Breaking news
Conservatives vow to build Crossrail and "begin work" on high speed rail line
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has pledged that his party will build London’s £15.9bn Crossrail scheme and start work on a north-south high speed rail line should they win the next General Election.
Severn barrage flooding 'disaster'
A Dutch report examining the effects of a barrage on the Oosterschelde, obtained by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), indicates an ecological ‘disaster’ for the Severn if the proposed 10km barrage is built
UK to send Haiti 'stabilisation' force
Prisons in Haiti are being rebuilt by British construction experts forming part of a new aid network put together by the Government.
£60M boost for eco-towns
Some £60M of Government cash has been set aside to kick-start work on four eco-projects around the UK.
Close energy gap by plugging skills gap
The Energy Institute has called for a boost to the UK’s science and engineering skills base to deal with the roll-out of new energy baseload and transmission infrastructure over the coming decades.
Cumbria Floods
Morgan Est starts work on £4.6M Cumbrian temporary road bridge
Work to rebuild a connection for flood-wrecked Workington in Cumbria will begin almost immediately following today’s award of the construction contract for a new bridge to Morgan Est.
NCE Exclusive
TfL anger as Tube Lines plans “massive disruption”
A fresh row broke out this week between London Underground (LU) and its contractor Tube Lines, this time over weekend possessions for the Northern Line Upgrade.
What causes construction failures?
NCE has this week pledged its support for a major new Health & Safety Executive (HSE)-backed study into the causes and consequences of major failures and collapses in construction.
Government's microgeneration cash-back scheme slammed
Government proposals to allow homeowners to cash in on small-scale energy generation by selling it on to the National Grid have been slammed by engineers for offering misleading figures.
Sellafield's toxic challenge
A project to build a concrete building could sound run of the mill. But this one is being built at Sellafield. Andrea Klettner reports.
David Waboso: Make work not war
London Underground director of line upgrades David Waboso is keen to set the record straight after a turbulent couple of weeks that saw contractor Tube Lines accuse it of cost hikes on the Victoria Line.
the big picture
First Olympic pumping station in operation
The Olympic Delivery Authority has this week announced the opening of an essential new utilities building in the Olympic Park. The Pudding Mill pumping station is the first in a series of infrastructure projects architects hope will become design landmarks. The design is by John Lyall Architects.
Eurocodes survey
NCE is carrying out a survey of industry awareness of Eurocodes, the new set of European design codes.
The survey should take no more than two minutes and your feeedback is important to us. Click here to take survey. The results will be published in February.
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From the NCE archive
Sailing by: Poole Harbour bridge
The phrase ‘beautifully simple’ might have been invented for Poole Harbour’s new bridge.
Crossrail
Delivering Crossrail: Major project report
NCE presents its major project report on Crossrail - a comprehensive guide to the project featuring interviews with Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.
Leader
We need to make our work place a safer place
The deaths of two railway workers this week in separate, unrelated falls from the Tay Bridge and Forth Rail Bridge serve once again to highlight the dangers that still exist in the construction industry.
Civic Trust Awards
The Architects Journal and New Civil Engineer have become the official Media Partner of the Civic Trust Awards, one of the longest standing Built Environment Award schemes in Europe.
