Innovative Thinking

Should specifying mats to support outrigger cranes be more tightly regulated?

Waterman Aspen regional director Teresa Hylton is seconded to Leicestershire County Council where she manages and has delivered a number of award-winning projects. Hylton manages projects which are underpinned by a strong collaborative team culture. This was key to the successful delivery of the A46 highway improvement project which was…

Fugro has developed a ‘next generation’ ground investigation technique.

Ensuring that Global Britain is equipped for success in a digital age has never been more important. To achieve this, we must underpin our society and economy with world-class digital infrastructure capable of meeting the huge digital demands of the future. The platform for this is Full Fibre. Rollouts of…

Undetected corrosion is often the failure mechanism of post tensioned bridge collapses, such as that of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa. It is these hidden defects which often belie the apparent integrity of bridges. Unfortunately, the required inspection programme in its traditional form is time consuming and limited in its…

Powerful forces of change are sweeping the construction industry, catalysed by Covid-19 and digital technology.  These fundamental changes are coupled with the drive to net zero that will further solidify new methods of working, set to dominate business activity over the next decade. Leaders should remain aware of the overall…

For large structures such as commercial buildings, bridges and dams, the design of the supporting bearings is critical to structural performance. The surrounding structure can greatly influence the behaviour of the bearing and so it is important that the selection of the bearing is correct. Schaeffler helps architects, structural engineers…

Selection of a structural anchor should be based on the performance needed for each application but how much is the decision process driven by previous specifications or brand? NCE joined forces with anchor specialist Liebig to look in detail at the issue.

Anchor Systems’ Vulcan Anchors were used to stabilise bridge abutments on the A339.

Combar is a versatile glass fibre reinforcement with many varied applications. In this article we look specifically at a project involving substantial concrete ground-bearing base units at a new  converter station for the Channel Tunnel, which is recognised as the world’s busiest rolling motorway.  The tunnel takes almost 400 trains…