Work on a new flood defence embankment for Leeds City Council’s £3.4M Otley flood alleviation scheme (FAS) is nearly finished, but the construction completion date has been postponed due to some extra design work.
Joint venture partners McConnell Dowell and John Holland Group have awarded Mott MacDonald and GHD a contract to deliver engineering services for the design of the 250MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Sunderland City Council’s cabinet has decided to proceed with the reconstruction of Panns Quay East, after a 60m stretch of quayside collapsed into the River Wear in March.
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Leeds City Council said piling work to build a new flood defence embankment in Otley has made good progress.
Mott MacDonald Bentley helped develop a large reservoir structure for Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, while dealing with geological variation and a tight settlement tolerance.
At the 2020 GE Geotechnical Asset Resilience conference, Mott MacDonald's technical principal Christopher Power discussed the effects of climate change on vulnerable geotechnical assets.
Three test piles have been completed on the site of a University of Sheffield building that was demolished after a pile design error.
The Bam Nuttall and Mott MacDonald joint venture, with support from marine partner Red7Marine, has made progress on piling works for the Environment Agency’s £42M Humber Hull Frontage programme.
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