Engineering services firm Ayesa has been appointed as lead consultant to progress the tendering and detailed design and construction of the €57M (£49M) Arklow Flood Relief Scheme in County Wicklow, Ireland.
The project aims to mitigate recurring flooding challenges in Arklow, a town with a population of almost 14,000. It involves…
The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) digging HS2's Chiltern tunnels have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their 16km journey under the Chilterns next year.
The 2,000t machines, named Florence and Cecilia, are now 90% of the way through their two-and-a-half-year drive between the M25 and South…
HS2's precast tunnel segments are being transported via railway from Hartlepool to London for use in the 5.4km Northolt Tunnel East.
The pre-cast concrete segments are being delivered by rail to minimise road traffic and reduce carbon emissions. Strabag, the company manufacturing the segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened…
A consortium led by Eiffage has won a €2.54bn (£2.2bn) contract to design and build a section of Line 15 East of the Grand Paris Express.
Société du Grand Paris’ overall €35.6bn (£28bn) Grand Paris Express project will see 200km of new metro line to its public transport network. The…
A first-of-its-kind 3D-printed concrete masonry bridge has been created by building solutions company Holcim.
The bridge, which is named Phoenix, is built with 10t of recycled materials and was unveiled at Holcim's Innovation Hub in Europe. It was built by a partnership of the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich, Zaha…
The dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building has been lifted into place.
It closes the roof on the first reactor building, allowing the first nuclear reactor at the Somerset power station to be installed next year. Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors will provide reliable zero-carbon electricity for 6M…
Everton FC has confirmed that the team will play competitive fixtures at its new stadium at the start of the 2025/26 season rather than move in the middle of the 2024/25 season.
Construction of the 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock remains on schedule to complete by the end of 2024. However…
Plans for a new Mid Cornwall Metro have been given the green light by the council's cabinet.
At a meeting last week, Cornwall cabinet members agreed to provisionally accept the offer of £50M levelling up funding towards the delivery of the £56.8M Mid Cornwall Metro initiative. Working with delivery partners Great…
Laing O’Rourke is set to deliver the first stage of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades in Victoria, Australia.
The contract with the Victorian government is a “multi-billion dollar” deal, according to the firm, though no specific price has been given. The work will see Laing O’Rourke deliver upgrades to the Eastern Freeway…
National Highways will start a two year project to replace the cracked A432 bridge, which carries the road over the M4 in south Gloucestershire, in January.
Investigations have shown extensive cracking of the concrete and damage to the post-tensioning system, which has reduced the bridge’s ability to carry traffic without sustaining…
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