Transport secretary Geoff Hoon has ordered a review of the lessons that can be learnt from February’s gritting crisis in order to prevent the widespread chaos happening again - and used the weather as further justification for a third runway at Heathrow.
Hoon has instructed the UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG)…
Cologne’s City archive building had not been underpinned or compensation grouted despite its proximity to the underground works being carried out for the Cologne North-South light railway, a Cologne transit authority Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) spokesman revealed today.
“No underpinning or compensation grouting was carried out for the archive building as there was no…
Contractor Costain yesterday posted rises in profit and turnover thanks to strong workloads in its key civil engineering sectors.
Costain’s pre-tax profit was up 17% to £23M for the year ended 31 December 2008 on a turnover of £966M, up 13% from 2007.The contractor also managed to buck the trend of…
Award of Crossrail’s £400M project delivery partner contract is understood to be delayed by up to a week following a crucial meeting between Crossrail and the Transport for London board yesterday, NCE understands.
The second contract to manage the overall project - the £100M programme partner contract has been awarded to…
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Sir Michael Pitt has been named as the government’s choice as chair of the Infrastructure Planning Committee, which will be based in Bristol, by housing minister Margaret Beckett today.
Pitt, a civil engineer, was commissioned by the government to write the definitive “Lessons Learned” report into how the country dealt with the…
Wrekin Construction was this week forced into administration putting at risk up to 1,100 jobs.
The firm is thought to have £50M worth of orders on its books but has had short-term financial difficulties.It sought help from its bank - the Royal Bank of Scotland last year.Conservative MP for The Wrekin…
The Transcend consortium of AECOM, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group has won the £100M Crossrail programme partner contract to manage the overall scheme. The £400M project delivery partner contract announcement has been delayed for up to a week.
The appointment was made yesterday at the meeting of the Transport for London…
Plans for one of the country’s most crucial transport projects to date, High Speed 2, were officially endorsed by the Department for Transport today.
Transport minister, Andrew Adonis has asked HS2 to advise the DfT on extending high speed services into Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, the North East and ScotlandAndrew Adonis…
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today launched a design competition for a lift that will give disabled swimmers access to the London 2012 pool.
The ODA is exploring options for an affordable alternative lift to those currently available on the market for disabled swimmers that will use the two 50m pools…
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