September saw notable appointments at major firms including Balfour Beatty, Jacobs, Cowi and Costain, along with the announcement that Andy Lord will take over as Transport for London (TfL) commissioner following Andy Byford's departure.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during September is below. To feature on next…
Key contracts for the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel scheme have been awarded to Costain and Mott MacDonald by National Highways.
Plans for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme would see a 3.2km tunnel built under the National Heritage Site, 50m away from the current route of the A303. National Highways…
Winvic Constuction has been awarded an emergency repair contract by National Highways to perform temporary and permanent maintenance work on the Ouse Bridge.
Routine investigations of the bridge, which carries the M62 between junctions 36 (Goole) and 37 (Howden) in East Riding, Yorkshire, identified a partial failure of a joint on…
In last week’s mini budget, the UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng made renewed commitments to address the UK’s “slow” and “fragmented” planning system. As well as applying tax incentives for businesses within proposed new “investment zones”, Kwarteng announced they would serve as “designated development sites” within which planning processes would be…
Transport for London (TfL) is again searching for a new boss.
Having battled through the pandemic, pushed Crossrail over the line and negotiated a long-term funding deal with government, Andy Byford has called time on his reign as TfL commissioner. After taking the hotseat in June 2020, Byford has succeeded in…
Australian engineering firm GHD is looking to apply lessons learnt from its business in the rest of the world to benefit the UK market.
GHD chair Robert Knott has announced the company’s plans to expand its specialist consultant services within the UK engineering industry through mergers and acquisitions. The professional services…
For decades those awarded the ICE’s professional qualification have proved to their peers that they have both the necessary academic ability and practical experience to practice safely. The ICE approach, licensed by the Engineering Council, is different to qualifying bodies in other countries: many of whom measure only academic achievement…
National Highways has built a bespoke classroom in Birmingham to help staff safely experience heavy plant operation away from a working site.
Working in partnership with supply chain partners Bam Nuttall and Flannery Plant Hire, the government body brought the challenges posed by construction sites to an off-site space by way…
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published its new strategy and priorities for the next three years.
The CLC will focus its efforts on four ambitions for transformational change over the next three years: net zero and biodiversity; next generation delivery; building delivery; and people and skills. The aim is to…
Irish Rail has awarded Jacobs the contract to develop the "largest coastal protection scheme" in northwestern Europe.
Jacobs has been commissioned for detailed design and planning services for the East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP) program. ECRIPP is Irish Rail's attempt to defend long sections of the Dublin to…
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