Author Archives: Thames Menteth

The Environment Agency has launched the search for a construction partner to work on a £500M flood protection scheme on the River Thames in Surrey and Greater London.

The Coal Authority and Ordnance Survey (OS) have collaborated on a research project that uses location data to map the potential demand for mine water heat projects across Britain.

An Aecom joint venture has been appointed to provide inspection services for the Kensico – Eastview Connection project to build a new 3.2km long water conveyance tunnel in New York State.

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

Demolition work has begun on 36 new homes built as part of the second phase of a housing development near Cambridge due to issues with their foundations.

Women across the ground engineering sector are supporting a campaign that aims to change the law around personal protective equipment (PPE) provision for female employees in workplaces.

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through into Old Oak Common station earlier this week to complete the 853m long Atlas Road logistics tunnel, a precursor to the Euston tunnel.

Atkins Réalis bolsters its programme leadership team, Groundforce Shorco gets a new engineering director and JS Held appoints a senior vice president in the latest people moves from across from the ground engineering sector.

Enabling work has started for a proposed converter station as part of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) – the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project.

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun its drive to build a new wastewater tunnel in Portadown as part of Northern Ireland (NI) Water’s major £7.8M wastewater network upgrade.