16.5% of engineers are women and firms say they recognise the perception that the sector is male-dominated and not inclusive of women. There are a number of…
Shropshire Council has released a £110M tender to find a contractor to construct its planned North West Relief Road.
The project will see a new, single carriageway road linking the northern and western parts of Shrewsbury constructed. As part of this contract, the council wishes to appoint a main contractor to…
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