Author Archives: Belinda Smart

Reservoir expansion is a viable way to increase water storage capacity, so why are such projects underrepresented in water companies’ latest plans?

People are using more water, which is aligned to the growing population and changing lifestyles, and we need to meet that need,” says Thames Water strategic partnerships director Nevil…

A £130M National Grid project to upgrade overhead lines over a distance of 170km between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire is now in its second phase.

The new high-voltage wires that transport electricity are being installed to replace original wires dating back to the 1960s that are approaching the end of their lifespan.…

Grit blasting is progressing on the corroded Grade II Corporation Road Bridge in Grimsby, but the project is attracting growing controversy due to ongoing delays.

Remediation works on the severely rusted bridge have been delayed, leading to calls for a review of North East Lincolnshire Council’s schedule for major projects. Corporation…

A public inquiry is underway over a planned £175M flood scheme in Oxford set to be one of the largest of its kind in the UK.

The inquiry on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme began on 14 November and will last six weeks. The project involves creating a new 5km long, 60m wide…

Aecom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine to serve as delivery partner for its reconstruction.

Located in Kyiv, Boryspil is Ukraine’s largest airport and serves 65% of its passenger air traffic, including all intercontinental flights and most international flights. It handled nearly 9.5M passengers per year…

Construction has started on a dual purpose project to build flood alleviation and a relief road for the village of Benson, which lies southeast of Oxford on the River Thames.

The £6.9M Benson relief road will be an alternative route from the A4074 and B4009, north of Benson. It is designed…

Significant change is coming to the new build market: during 2024, incorporating sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) into most new developments in England will be required by law.

New legislation will remove a new development’s automatic legal right to connect surface water drainage to nearby sewage infrastructure. Instead, England’s newly adopted Schedule…

Specialised drilling is underway at Australia's Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme to prepare for services including power and communications between Lobs Hole, Marica and Tantangara.

Snowy 2.0 is a pumped hydro battery megaproject in New South Wales, Australia connecting two existing dams through a 27-km underground tunnel and a new underground…

Bechtel has been selected by nuclear enrichment specialist Urenco to provide front end engineering design (Feed) for the expansion of a key depleted uranium processing plant in the UK.

The uranium enrichment process separates gaseous uranium hexafluoride into low-enriched uranium and uranium ‘tails’, or depleted uranium. Urenco’s Tails Management Facility (TMF)…

The village of Hemsby in Norfolk has fallen victim to coastal erosion again, losing another home to demolition following a failed bid for coastal defence funding.

The demolition, the sixth this year, took place on 28 October on the coastal stretch known as The Marrams to prevent the home from collapsing…