Heathrow Airport’s new runway will most likely extend over the top of the M25 in a project described as “a deep joy” for engineers.
Expansion director Phil Wilbraham said that Heathrow’s aim would be to leave the M25 in “at least as good a state” as when work started on building…
Birmingham Airport could build a new terminal building in or next to the High Speed 2 (HS2) Birmingham interchange station site, one of its senior officials has said.
Speaking at the New Civil Engineer Airports 2017 conference in London, Birmingham Airport head of planning Rob Eaton said it was working with project…
An innovative canopy structure set over new terminal buildings is at the centre of how Heathrow Airport plans to future-proof its expansion.
Speaking at New Civil Engineer’s Airports conference in London today, Heathrow expansion programme director Phil Wilbraham described how the airport planned to ensure its design feels fresh in the…
Innovations including the off-site construction of mezzanine levels to provide extra seating capacity at Stansted Airport are among the engineering solutions Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is putting forward to increase capacity.
MAG currently has a £1bn expansion plan at Manchester airport and a £500M plan for Stansted. MAG project delivery director Tom Wilne…
Gatwick Airport is making the best of the government’s decision to choose Heathrow as the site for the South East’s new runway. It is still ready to step in at a moment’s notice if called upon by government to build a second runway.
Heathrow was chosen over Gatwick in late 2016…
The Liberal Democrat manifesto launched today has reiterated its opposition to any new runways in the south east of England, including Heathrow’s third runway.
Instead the Lib Dems propose to focus on improving regional airports such as Manchester and Birmingham. The manifesto pledges £100bn additional infrastructure investment. Rail electrification would continue…
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Business leaders have called on the next government to set up a new Airports Commission to choose more locations for two new runways immediately after the election.
In a pre-election manifesto paper called Let’s Push Things Forward, the Institute of Directors (IoD) argues that years of delays on a decision for…
Arup, Atkins and Jacobs have won places on a new five-year planning framework for Gatwick Airport, ahead of a £240M investment in the airport over the next year.
The firms will work on capacity assessments and look at how it can grow from its existing infrastructure. Work will include passenger and…
Some letters published in New Civil Engineer in the last three months show deep concern about decisions around major infrastructure projects. I share these concerns. In my view, urgent review is needed. Some engineering is exceptional. For example, energy demand management is making power station operation more efficient. And domestic…
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