Author Archives: Rob Hakimian

Manchester United Football Club is investigating the possibility of building a new 100,000 capacity stadium at a cost of over £2bn.

The latest episode of the Engineers Collective is out now: listen in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, your usual platform or the player below.

This month’s round up of partnerships and mergers in the engineering sector from all over the world features a variety of initiatives that will provide forward-thinking future developments.

Erecting a “mega tent” over a constrained work site above Paddington station has enabled Balfour Beatty to carry out renewal on a 112-year-old bridge in industrial-like conditions, a senior engineer on the project has told NCE.

Modular construction is boosting productivity in the construction of Hinkley Point C, with factories in the Bristol area manufacturing “ever larger pieces” of the nuclear station.

North Scotland’s energy network was not designed to meet 21st century generation requirements. But it is now down to SSEN Transmission and its contractors to upgrade it by the end of 2030.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that UK infrastructure projects including the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel “will not move forward” as the government looks to fill a £22bn hole that the government has discovered in its audit of public finances.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) has appointed Arup, AtkinsRéalis, Mott MacDonald and Stantec to its £160M engineering consultancy services framework for the eighth asset management period (AMP8), between 2025 and 2030.

Innovative 3D printed concrete toilet pods made by ChangeMaker 3D, CyBe and Baily Garner are to be introduced at railway stations in Wales that don’t currently have toilets.

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) official has detailed how work on planning, funding and maximising the benefits of the £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass Transit (WYMT) network is being carried out.