The £10bn decommissioning work taking place at Sellafield has passed a milestone as engineers have begun to scoop out waste from the UK’s oldest nuclear waste storage building.
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS) at Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria is a sealed building with six compartments of radioactive material. It…
Laing O’Rourke has confirmed that a person working for one of its sub-contractors on construction of the new Bramley Moore Dock football stadium for Everton Football Club died following an incident on site yesterday.
Work on the stadium, which is being built in a former dock, has been suspended while investigations…
Around 200 people, including some senior members of staff, are understood to have been made redundant at Arup this month after the encountered a “slowdown” in work, including the pause in construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).
In the news, first reported by NCE’s sister title Architects Journal, Arup confirmed that…
Donington Park is one of the world’s iconic race venues, hosting some of motorsport’s most prestigious national and international events.
Transformation of the historic racetrack earlier this year was undertaken by Aggregate Industries, which was responsible for the removal and replacement of more than 6,700t of asphalt. The power of…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced its roster of 37 contractors appointed to its £600M STARThree framework to advise on the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects.
STARThree is is officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework and this is…
Railways offer a “climate smart” way to keep our cities and countries moving. The question now is whether the rail and transit industry is ready to transform how networks will be planned, designed, built and operated in the future using digital twins.
It is important to understand what a digital…
The construction industry accounted for 11% of administrations in the first six months of 2023 – the third highest sector in the UK – according to analysis from Shakespeare Martineau.
A total of 759 businesses, 85 of which came from the construction industry, filed for administration between 1 January and…
At the end of July, government announced the price list for statutory biodiversity credits and they are pretty eyewatering – but what lies behind this and what are the implications?
From November this year – the precise date is still to be announced – or spring next year for smaller projects,…
The Government’s recent cross-department drive to identify reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) within public sector buildings shows that it’s taking the risk posed by this building material seriously.
Present within many hospitals, schools and municipal buildings, it’s a massive headache for both asset owners and occupants. That’s all before we’ve…
The value of civil engineering projects which got underway across the UK in the three months to the end of July was down by nearly a half year-on-year, according to data by construction industry analysts Glenigan.
According to Glenigan’s analysis, which covers projects with a total value of £100M or less,…
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