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The government has announced that it will permanently remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Raac) from 234 schools in the UK.

The government's announcement today, 8 February, was made concurrently with the publication of a list of the confirmed cases of Raac in schools and colleges in England. There are, in total,…

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) has blamed the Department for Transport (DfT) for delays to fixing the Hammersmith Bridge and is temporarily opening a two-way central cycleway.

The crucial central London bridge has been closed to road traffic for five years. It is currently undergoing stabilisation works which has…

Engineers from Connect Plus work around the clock to keep the Dartford Crossing’s QEII bridge open, maintaining a balance between capacity for traffic and high safety levels for users.

The bridge is part of National Highways' network, but maintenance and decisions around bridge closures in adverse weather conditions are the responsibility…

The government’s electricity networks commissioner believes Ofgem should start incentivising power generation projects to get through the planning stage “efficiently and effectively”.

Nick Winser’s comments were made in a Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) inquiry session on Wednesday 7 February studying the government’s response to the commissioner’s report…

It should seem almost inconceivable today that, with the many management tools and techniques available, we still hear of programmes, projects and major procurements that incur significantly disruptive issues.

Similarly, it would seem rational for taxpayers and other stakeholders to expect those charged with managing major project investments to exercise…

HS2 Ltd has signalled its intention to procure a £760M contract for the provision of zero carbon energy along the entire High Speed 2 (HS2) route.

The contract will encompass everything from trial operations to dynamic testing stages to full operation. HS2 Ltd’s periodic indicative notice has been released to inform…

The National Union for Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is today, 8 February, holding a day of action against Network Rail’s planned cuts to railway maintenance, infrastructure and renewals work, saying they will “jeopardise safety”.

Network Rail’s funding settlement for Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024-2029, was recently agreed with the…

A new £11.5M grid substation is being installed next to an existing one near Heathfield in East Sussex and UK Power Networks (UKPN) has built an “enriched dormice habitat” to mitigate the impact of the development.

Two new 60MW, 60t transformers have been delivered to the site and once energised, will…

Aerial photos showing the early stages of the 170km long city The Line in Saudi Arabia have been shared by Neom’s chief operating officer.

A 170km long and 200m wide linear development in the desert, The Line is a “cognitive city” being built in Saudi’s Tabuk Province. Bordered by two 500m-high…

Indigenous Shompen people will be eliminated from Great Nicobar Island if India’s plan to create a strategic trade and defence hub goes ahead, academics have warned.

The $9.4bn (£7.5bn) Great Nicobar Development Plan is a planned mega-infrastructure project for the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island in Andaman Sea of India.…