Author Archives: Rob Horgan

National Highways has awarded Balfour Beatty the £1.2bn north of the Thames roads contract as part of its Lower Thames Crossing project to connect Kent and Essex.

A new guidewall on the London tunnels section of High Speed 2 (HS2) has been built using basalt reinforcement and low carbon concretes, replacing conventional steel and concrete.

Close to 100 asset owners have shared their data with the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), a project to map the whole country’s underground assets.

The Cairngorm funicular in the Scottish Highlands is now expected to reopen to the public next year, more than four years following its closure due to concerns over its structure and foundations.

The next phase of the Tylorstown landslide remediation works were approved by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council last week (20 October).

Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial has agreed to sell its UK services business Amey to UK investment firm Buckthorn Partners in a deal worth £400M.

The plan for spoil removal from High Speed 2's Euston station site in London still needs "further work".

The UK Government has accepted all the reservoir safety reforms recommended by former Institution of Civil Engineers president David Balmforth.

An underwater drone has been used for the first-ever autonomous robotic inspection of a wind farm’s foundations.

Construction engineering company Volker Rail has been handed a £550,000 fine after a worker was left with serious injuries following the collapse of a trench wall during excavation work.