Improving site efficiency, moving to cleaner fuels - including hydrogen over the longer term - and adopting electric machinery are among the goals outlined in new guidance from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) on eliminating the use of diesel in construction.
The newly published Zero Diesel Sites Route Map has been…
Blackburn with Darwen Council is set to appoint Balfour Beatty as the design and build contractor for its M65 junction 5 improvements scheme.
The council was awarded £20M through the second round of the government’s Levelling Up Fund for the works in January. The winning bid also includes improvements on the…
The Environment Agency has completed the construction of a £50M flood risk mitigation scheme in the Perry Barr and Witton area of Birmingham.
Engineers from Jackson have constructed a new 1.7Mm3 capacity flood storage reservoir at Forge Mill in the Sandwell Valley Country Park. It is upstream of Perry Barr and…
Gateshead and Newcastle Councils have given the green light to Network Rail for a £4M package of refurbishment works to be carried out on the High Level Bridge across the River Tyne.
Constructed between 1845 and 1849, the 408m long structure was the world’s first combined road and rail bridge, with…
Spades are in the ground on the new Cambridge South railway station, which is being backed by £200M of government funding.
The new station will have four platforms and be fully accessible. It is on land adjacent to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and received a green light in December from the…
Last month saw Turner & Townsend make senior appointments around the globe and Arcadis refresh its executive leadership team, while many other new appointments were made around the UK construction sector.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during May follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup…
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.
Megaprojects are what take society forward, whether building new transport infrastructure, creating new technology networks or decarbonising the energy system. However, according to this month’s guest on The Engineers Collective, across sectors and around the world, megaprojects almost always overrun their…
As the government strives to expand capacity to meet future electricity demand, nuclear power and tidal energy are at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of support.
New sources of electricity generation must be built and brought online in the next decade if the government is to achieve…
Steel sections that form the curved roof on Everton Football Club’s £500M new stadium are now complete on the west stand.
The new steelwork was hoisted by main contractor Laing O’Rourke and steelwork supply chain partner Severfield using an 18-wheel, 750t capacity crane known as “The Beast”. It connects to the…
Contractors have been alerted to a £95M opportunity for conservation and repair works on the Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster.
Significant repairs on the 99m tall tower last took place in the early 1990s but the exterior masonry is now deteriorating and represents a health and safety risk. The…
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