Work is underway to build a new £2M flood risk management scheme to better protect homes from flooding in the Pebble Mill area of Birmingham.
The scheme will provide protection from the River Rea to more than 100 residential properties. The area has historically been impacted by flooding, with the…
Planning permission has been granted for two coastal management schemes in Norfolk.
Balfour Beatty will undertake construction work on the two projects, the Cromer Coastal Management Scheme Phase 2 and the Mundesley Coastal Management Scheme. The plans were approved at a meeting of North Norfolk District Council's Development Committee meeting last…
A joint venture of CBNA and Halmar has been awarded a $819M (£671M) contract to design and build a major new sewer tunnel in Washington DC, USA.
As reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the 8.9km long Potomac River Tunnel will control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into the Potomac River,…
Work has begun on a new £26M flood storage reservoir near the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.
Lowdham has a history of flooding from the nearby Cocker Beck, a tributary of the River Trent, with major flooding incidents occurring in 2020, 2019, 2013, 2012, 2007 and 1999. The new flood storage…
Affinity Water is looking for companies to deliver its capital works up until 2035, which are worth a total £900M.
According to a periodic indicative notice, the water company is preparing to launch the search for companies to deliver its Aasset Management Period 8 (AMP8) and AMP9 capital works. The AMP8…
Dumfries and Galloway Council has narrowly voted to progress the Whitesands flood defence scheme in Dumfries after multiple delays and a 50% cost increase from £25M to £37M.
This area of Dumfries has been flooded more than 200 times since records began with the River Nith, which runs through the town,…
The Tideway project has taken another step towards completion, with the secondary lining finished in the super sewer's eastern section - the final section to be completed.
Tideway’s tunnel boring machines finished excavating the main tunnel in the spring of 2022, but the secondary concrete lining was need for added strength…
Anglian Water’s proposals for a 68km pipeline between Bury St Edmunds and Colchester are inching forwards after being greenlit by Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils.
Plans for the proposed pipeline were submitted in late December 2022 and approved by West Suffolk Council on 18 September. A green light is also…
While there are many effective groundwater modelling methods available, engineers often fall back on just a few while ignoring those which could offer deeper insight and greater efficiency.
The default approach for many has become finite element and finite difference methods. Finite element and finite difference methods are powerful tools…
Four Grade II listed lift bridges on the Oxford Canal are to undergo a £650,000 upgrade programme under the auspices of charitable organisation The Canal & River Trust.
The Chisnell, Shipton, Wolvercote and Perry’s lift bridges were built in the 18th century to allow access across the then recently constructed canal…
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