Author Archives: Belinda Smart

Improving gender diversity in civil engineering depends on role models and school outreach, Abigail Brierley.

Matt Palmer, the executive director of Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), has been appointed an industry sponsor looking after net zero and biodiversity for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).

A new rebar threading facility at HS2’s Copthall tunnel site in Hillingdon, West London, has been established, with a team of 14 set to make 92,000 rebar couplers on site to construct the 880m long cut and cover tunnel.

An investigation is to be launched after a major incident was declared in Poole Harbour, Dorset, due to an oil leak yesterday, 26 March.

The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has been established as a permanent institution, having been passed into law today after receiving Royal Assent.

Network Rail will be carrying out stabilisation and widening of an embankment on the railway to the north of Martlesham, on the East Suffolk Line; the work is scheduled to start tomorrow and run until to 6 April.

The first stages of infrastructure upgrades for the ferry terminal at Uig harbour in Skye have been completed by contractor RJ McLeod.

The team tasked with delivering High Speed 2’s (HS2's) next tunnelling scheme is recruiting 100 employees to new roles on the construction of the 5.6km long tunnel between Warwickshire and Birmingham; the news comes in the same week as the announcement of significant redundancies at HS2’s Euston station site.

Flexible working in the construction and engineering sector requires an approach that suits individuals’ and business’ needs; and what works for an office based role may not work for operational teams.

The majority of local authorities plan to ditch or review major highway projects, as well as road maintenance work, next year due to rising costs, according to a new survey from the County Councils Network (CCN).