New Civil Engineer
14 June 2012
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Aecom to take Hong Kong sewage works underground
Aecom has been appointed by the Hong Kong government to undertake a feasibility study to relocate the Sha Tin sewage treatment works within underground caverns. -
Amey wins £7.5M facilities management deal
Amey has announced the win of a £7.5M total facilities management contract with East Sussex County Council. -
Arup to design new Copenhagen Arena
A consortium comprising Arup and architects 3XN, HKS, ME Engineers and Planit has won the design competition to build the new Copenhagen Arena. -
Atkins reports solid set of results
Atkins has reported a solid set of results that show turnover up almost 10% to £1.7bn and pretax profits up almost 50% to £135.5M for the year ending 31 March 2012. -
Balfour Beatty confirmed winner of Highways Agency Area 10 maintenance deal with £300M bid
A Balfour Beatty/Mott MacDonald joint venture has been confirmed as winner of the Highways Agency’s Area 10 asset support contract, as tipped in NCE in March. -
Bosses express fears for 2013 workload
Engineering bosses this week warned that the government’s pledge to boost investment in infrastructure will not translate into construction activity on site until 2014 at the earliest. -
Bouygues/Laing O'Rourke confirmed preferred bidder for Hinkley Point
EDF Energy has confirmed that it has selected the Bouygues/Laing O’Rourke joint venture as preferred bidder for its Hinkley Point C main civils work contract. -
Bouygues/Laing tipped for main Hinkley civils contract
A contracting joint venture between France’s Bouygues and the UK’s Laing O’Rourke is tipped to win the highly lucrative £1.2bn main civils contract for Hinkley Point C, NCE understands. -
Business and transport groups call on chancellor to back rail investment
The British Chambers of Commerce, Campaign for Better Transport, Centre for Cities and Passenger Transport Executive Group have written to chancellor George Osborne urging him to provide more investment for the UK’s rail network -
Diversification helps Barhale to 50% increase in turnover
Contractor Barhale has announced a 50% increase in turnover to £150M in results for the year ending 31 December 2011. -
Emergency release of water saves Welsh dam
Landslip thought to have triggered cracking in dam at disused slate quarry. -
Engineers behind Olympic Park construction recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
More engineers behind the successful delivery of the Olympic Park in East London have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, along with Aquatic Centre architect Zaha Hadid. -
Environment Agency urges vigilance as more rain threatens more flooding
The Environment Agency has repeated its call for people in England & Wales to remain vigilant and prepared for flooding, as the Met Office forecast further heavy rain and strong winds across Wales, the Midlands, the North of England & the South East Coast. -
Fast track for Fifa
Qatar’s rail building plans include an extraordinary 216km long network - 95km of it underground - to be built from scratch between now and 2030, with the first chunk needed even sooner, in time for the country to host the 2022 World Cup. Mark Hansford reports from Doha. -
Field detectives
Ground investigation techniques are playing an important part in the United Nations’ efforts to uncover secret nuclear tests undertaken by rogue states. -
First TBM components arrive for Crossrail’s eastern tunnels
Assembly of Crossrail’s next 1,000t tunnel boring machine (TBM), Elizabeth, has today commenced at Limmo Peninsula in east London. -
Forth Replacement Crossing: Sinking support
Construction of seabed foundations for a third crossing of the Forth Estuary has just started, close to the iconic road and rail bridges. David Hayward reports. -
Iberdrola starts work on Germany’s Wikinger windfarm
Iberdola has announced it is starting the engineering phase of work on the €1.6bn (£1.3bn) Wikinger offshore windfarm in Germany. -
ICE chief operating officer Andy Ruffles quits
ICE chief operating officer Andy Ruffles is to quit after three and a half years in charge to take up the job of chief executive of an unnamed Australian consultant. -
Letters: Don’t lumber our grandchildren with a costly PFI inheritance
I write with response to your editorial comment “PFI is a good method but has suffered from poor planning” (NCE 24 May) wherein your frequently expressed enthusiasm for PFI continues to ignore the basic flaws of the system.You say that the coalition must not throw away such an overarching su -
London Cable Car ready for Olympics
The London cable car, connecting the O2 Arena in Greenwich and the Royal Docks is to open in time for the Olympics. -
London's Oxford Street fully reopens after utility strengthening work
The Costain/Laing O’Rourke joint venture has re-opened Oxford Street to two-way traffic after 18 months of major utilities strengthening and replacement works carried out as part of the Bond Street station upgrade. -
M25 major widening projects complete
Roads minister Mike Penning has lauded successful widening of two sections of the M25 motorway has ahead of the Olympics. -
Major road closed as Environment Agency warns of continued flood risk
The A27 on the south coast remains closed and the Environment Agency is warning of a continued risk of surface water flooding today across parts of London, East and West Sussex, Surrey and Kent. -
More weather woes for Highways Agency
The continuing poor weather has forced the Highways Agency to postpone improvement works on the M180 near Doncaster, days after the A27 on the south coast was closed by floods. -
Network Rail apologises for delayed bridge repair works
Network Rail has apologised to passengers in the north after works to repair four bridges on the Esk Valley route overran. -
New King's Cross public square unveiled
A new public square of similar scale to London’s Trafalgar Square is today being officially opened in the canalside area of King’s Cross. -
Offshore wind industry pledges to slash costs by over 30% in next seven years
A new report launched today by the industry-led Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force claims that the UK is on course to slash the cost of electricity from offshore wind over the next seven years. -
Olympic Route Network details revealed
Transport for London (TfL) has this week set out plans for implementing and operating the Olympic Route Network (ORN). -
Stop start water spending creates skill shortage
The cyclical nature of investment in the water sector is leading to a shortage in skilled specialist engineers, according to the ICE. -
Student group takes on Thames Hub heavyweights
A group of final year Brunel university students has taken on competition from the likes of consultant Halcrow and architects Sir Terry Farrell and Sir Norman Foster and created a detailed engineering and design master plan for a new Thames Estuary airport. -
Thames Water faces questions after burst main floods Tube
London mayor Boris Johnson is demanding reassurances from Thames Water bosses that there will be no repeat of last week’s Central Line tunnel flood caused by a burst water main. -
The ICE’s view on future UK water policy is compelling
The ICE’s latest State of the Nation report on water this week opens with a stark warning: “Water scarcity is upon us”. -
Transport for London efficiency programme running ahead of schedule
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that its £7.6bn efficiency programme is running ahead of schedule with £1.8bn already saved, £433M ahead of target. -
Troubled Mouchel share price plunges 35% after trading update
The share price of troubled consultant Mouchel plunged 35% to just 3.8p yesterday after it warned that all the restructuring options it is looking at would result in “only limited value for existing shareholders”. -
Turnover down but orders up at Hyder
Hyder has reported a £13M dip in turnover to £277M but a £50M increase in forward orders in its results for the year ending 31 March 2012. -
Virgin Trains boss seconded to Network Rail
Virgin Trains chief operating officer Chris Gibb has been seconded to Network Rail to help tackle the poor performance of track and signalling on the West Coast Main Line. -
Work to begin on A23 upgrade after 23% cost saving found
Main construction work on a £77M scheme to improve journeys on the A23 between London and Brighton will begin next month after contractor Carillion found a £18M saving. -
WSP set for growth after Genivar’s £278M buy-out
WSP is to use its merger with Canadian consultant Genivar to fund further acquisitions, chief executive Chris Cole told NCE this week.
