Aecom has been chosen to manage the site investigation for a £50M cruise liner terminal in Liverpool.
Liverpool City Council has already appointed Ramboll to lead a design team for the new terminal, which includes architects Stride Treglown, planning and property consultants JLL, and landscape architects Hyland Edgar Driver. A planning…
Cracks, bursts and blockages in sewer networks are being caused by builders dumping excess concrete down drains, according to Thames Water.
Some builders are pouring concrete down drains by accident, Thames Water believes, but others are looking to avoid the hassle of disposing of concrete properly. In February the utility firm…
A Balfour Beatty joint venture has won a £200M deal to construct a water park in Hong Kong
Working with Gammon Construction, the job will involve the construction of the main building and fit out and installation of the rides and attractions. Gammon will carry out the mechanical and electrical services…
The latest technology is being used to maintain over 1000 of the UK’s historic waterways.
The Canal & River Trust has awarded software developer Fissara the contract to provide a ‘unique’ field force solution to engineering specialist Amco. The system will be used by engineers to schedule calls, log problems and…
Work on a £1.1bn power transmission project in Scotland has taken a step forward after a purpose built, cable-laying vessel departed from Aberdeen harbour.
The NKT Victoria will lay 113km of high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable across the Moray Firth connecting Caithness to Moray, finishing work in September. It…
Balfour Beatty has completed the first section of the £63M Rossall sea defence scheme for client Wyre Council.
Specially manufactured precast concrete and 270,000 tonnes of rock has been used to create the defence, which will protect 7,500 properties. The precast concrete is being used to construct a stepped revetment to…
Thames Water is on track to deliver the UK’s biggest sustainable drainage system (SuDS), despite the challenges of working across several developers’ sites at Nine Elms.
The Nine Elms development on the South Bank in London is set to have 22,000 apartments once complete, along with several hotels, restaurants and office…
Ramboll is to lead the technical team for the development of a new £50M cruise terminal on the River Mersey in Liverpool.
Ramboll has been appointed by Liverpool City Council to work on the detailed design in its capacity as technical advisor, working up to submitting the planning application on the former…
Buses could soon be powered by sewer fatbergs in a bid to find an environmentally friendly way of disposing the problematic waste.
Thames Water has teamed up with renewables firm Argent Energy to look into how the congealed fats, oils and greases could be turned into an environmentally friendly fuel. The…
Scottish Water’s £100M Shieldhall Tunnel project has reached its halfway mark under Glasgow’s Pollok Park.
This week the full circle concrete rings which will form the 5km tunnel, which will be Scotland’s longest, were installed at 2.5km along the route. Construction using a 180m long TBM started last July and will…
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