The cost of delivering Norfolk County Council’s Norwich Western Link project has jumped by almost £23M, but central government could cover the shortfall.
The scheme, which will see a new 6.2km dual carriageway built to the west of the city, had its outline business case approved by the Department for Transport…
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has been awarded £3M for research into non-destructive testing of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
The independent research organisation was awarded the cash through arms-length government body Innovate UK and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. It said it will be looking to facilitate industry collaboration into…
Transport Scotland has revealed the shortlist of contractors for the long-awaited A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy project.
Procurement for the project, to upgrade 9.6km of the A9 to dual carriageway, began in March 2021, but was scrapped after only one bid was received from three shortlisted contractors and re-started earlier this…
Graham has been awarded an £86.9M contract for the A164 and Jock’s Lodge Improvement Scheme in East Yorkshire.
The project, approved by the Department for Transport (DfT) earlier this month, will see the contractor replace the Jock’s Lodge junction on the outskirts of Beverley – which links the A164 Hull to…
Eight people will work through the next Antarctic winter to help complete a building at the Rothera Research Station for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
For the first time since the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme (AIMP) was launched in 2017, team members will be building through the months of harsh polar…
Network Rail chair Lord (Peter) Hendy of Richmond Hill has said he wants the Euston Partnership Board to continue its work despite the government's decision to develop High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston Station with a private Development Corporation.
The board was formed in 2020 following criticisms in the Oakervee Review of…
Mott MacDonald has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company to explore the potential for it to build a large-scale nuclear facility in the UK.
It came at the same time as an announcement of £21bn of investment from South Korea in the UK…
Network Rail has awarded contracts worth £61.5M for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, which will deliver track electrification and station upgrades.
Story Contracting, AmcoGiffen, SPL Powerlines, Siemens, Rail Systems Alliance Scotland and WSP have landed the contracts, which will see 22.4km of single-track railway electrified. The South Lanarkshire-based work is part…
The cost of building High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase One is moving closer to being less than the benefit it will bring, according to Department for Transport (DfT) analysis, while HS2 Ltd chiefs say the civils contracts give them little leverage to improve contractor performance.
The DfT’s latest assessment has found…
HS2 Ltd will create a new post of chief railway officer and hopes to reform its chief executive’s salary as part of its attempts to keep costs under control.
HS2 Ltd non-executive chair Sir Jon Thompson told parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday, 16 November, that the move was based…
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