Moray-based engineering and construction firm AJ Engineering has built and installed a 42m long bow string arch bridge over the River Nevis, giving walkers access to Ben Nevis.
The bridge was transported in several sections and bolted together on site. AJ Engineering project manager for the bridge Gary Moir said: “We…
The largest lift since the London Eye’s erection in 1999 has taken place in Sunderland.
Pylon raised 7 The pylon in its final position. The 100m tall, 1,500t A-frame structure, which is the focal point of the New Wear Crossing, was raised to its final position on Saturday afternon. The…
The 1,550t, 100m tall steel and concrete main pylon which will support the deck on the New Wear Crossing is being erected in one 24 hour lift today (Friday).
The pylon is the main tower for the new £117.6M cable stayed River Wear crossing in Sunderland. Each leg of the A-shaped…
The 1,550t, 100m tall steel and concrete main pylon which will support the deck on the New Wear Crossing will be erected in one 24 hour lift today.
The pylon is the main tower for the new £117.6M cable stayed River Wear crossing in Sunderland. Each leg of the A-shaped structure is…
Precasting is being taken to new levels in building France’s longest viaduct using some of the world’s biggest kit.
Shark gun? Check. Typhoon shelter? Check. Scuba gear? Check. Ravings of a madman? No, just the checklist for anyone heading out to work on France’s latest grand projet. Grand it most definitely is.…
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon presented the inaugural ICE People’s Choice trophy to Transport Scotland and Amey, at a ceremony at One Great George Street in January.
The award recognised the Forth Road Bridge reopening in December 2015 as the public’s choice for greatest civil engineering achievement of the year. The…
The last of the 110 deck segments on the Queensferry Crossing is being lifted into place today marking a milestone in the run up to completion of the bridge in May 2017.
“It’s the last of 110 segments to be lifted into place,” Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) construction director Alan…
Transport Scotland is inviting tenders from contractors to undertake the replacement of the expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge.
The current ‘roller shutter’ or rolling leaf joints were developed, fabricated and installed by the German firm Demag and are believed to be the largest and oldest of their type in…
Engineers are undertaking stabilisation works after facture was discovered on a 360mm truss member on an interstate route bridge which carries 42,000 vehicles per day.
The 2km long Delaware River Turnpike Bridge was shut ten days ago when the damage was noticed by an engineer during a routine check of a bridge-painting project.…
A 100m pylon, the centrepiece of Sunderland’s new bridge, has been transported to its final location on the construction site in the middle of the River Wear.
It will form the New Wear Crossing, which is being delivered by a Farrans Victor Buyck joint venture (FVB) on behalf of Sunderland City…
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