A design proposal by British consultant BuroHappold Engineering and architects UNStudio has been chosen for a new bridge across the river Danube at Budapest.
The 500m long cable stayed bridge is intended to ease congestion and accelerate the development of former industrial areas in the south of the Hungarian capital. The…
A steam railway group is calling for bigger fines after one of its bridges was struck for the fourteenth time in just four years.
Engineers at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway have said enough is enough, following the latest incident on 1 May, which led to road closures after a transporter…
A masterplan for the £30M redevelopment of York city centre has been revealed.
The Castle Gateway plan includes proposals for a new bridge, a riverside pedestrian walkway and road improvements. Intended to transform the area around Clifford’s Tower, work also includes a new junction at the south of Piccadilly, which is…
A key road bridge that remained closed for months during a much-delayed Interserve-led repair scheme has been closed just weeks after it finally opened.
An unidentified technical fault has damaged two safety gates on Poole Bridge in Dorset, which has been closed to traffic since Sunday 8 April. Interserve completed repair…
Hong Kong’s leader has moved to calm fears about the structural stability of artificial islands, built as part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge project, saying the viability of the structures is “scientifically proven”.
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam reportedly made the comments in response to news reports that one of…
The full span of a 3D printed steel smart bridge has been finalised ahead of being installed over an Amsterdam canal.
Dutch start-up MX3D has worked with Arup structural engineers to create a 12m 3D printed bridge that will be installed with a sensor network to monitor structural measurements such as…
Cowi has won one of three design work packages for the £1.6bn 22.8km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link bridge.
It will be undertaking the detailed design for package 1, the longest section of bridge at 10.3km. Ramboll is designing the second section. It is working in a joint venture with the Larsen…
The design of the Florida International University (FIU) bridge which collapsed onto a live highway killing six people, could be seen in hindsight as a potential “recipe for disaster” according to one bridge expert.
Speaking during a panel discussion on the collapse at the NCE100 breakfast club in London, Mott MacDonald…
Ramboll has won the design and construction support contract for a $2.2bn (£1.6bn), 22km long six-lane Mumbai Trans-Harbour road bridge in India.
Ramboll will act as an advisor for the Indian and South Korean joint venture contractor, Tata Projects-Daewoo. Ramboll will provide detailed design services and will give technical support during…
Engineers in the UK have expressed surprise that contractors working on the collapsed Florida International University (FIU) bridge were carrying out what appears to be remedial post-tensioning work over a live road.
They have told New Civil Engineer this would not be allowed to happen in the UK. “To my mind, when…
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