Kier is to start a programme of work to introduce segregated cycle lanes and a remodelled junction on the 155-year-old Westminster Bridge in London .
The work will also improve links with the East-West Cycle Superhighway and the Central London Cycling Grid and upgrade pedestrian crossings. A new 20mph speed limit will…
A world-first modular glass fibre reinforced plastic bridge has been unveiled.
Designed by Arup, and part-funded by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), the first bridge has been installed in Oxford for Network Rail. The bridge is a safer alternative to level crossings where a traditional pedestrian bridge cannot be…
More than 3,000 council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are “substandard” according to new research by the RAC Foundation.
Analysis of data received from 199 of the 207 local highway authorities in the UK shows that 3,203 structures over 1.5m in span were unfit to carry the heaviest vehicles, including lorries…
A road bridge in Italy has collapsed onto a live motorway during a lifting operation, killing two people.
Autostrade, Italy’s highways authority, said that an overpass had collapsed onto a section of the A14 Bologna to Taranto bridge between Loreto and Ancona South due to “a failure of temporary structure of support…
Groundworks for the bridge at Bolton’s new £48M transport interchange are starting this week.
The new skylink bridge, which will connect the railway station and the interchange, will be delivered and constructed once the groundworks have finished. The bridge work is being carried out by Network Rail on behalf of Transport for…
The community of Aberfeldy, home of world’s first fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge, has said it is working to get the structure reopened.
Details of the cause of the closure of the foodbridge at Aberfeldy Golf Club have been given as a cost of £15,000 to repair handrails and an additional cost of…
Engineering firm Arup and Knight Architects have submitted plans for a new bridge at Luton Airport, part of a wider planning application for a £200M mass passenger transit (MPT) system.
If the planning application is successful the MPT system will run for 2.2km, taking passengers from Luton Parkway rail station to the airport’s…
The ICE is launching a programme of events to celebrate its 200th anniversary next year.
The ICE 200 programme will feature the people and projects who have made an impact on society across the UK and internationally, telling the story of civil engineering over the last 200 years. The aim is…
The world’s first fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge is understood to have closed amid safety concerns.
The Aberfeldy bridge was constructed in the early 1990s when Aberfeldy Golf Club wanted to extend its cramped nine hole course by creating a further nine holes across the River Tay. Preliminary estimates for a conventional structure…
The Charity Commission has said that the Garden Bridge Trust’s processes for awarding contracts, including the main construction contract to a Bouygues JV, was ’robust’ in a new report.
The regulator said its case examined the governance of the charity that was set up to deliver the Thames Crossing. It specifically looked at whether the…
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