Water quality improvement in Pudsey Beck as it flows through Leeds and Bradford is being targeted by a £36M investment by Yorkshire Water.
The project aims to reduce storm overflows during prolonged periods of heavy rainfall by focusing on six projects within the area, including creation of a new wetland at…
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Norway authorities consider temporary rail bridge to replace one washed away by Storm Hans
Norwegian authorities are considering the installation of a temporary bridge to replace the Randklev railway bridge that was washed away by Storm Hans earlier this month.
On 14 August, Storm Hans caused the middle section of the 172.5m long Randklev Bridge on the Dovre line, which connects Oslo to Trondheim, to…
TBM breakthrough on £100M Glasgow water resilience project
HB Tunnelling has completed the construction of a 252m long tunnel that will form a section of a new trunk water main in Glasgow.
The tunnel, which has an internal diameter of 1.5m, was constructed between Broomloan road and the north side of Bellahouston Park in the suburb of Ibrox, south…
United Utilities opens procurement for £6bn building framework for AMP8 and AMP9
Water company United Utilities has alerted contractors that it has started procurement for its £6bn “build only” delivery runway for asset management period 8 (AMP8), which runs from 2025 to 2030, and AMP9, which starts in 2030 and runs through to 2035.
Launch of the procurement confirms the previous statement given…
Podcast | How smart data could improve flood management to create climate resilient infrastructure
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.
Urban populations are growing while climate change means both droughts, as well as sudden intense rainfall events, are on the rise. However, existing urban infrastructure in the UK has not caught up with the water management challenges presented by these scenarios.…
Thames Tideway ‘super sewer’ cost holds steady at £4.5bn
Tideway, the company building London’s new super sewer Thames Tideway, has released its latest annual report, confirming the capital cost of the project remains £4.5bn, as reported in April.
Tideway confirmed the figure in its financial results for the year ending March 2023, detailing a year in which almost all underground…
How Knights Brown will deliver the £30M Cardiff Coastal defence scheme
Knights Brown will provide 1:200 year flood protection along 2.9km of the Cardiff coast using a variety of interventions including rock armour, 19m sheet piles and embankment reinforcement works.
The Hampshire-based contractor was awarded the £30M contract by Cardiff Council. The scheme, designed by JBA Consulting, will see defences updated along…
£1.4M announced for digital modelling projects that support infrastructure climate change resilience
The UK Government has allocated £1.4M to fund eight projects focused on infrastructure climate change resilience.
The £1.4M will support eight projects supported by computational modelling that promise to reinforce infrastructure resilience against severe weather events. The projects all have a key focus on underground infrastructure including water pipes and electrical…
Environment Agency commences £29M Humber flood defences upgrade in Lincolnshire
Jackson Civil Engineering, working on behalf of the Environment Agency, has begun a third phase of ongoing work to secure the coast of the Humber estuary in North East Lincolnshire.
Work began on 23 August to install 4.5km of coastal defences along part of the Humber estuary’s south bank at the…
Tunnelling for second phase of Singapore’s £5.8bn water recycling project completed
Tunnelling has been completed for the second phase of Singapore’s S$10bn (£5.8bn) Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project, which will boost the country’s water recycling capacity.
DTSS was conceived in the 1990s, as Singapore’s national water agency Pub was investigating cost-efficient and land-efficient ways to reclaim and recycle water. Prior to…