Alternative procurement has allowed a major investment in Portland Port to match the budget and put work on track to meet a demanding completion deadline.
Images of numerous cruise ships moored off the Dorset coast were published around the world during the pandemic. Now, multiple cruise ships look set to become…
The King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries & Services shipyard at Ras Al-Khair in Saudi Arabia is now under construction and includes 5.63km of quay walls.
This mega shipyard project is part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 to diversify the economy from the energy sector. It has been developed…
Experience of delivering the Øresund Crossing’s immersed tube tunnels is being applied to the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany.
Work under water and on land is well underway on the 18km Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, which will connect Denmark and Germany by road and rail when it opens in 2029.…
Seasonal construction windows and challenging logistics are just a few of the testing conditions that have to be managed to upgrade the British Antarctic Survey’s Infrastructure
Sourcing materials and getting the right people on site at the right time can be difficult for most construction projects, but when the site is…
1972 – Tarbela dam – Pakistan The 1972 collapse of irrigation and power tunnels on one of the world’s largest dams was caused by scour and poor design but was the first of several collapses that affected the project over the next three years. 1973 – Rio-Niteroi Bridge – Brazil…
The ambitious Aberdeen Harbour expansion project has used innovative methods to work in the marine environment while reducing local impact.
Aberdeen Harbour was first built in 1136 and has been a fixture in the city for almost 900 years. Much has changed in this time. The existing North Harbour receives around…
Access challenges for construction work on High Speed 2 (HS2) are being addressed through special adaptations to a marine civil engineering equipment fleets.
Tasked with assisting contractors on the HS2 project across a number of sites, The Rothen Group (TRG) has made improvements to its fleet of specialist equipment in order…
Contractor Graham has had to overcome piling and ground engineering challenges as it tackles the £1bn Port of Tilbury expansion.
With a 200,000m2 area of concrete to create, new roads, new bridges, a new railway line, not to mention new berths and marine assets, the Port of Tilbury expansion, dubbed Tilbury2,…
Portsmouth City Council has launched its search for contractors and consultants to design and build the “pioneering” regeneration of the Tipner Peninsula.
The council wants to create a “super peninsula” by reclaiming land from the sea and developing an area already earmarked for development. It is claimed to be “most ambitious…
The full conference programme for Coastal Management 2019, taking place from 24 to 26 September in La Rochelle, France, is now available. Delegates can also go on a half-day technical site visit to La Faute Sur Mer, to look at the aftermath of Storm Xynthia. The conference is part of the…
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