Portsmouth Water has confirmed Balfour Beatty, Hochtief and Mackley Jones JV as contenders to help deliver its £100M Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire – the first major new water storage reservoir in the UK since the 1980s.
Author Archives: Catherine Moore
Government calls in Cumbrian coal mine planning application
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick is “calling in" the planning application for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria.
Cumbria coal mine takes legal action after council backtracks on approval
West Cumbria Mining is set to take legal action against Cumbria County Council after the council’s “11th hour” decision to reconsider the planning approval for the controversial Woodhouse Colliery.
Council to reconsider controversial Cumbria coal mine decision
Cumbria County Council is to "reconsider" its decision to approve plans for the controversial Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria, to take into account "new information" in the Climate Change Committee's Sixth Carbon Budget.
Government green-lights Cumbrian coal mine plans
The government will not intervene with plans for a new £165M Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria.
World’s first roundabout under the seabed
Work on a £120M Faroe Islands tunnel that features the world’s first roundabout under the seabed is almost complete.
Land reclamation: Spreading Monaco’s wealth
A space-creating offshore extension project in Monaco has been undertaken using unique methods to minimise its impact on residents and the environment. Catherine Kennedy reports.
Go-ahead given for Cumbrian coal mine
The green light from the council – announced on Friday – is for a large underground metallurgical, or ‘coking coal’, coal mine. It would be excavating coal for use mainly in steel production. The coking coal involved in the Cumbrian mine is used exclusively in the manufacture of over 70%…
Tunnelling complications behind LA metro cost overruns
Tunnelling complications have been blamed for cost overruns on the LA metro purple line extension, with difficult tar sand and gas conditions at the La Brea tar pits driving costs up. Metro began the Westside Purple Line extension section one (WPLE1) tunnel bore in 2018. It was originally budgeted to…
HS2 accused of not acting over Euston tunnel safety concerns
HS2 Ltd acted “irresponsibly” by failing to satisfactorily respond to safety concerns raised in relation to its proposed three tunnels into Euston station, lawyers for Camden resident Hero Granger-Taylor told a court. During day two of the court case on the safety of the tunnels, Christopher Jacobs - counsel for…