The secondary lining on the 7km western section of London’s super sewer has been completed, marking a significant milestone for the Tideway project.
The secondary lining works in the western section started in March 2021 and have required more than 800 individual concrete pours to make the journey from Acton to…
Work on a tidal barrier in Somerset could be delayed by up to six months due to the discovery of asbestos.
The planned barrier in Bridgwater will protect around 13,000 homes and 1,500 businesses from flooding. However asbestos found at the new access road for construction traffic has set back…
Lincolnshire County Council has fined utility companies more than half a million pounds for rogue signage and overrunning highways works.
Figures released by the council show that it charged £543,050 for a total of 1,875 permit-breaching days in 2021-22, a 66.74% increase on the previous year. Anglian Water was fined…
Up to £12bn of investment in drainage infrastructure over the next thirty years, along with stricter controls on new property developments, will be necessary to stop thousands more homes and businesses from flooding due to inadequate drainage, according to a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission.
Localised floods across England…
Thames Water has been called out for “corporate irresponsibility” by the mayor of Newham after causing two damaging floods in Canning Town in recent weeks.
According to the water company, the first incident, which occurred in the Hallsville Quarter area on 25 October, was caused by a third party’s concrete blocking…
Emergency works are underway to stabilise a damaged sea wall on the Isle of Wight amid a warning that it could "collapse at any moment”.
Engineers are packing rock sacks into a hole that has opened up under the eastern esplanade in the seaside town of Ventnor. A section of the…
Plans have been revealed for a £2bn tidal barrage across The Wash, a bay in East Anglia between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, which will feature the world’s first tidal energy-powered deep sea container terminal, act as a flood defence and have rail and road elements.
The 17.7km barrage, named Centre Port UK,…
Railway lines in Devon have been forced to close after being hit by flooding and landslips.
A landslip near Honiton blocked the west of England line, with services terminating at Axminster. This morning, Network Rail said engineers are on track to open the section of line this afternoon. Teams had…
Galliford Try has acquired several divisions of water specialist Ham Baker.
In a bid to bolster its own water and environment divisions, Galliford Try has bought Ham Baker’s asset inspection, maintenance and screens and distributor operations divisions. Galliford Try will use Ham Baker’s expertise as a basis to develop a low…
Giant bronze ventilation columns have been installed for the first time on the central section of the Tideway super sewer project.
The 5m-high columns at Victoria Embankment will serve as an exhaust system, removing air displaced by flows into the super sewer. This air will be filtered through air treatment chambers.…
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