This video was recorded at NCE's UK Roads conference 2023. National Highways director of strategic planning and analysis Adam Simmons discusses how the roads body is planning for the third Roads Investment Strategy period (RIS3), which runs from 2025 to 2030. He talks about the priorities for investment in the…
Bam has commenced piling works for the new Sustainable Transport Bridge across the River Suir in Waterford, Ireland.
The Sustainable Transport Bridge is part of a major project to regenerate Waterford. The 207m long bridge was designed by Roughan & O’Donovan and Knight Architects, with bridge engineering and detailed design from…
The Brunel Museum has opened its Tunnelling Today exhibition for the school summer holidays, which focuses on Thames Tideway.
It’s a family-friendly exhibition at the museum in Rotherhithe, on the Thames, where visitors of all ages can learn about London’s history and the its once infamous “Great Stink” caused by an…
Campaigners have taken the first steps towards a legal challenge against the government’s decision to grant a development consent order (DCO) to the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel scheme.
The scheme, which will see the construction of a new 12.8km dual carriageway including a 3.3km tunnel beneath the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, was…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has called for Network Rail to work more collaboratively with the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish local authorities to ensure that railway-related flood risk is managed appropriately.
The recommendation comes as part of RAIB’s report into the embankment washout under a passenger train…
National Highways has appointed Kier to carry out an essential maintenance programme on eight bridges on the M6 through Lune Gorge in Cumbria.
These bridges are concrete and approaching the end of their operational life. Kier will assess each and either repair or refurbish them. They all fall within a 10km…
Bam and nPlan have teamed up to launch a new approach to risk management that utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle potential issues within a portfolio of projects more efficiently than ever.
nPlan Portfolio is software that uses AI and big data to analyse a portfolio and provide unbiased insight into…
Cross-party MPs have called for a reconsideration of the planned enhancements to the strategic road network (SRN) as they are expensive and complex, leading to delays that cause confusion and uncertainty.
These are the findings of the Transport Select Committee’s inquiry into the government’s strategic road investment strategy, published today (26…
Renewable energy company Drax Group has been granted planning permission by the Scottish Government for a new £500M underground pumped storage hydro plant at its Cruachan facility in Argyll.
The 600MW capacity plant will be constructed adjacent to the existing underground facility and more than double to the site’s existing generation…
More than 500 structures on the railway network have not been examined by Network Rail in over five years.
Network Rail has 70,000 structures to maintain and it is necessary for it to complete the overall examination process at required intervals for each structure, either annually or up to 12 years.…
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