An earthquake engineering expert believes more emphasis needs to be placed on the seismic resilience of critical buildings and infrastructure following the earthquakes that have devastated Japan this week.
Beginning at roughly 4.10pm local time on Monday 1 January, the west coast of Japan suffered from 155 earthquakes and aftershocks, with…
Somerset Council has added Kiely Group, Heidelberg Materials and Octavius Infrastructure to its highways maintenance and improvement partnerships contracts.
The firms will join Kier in providing key maintenance works for the county’s 6,714km network. The council has awarded four-year contracts with Kiely Bros Ltd and Heidelberg Materials to deliver surface treatment…
The next phase of Huddersfield station’s redevelopment as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will begin next week on Monday, 8 January.
While work has already begun to improve facilities for passengers inside Huddersfield station, this next phase of work will involve work on the outside of the building. Through…
Over the festive period, Network Rail will be investing £127M in a range of projects to upgrade the rail network around England and Scotland.
Although, more than 96% of the rail network will be open for “business as usual” over the Christmas and New Year period, there are a number of…
The Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has begun the procurement process for contracts totalling £548M for the design, construction and rehabilitation of runways at its airports.
The group is looking to appoint partners who can support the delivery of future airfield investment to support the rehabilitation, renewal and growth of its airfield…
Network Rail has successfully removed a footbridge at Dumfries train station in “minutes” to make way for an accessibility-friendly replacement.
Over the course of 16 December, the footbridge, which connects platforms one and two at the station, was taken out of use in the morning to allow engineers to prepare for…
A new plan has been released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to create a competitive market for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) in the UK by 2035.
CCUS Vision sets out a plan to unlock investment and drive economic growth by creating the market for…
AtkinsRéalis has been appointed as a delivery partner for a mining project to extract iron ore from the world’s largest untapped high-grade mine located in the Republic of Guinea.
Rio Tinto, the second largest mining corporation in the world, has contracted AtkinsRéalis to provide project and construction management for the Simandou…
The government has reaffirmed its support for a new £48M road on the A39 to bypass the village of Camelford in Cornwall.
Roads minister Guy Opperman met with local Cornish MPs to make the government’s pledge of support for the Camelford Bypass scheme, which was included in Sunak’s Network North plan.…
National Grid has brought forward its £90M plan to upgrade 82km of overhead power line between Bramley in Hampshire and Melksham in Wiltshire by a year.
The utility company is fast tracking this project in an attempt to address a bottleneck in connecting low carbon projects to the electricity network in…
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