By continuing to use the site you agree to our Privacy & Cookies policy

NCE FOR IN DEPTH NEWS AND FEATURES ON MAJOR PROJECTS

vladivostok bridge

Civil engineering news from New Civil Engineer magazine

Civil engineering and construction news and engineering jobs from New Civil Engineer

Heathrow_planes1

NCE Live News Updates 17 May 2013: Heathrow reiterates need for third runway

17-May-2013 | By NCE Editorial

Heathrow Airport has today told the Airports Commission that there is “no quick or easy solution” to ease the UK’s lack of hub airport capacity.

London Bridge

NCE Live News Updates 16 May 2013: High Speed 2 benefits unclear, says spending watchdog

16-May-2013

The strategic case for High Speed 2 (HS2) has not yet been fully demonstrated, a report by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has today concluded.

Thames Water logo

NCE Live News Updates 15 May 2013: AMP6 Alliance revealed

15-May-2013

Thames Water has awarded AMP6 design and build deals to two consortiums.

More news

RSS feed for Exclusive news from NCE magazine

Exclusive news from NCE magazine

London 2012 media centre: To be the location of Loughborough University's new London campus

Buro Happold to transform Olympic Games media centre

17-May-2013 | By Max Thompson

Consultant Buro Happold has won the contract to engineer the £100M transformation of the former London Olympics media centre to a new creative and digital hub for the capital.

Oakland Bay Bridge

Oakland Bay Bridge broken bolts face federal investigation

17-May-2013 | By Max Thompson

American government investigators are to investigate why bolts that have snapped on the eastern span of California’s new Oakland Bay Bridge were specified despite being banned from other projects.

Deforestation kills Brazil hydro-power generation

16-May-2013 | By Max Thompson

Scientists have warned that the destruction of the Amazon rainforest could lead to a massive drop in the amount of electricity generated by Brazil’s hydropower industry.

Contractors destroy Mayan temple for road building materials

16-May-2013 | By Max Thompson

A construction firm in Belize has bulldozed one of the country’s most important Mayan temples.

Concrete house

First concrete house refurbishment completes

15-May-2013 | By Max Thompson

One of the UK’s most important historical concrete buildings has been returned to its former glory following the completion last week of a £1.1M refurbishment.

News analysis

Preston bus station

Analysis: Which buildings deserve protection?

7-May-2013

Preston’s visually striking bus station is facing an uncertain future as heritage experts and the local council debate its value. But perhaps there is another debate to be had between engineers and architects about the motivations for protecting structures via refurbishment and retrofitting instead of knocking them down and starting again.

More news analysis

UK construction showcase takes shape

9 May 2013 | By

The UK’s first major construction equipment show is just a few weeks away. Margo Cole previews the highlights.

britains_top_20_recruiters

Engineers wanted: Britain's top 20 recruiters

28 March 2013

Consulting engineers are recruiting again as they get to grips with growing workloads overseas, and to an extent in the UK. Here NCE profiles those who took on the most engineers last year.

cyclesafety I2013 Contractors File I2013 image title I2013 NCE iPad app

Sir Ranulph Fiennes talks to NCE

Exclusive: Sir Ranulph Fiennes talks to NCE

NCE was out in force at this week’s Plantworx show, canvassing the thronging masses on the state of the construction market. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, representing Caterpillar, offers his views on the world in this short interview.

mace_webinar

Programme management: defining success

5-Dec-2012 | Updated: 18-Dec-2012

Programme management is seen by many as something of a dark art; hard to qualify and harder still to quantify the value it brings. NCE teams up with London 2012 delivery partner CLM and the Olympic Delivery Authority to demystify the practice in a webinar. Watch it here.

Subscribe to NCE

Print Issue

Take your engineering career to the next level

Find your perfect job faster

  1. Sign up for Jobs By Email
  2. Create a CV profile
  3. Search online

NCE newsletters

Job of the week

Devon County Council

Chief Engineer

£46,415 - £51,083 plus excellent benefits

Jobs

Associate Planner - £38000-£48000 + Benefits - Manchester

£38000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits

Part II Architect - £20000-£30000 + Benefits - Exeter

£20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits

Town Planner - £25000-£35000 + Benefits - London

£25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits

Remediation Project Manager

£30000 - £40000 per annum

Ecologist - South Wales - £20,000 - £25,000

£20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits

futureproofingarup

Future view

In Association with Arup

Find out more

crossrail_isle_of_dogs

London's £14.5bn Crossrail scheme

Full details

Find out more

Linked In

Follow NCE on LinkedIn

Stay in touch through NCE's online community