Author Archives: Thames Menteth

The Canal and River Trust has said that repairs to an embankment and aqueduct on The Lancaster Canal that was damaged by a breach earlier this month will need “significant funding”.

The August/September 2024 issue of Ground Engineering reports on the University of Leeds’ programme to test for geothermal energy underneath its campus, and the development of a saturation hazard matrix for Scotland’s Rest and Be Thankful.

Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector.

The government has scrapped the £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel scheme because it is “unaffordable” and will save £785M next year.

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.

British technology company Hypertunnel responsible for the “world’s first” robot-built tunnel structure has gone into administration due to mounting debts.

Construction activities have started on the Kensico – Eastview Connection project to build a new 3.2km long water conveyance tunnel in New York State.

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.

The British Columbia (BC) Government has selected a design team for its project to replace the ageing George Massey Tunnel with a new C$4.15bn (£2.48bn) eight lane immersed tube tunnel.

Van Elle’s revenue has dropped 6% to £139.5M from the last financial year due to “challenging market conditions” across most sectors, particularly in UK housing and infrastructure.