Author Archives: Sotiris Kanaris

The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded £1.95M of funding to innovators pioneering ways to improve the transport system’s efficiency, safety and sustainability.

Rail Minister Wendy Morton has launched the sixth round of the First of a Kind (Foak) competition, with £7.6M to be allocated to projects focusing on improving cost-efficiency and network performance.

One of Germany’s largest floating solar farms is currently being built on a quarry lake to serve the energy needs of an industrial minerals company.

The FiveWays junction in north west Leicester – described by the local council as one of the city’s “most confusing” junctions – will be re-designed as part of a £10.4M scheme to improve road safety.

A new report by engineering consultancy Patrick Parsons, based on interviews with 100 senior executives of UK construction firms that have been collectively involved in £26.6bn projects last year, has demonstrated the industry’s increasing focus on sustainable design.  

Unconscious gender bias can damage business culture and performance if left unchecked, says Kay Hussain.

Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded the contract for the transportation and installation of the Dogger Bank C offshore substation, as geophysical surveys are being carried out at Dogger Bank A.

Suffolk County Council has opened the bidding process for contractors on a £1.6bn highways maintenance and professional services job.

It is easy for challenges such as materials costs and labour shortages to preoccupy civil engineering firms. But Mace chief of staff Hannah Vickers says tackling these must not be at the expense of future targets.

Construction work has started to transform a disused Victorian viaduct in Leeds into an elevated urban park.