The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has fully decommissioned the Imperial College Reactor Centre (ICRC) , making it the first reactor site to be fully retired in UK nuclear history under modern regulatory controls.
The site was delicensed by the ONR following many years of work to defuel and then decommission…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and its main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) celebrated the completion of the first bore of the 16km Chilterns tunnel today, 27 February.
The 2,000t tunnel boring machine (TBM) Florence, manufactured by Herrenknecht, set off on its journey from the south portal alongside the…
Overhead line renewals, digitalisation of physical assets and more frequent inspections will be carried out as part of Network Rail’s plans to improve performance on its struggling Great Western Main Line.
The Independent reported that the railway body had identified “more than 1,000 actions” to improve the 85km stretch of rail…
The Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) has revealed its portfolio of major infrastructure projects will cost £2.5bn more than was originally anticipated.
Estimated costs for the portfolio of projects are now expected to cost just over £8bn instead of the £5.6bn projected in 2019. This is a 44% increase on the…
National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chair John Armitt has penned a letter to government urging it speed up development of policy that will encourage private sector investment in energy infrastructure.
In his letter to the chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt and the secretary of state for energy security and net zero…
A new purpose-built factory manufacturing high voltage cables will be built at a 15ha site near the Port of Nigg on Easter Ross in Scotland.
Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables Ltd (SEUK), a subsidiary of Japanese company Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (SEI) is behind the facility and hopes to supply cables…
English League One team Oxford United have submitted a planning application for a brand new all-electric and nature-positive stadium that will be the first of its kind in the UK.
The 16,000 capacity football stadium on a site close to Oxford Parkway station has been proposed with significant attention paid to…
A consortium consisting of Aecom and Arcadis has been appointed to design a new tunnel and the underground stations of the Ontario Line.
The Pape North Connect Team, the name of the consortium, will provide design services for the Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS) contract for the planned metro in…
A third “giant” tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been launched by High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS JV) from its Victoria Road Crossover Box near Old Oak Common in London.
The 1,700t TBM named Emily is an earth pressure balance machine and is designed specifically for the soft…
Local transport links in the North and Midlands will see funding levels multiply by nine times from 2025 to 2032 with the introduction of the £4.7bn Local Transport Fund, according to the government.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced funding for local transport connections as part of the Network North project, featuring…
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