The UK government has enabled a financing package of €422M (£373M) for infrastructure projects across Zanzibar, Tanzania that will be driven by UK exporters.
The financing was underwritten by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government’s export credit agency. The package will enable a historic upgrade of Pemba Airport – the smaller…
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TechFest Awards deadline extended to 21 July
The deadline for the TechFest Awards has been extended to Friday 21 July, giving potential entrants just under two weeks extra to submit their entries.
Celebrating innovation in civil engineering and construction, the awards will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside,…
How Portland Airport’s new modular roof was assembled and installed without disrupting flights
Specialist lifting firm Mammoet used a variety of techniques to assemble and install the new seismically isolated roof structure at Portland Airport in the United States amid active runways and without disrupting services.
Portland Airport is scaling up to serve an expected 35M annual passengers in the coming years and is…
Climate Committee calls urgently for clearer policies to reduce emissions in road building, aviation, industry and more
The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC’s) confidence in the UK meeting its decarbonisation and net zero goals post-2030 is “markedly less” than it was a year ago and it has pointed out a wide range of holes in the government’s policies for achieving them.
The CCC is the UK’s independent adviser to…
EU awards £55M for design documentation on mega Polish high speed rail project
The European Commission has awarded £55M (€64M) for the development of full design documentation for the planned first section of Poland’s multi-billion Euro high speed rail project.
Centralny Port Komunikacjyny (CPK) will see transfer hub built between Warsaw and Łódź, which will comprise of a new airport and several high-speed railway…
Female industry specialists invited to join NCE’s New Voices list
Putting female role models in the spotlight is a key part of today’s International Women in Engineering Day, which is now an annual event, and NCE is relaunching an initiative to ensure women remain in that spotlight throughout the year.
NCE is inviting women engineers to put themselves forward to join…
Gatwick Airport expected to submit second runway DCO application within two weeks
The long-awaited Development Consent Order (DCO) application to convert Gatwick Airport’s emergency runway into a second runway is expected to be submitted within the next two weeks.
Gatwick Airport stated that it does plan to submit its DCO application within the coming weeks but wouldn't give a specific date for the…
ICE Publishing portfolio changes hands
Thomas Telford Limited (TTL), the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), has sold the ICE Publishing portfolio to Emerald Publishing.
Bingley-headquartered Emerald Publishing is part of investment firm Cambridge Information Group and publishing services to researchers in various forms including journals, books, teaching cases as well as open…
Can King Charles III live up to Queen Elizabeth II’s infrastructure legacy?
During her 70-year reign as Queen of the UK and the Commonwealth realms, Elizabeth II had no shortage of railways, bridges and roads named in her honour – both domestically and overseas – leaving her son and successor with much to live up to as he is crowned as King…
Bigger than ever TechFest Awards open for entries
Entries are now open for the 2023 TechFest Awards, with new categories added to celebrate innovation in even more areas of civil engineering and construction.
The broader outlook for the awards, which will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside, are the…