Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent to the Highland Council for plans to repair cracks on the listed Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland.
Listed building consent empowers planning authorities to ensure that changes to listed buildings are “appropriate and sympathetic” to their character. The plans for the viaduct…
Unexpected defects have been found in the decks of three road bridges on the A35 outside Southampton during a £25M refurbishment works programme.
Hampshire County Council has encountered several defects in both the three bridge decks and the underlying pavement layers of the eastbound carriageway of the A35 Redbridge Causeway, just…
Strengthening and repair of an historic wrought iron rail bridge in the Saltmarket area of Glasgow has been completed a month ahead of schedule, Network Rail has revealed.
The 150 year old bridge carries the City Union Line of the A8 near Glasgow Cross and the £3.8M upgrade delivered by Story…
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have moved a 5,600t bridge into place under the mainline railway in the West Midlands 27 hours ahead of schedule.
The new bridge will allow High Speed 2 (HS2) to pass underneath the existing Coventry to Leamington Spa line. The move to position the 22m long,…
National Highways has delayed its completion schedule for upgrade work to the Grade II listed Wentbridge Viaduct in West Yorkshire by eight months.
National Highways confirmed at the start of this week that the removal of the road surface and waterproofing layer as part of work to restore the road bridge…
A consortium of contractors responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) has “risen” to the challenge, according to National Highways.
Contractors Amco Giffen, Balfour Beatty, Beaver Bridges, Bethell, Dyer & Butler and ECS have been conducting a maintenance and repair programme of 265 works over the…
Cracks in a viaduct between Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands will see train speeds restricted until remediation works can be devised and completed in 2025.
The damage to the viaduct near Rijpwetering was discovered at the end of October. Engineers discovered cracks in the structure’s welds which are believed to…
Bam has commenced piling works for the new Sustainable Transport Bridge across the River Suir in Waterford, Ireland.
The Sustainable Transport Bridge is part of a major project to regenerate Waterford. The 207m long bridge was designed by Roughan & O’Donovan and Knight Architects, with bridge engineering and detailed design from…
National Highways has appointed Kier to carry out an essential maintenance programme on eight bridges on the M6 through Lune Gorge in Cumbria.
These bridges are concrete and approaching the end of their operational life. Kier will assess each and either repair or refurbish them. They all fall within a 10km…
More than 500 structures on the railway network have not been examined by Network Rail in over five years.
Network Rail has 70,000 structures to maintain and it is necessary for it to complete the overall examination process at required intervals for each structure, either annually or up to 12 years.…
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