Two huge steel sections for Lowestoft’s £146M Gull Wing bridge are due to be delivered this week after being postponed from the weekend.
Once the two massive steel structures have been delivered engineers from Farrans, the contractor working on the project, will lift them on top of the piers and bolt…
What is claimed to be the world’s longest – and the UK’s first ever – box bridge slide over a motorway ran like clockwork.
Three months on from a record breaking bridge slide for High Speed 2 (HS2) across the M42 in Warwickshire, the team involved has revealed the years…
Installation of steel support frames to the saddles that attach the chains on London’s Hammersmith bridge this month marks a major milestone in the work to stabilise the structure.
The 135 year old bridge across the River Thames, between the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Richmond, has been closed…
The use of digital twins by infrastructure owners and operators to understand how assets work in a wider system is among the recommendations on enhancing UK infrastructure’s climate resilience included in a new ICE report.
The How can the UK’s infrastructure system be made more climate resilient? report includes several recommendations…
I crossed the Menai Suspension Bridge for the very first time in September 2022, so was interested to read the article about its subsequent closure to vehicular traffic. The article said that the bridge underwent a major refurbishment between 1938 and 1941 – after more than 110 years in service.…
A significant milestone has been reached for the construction of a new bridge in Great Yarmouth, as both bascule leaves have been lifted to place.
The £121M twin leaf bascule bridge, which was recently named Herring Bridge following a public vote, is the town’s third crossing over the River Yare. The…
Network Rail will close the historic Barmouth Viaduct in Wales for 13 weeks this autumn for the final phase of its £30M like-for-like restoration scheme.
This final phase will see Network Rail and contractor Alun Griffiths carefully reconstruct the metal sections of the Grade II* listed structure, as well as renewing…
Dublin Port Company has outlined plans to build a 190m-long, 22m-wide bascule bridge that could carry lorries, walkers, cyclists and trams over the River Liffey.
The organisation opened formal public consultation on the 3FM Project, which is designed to grow the capacity of the busy transport hub by 2040. The new…
Arup associate director and Global Structural Skills Manager Andy Gardner, Concrete Centre technical director Tony Jones and Hilti marketing manager Laura Martinez-Melida have been confirmed as speakers for NCE’s free webinar, which is being held in association with Hilti, on the design of concrete connections next week.
During the event,…
The scale of disappearing workloads has been laid bare by a report showing that the value of new civil engineering work starting on site this winter was just a third of that begun in the same period last year.
Data published by construction industry insight specialist Glenigan showed a 67% year-on-year…
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