Ground Engineering News and features on all aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering Progress for £3bn Loch Ness energy storage project
A project to build a 2GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility next to Loch Ness has moved forward with a community engagement event.
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Gloucestershire council approves £2.5M for landslide prevention
Gloucestershire County Council has earmarked £2.5M to secure a key county road currently subject to “cracking and subsidence”.
Arup JV signs consultancy deal for ‘green’ transit system in Hong Kong
Arup in joint venture with Asia Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) has scooped a consultancy job on a new “green” transit system in Hong Kong that includes a 1km long road tunnel.
National Highways’ £17M earthworks on M5 in Worcester near completion
National Highways and its contractors will soon complete a £17M earthworks programme to restabilise the ground at junction 8 of the M5 in Worcestershire.
Teesside’s new £1.5bn gas power station taken to High Court
An environmental campaigner took the government to court last week over its decision to approve the new £1.5bn gas-fired power station Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power).
Government scraps ‘unaffordable’ Stonehenge tunnel scheme
The government has scrapped the £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel scheme because it is “unaffordable” and will save £785M next year.
Webuild launches trio of TBMs on rail projects in southern Italy
Italian construction company Webuild has launched three tunnel boring machines (TBMs) on the Naples-Bari and Messina-Catania high-speed railway projects in southern Italy.
Construction begins on £1.5bn water conveyance tunnel in New York
Construction activities have started on the Kensico – Eastview Connection project to build a new 3.2km long water conveyance tunnel in New York State.
HS2: National Audit Office report reveals £100M cost of closing phase 2
Work to close down the cancelled northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) will take three years, cost up to £100M and include the remediation of thousands of boreholes, a National Audit Office report has found.
TBM restarts work on Snowy 2.0 after months stuck in hard rock
A tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Australia's Snowy Hydro 2.0 hydropower project has restarted work after nearly two months trapped in hard rock, while excavation work elsewhere on the project is making progressing.