The Geospatial Commission has today launched the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) – a new digital map of underground pipes and cables – in North East England, Wales and London.
Excavation support specialist Groundforce Shorco has developed a method for calculating the embodied carbon of temporary works.
Researchers have been awarded funding of £2.5M for three projects that will explore ways to build better climate models and to improve how groundwater is detected in soils.
The international Open Geospatial Consortium, with support from Ordnance Survey specialists, has created the Model for Underground Data Definition and Integration, or Muddi, which has been piloted on the UK’s National Underground Asset Register.
The Deep Digital Cornwall project is carrying out an airborne electromagnetic survey covering two areas near United Downs and Redmoor to help improve the understanding of the region's geology.
Leeds Beckett University has joined forces with geotechnical drilling company Borehole Solutions on a project to advance knowledge on and expand the capabilities of sonic drilling within the UK construction industry.
Underground energy storage specialist Gravitricity is partnering with contractor VSL Systems UK to complete the design on purpose-built underground lined rock shafts to store hydrogen.
National Highways has deployed muon imaging technology to inspect a Victorian railway tunnel underneath Glasgow, Scotland.
HS2 Ltd’s construction partner Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture (BBV) is currently trialling an all-electric, high-capacity drilling rig on a construction site in Warwickshire.
International design, engineering and advisory company Aurecon has partnered with Vinci Group subsidiary Sixense to develop solutions to assess dam safety in real time.
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