Heathrow is set for £650M of post-Brexit investment in 2019 to help fund the expansion of Terminal 2, in a show of confidence from investors.
Money from Heathrow’s international investors, which include Ferrovial and the Qatar Investment Authority, could be used to expand Terminal 2 and build a new tunnel to…
A hefty boost to Kier’s bottom line from the sale of Mouchel boosted pretax profits for the six months to the end of December 2016, increasing them to £34.9M compared to £4.3M the year before.
This figure in the interim results includes £39M from the sale of Mouchel Consulting to WSP for…
Heathrow Airport has set out how it will seek to involve small and medium sized suppliers in its planned expansion programme which includes the third runway.
The first element will be a series of speed dating-style business summits to help SMEs secure work on the programme. There is also going to be a…
Engineering firm Arup and Knight Architects have submitted plans for a new bridge at Luton Airport, part of a wider planning application for a £200M mass passenger transit (MPT) system.
If the planning application is successful the MPT system will run for 2.2km, taking passengers from Luton Parkway rail station to the airport’s…
A strategy to reduce emissions from aircraft at Heathrow is reaching its limits, meaning that further emissions reductions need to happen from road traffic cuts.
Researchers at Imperial College London’s civil engineering department have been studying how emissions from aircraft during take off have been reduced at Heathrow Airport. Pilots can choose…
Every Friday morning from 9am to 11am, Heathrow Airport Ltd’s “option steering group” meets to discuss 16 ongoing studies related to expansion and its proposed third runway.
Pulled from a 150-strong design team, and Heathrow representatives, these big ideas are dissected in detail. “These are big questions like: the M25 –…
The position and length of a third runway at Heathrow airport are the priority decisions for the team planning its third runway, expansion director Phil Wilbraham has revealed.
In an exclusive interview with New Civil Engineer, Wilbraham laid out the timeframe for the big decisions on Heathrow, which will form the…
A tender for £115M worth of civils work for a new rail link at London Luton Airport (LLA) has been released.
The design build package is for a 2.1km mass rapid passenger transit system from Luton Airport Parkway station to Luton Airport terminal. The works will be on and off the…
A bid to win local support for Heathrow Airport’s expansion programme has begun with the publication of proposals to spend £700M on noise insulation for homes, and £40M on schools.
Residents in the proposed Heathrow expansion zone have been subject to a charm offensive from the government. Plans for noise mitigation…
Government must do more to show Heathrow expansion can be delivered within legal air pollution limits, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has said.
Fears about noise impacts, higher carbon emissions and poorer air quality are raised in the committee’s Airports Commission Report Follow-up: Carbon Emissions, Air Quality and Noise report…
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