New Civil Engineer
19 July 2012
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Arup/Opus joint venture wins Herts highways deal
A joint venture between Opus International Consultants and Arup has won a £49M contract for highway network management services with Hertfordshire County Council. -
Benchmarking indicates rail efficiency potential
Providing basic training in geotechnics for rail operatives could help improve delivery of Network Rail’s earthworks asset management programme, according to specialists from French rail operator SNCF. -
Bexhill to Hastings link road faces legal challenge
Campaign Group Hastings Alliance has submitted a formal application for a judicial review of the government’s plan to build a new £92M link road between Bexhill and Hastings. -
Boom in mining drives Turner & Townsend growth
Booming demand for infrastructure to support mining projects around the world has helped cost consultant Turner and Townsend achieve double digit growth last year. -
Bored piling completed at Bond Street
Bachy Soletanche has to completed the bored piling phase of work on London Underground’s Bond Street Station Upgrade project for main contractor Costain Laing O’Rourke. -
Boston Manor viaduct will be replaced, says minister
Ministers are seeking a long term replacement for the troubled Boston Manor viaduct following last week’s dramatic closure of a vital section of the M4 because of a worsening cracking problem, NCE can reveal. -
Bristol Rovers new 21,700-seater stadium plans approved
Bristol Rovers’ plans for a new-build 21,700-seater stadium have been approved, it was revealed this week. -
Charity calls for better disaster planning
Charity RedR has urged non-governmental organisations to incorporate disaster risk reduction into their aid and development programmes. -
Clean machines
The latest JCB machines have innovative new engines that should appeal to fleet managers and plant hire firms alike. Margo Cole reports. -
Competition seeks infrastructure protection from climate change
Environment minister Lord Taylor has launched a competition to find ways to protect UK infrastructure from the effects of climate change. -
Consolidating local government pension funds could raise £6bn for infrastructure
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has published a new report suggesting that £6bn could be released for investment in infrastructure by consolidating the Local Government Pension Scheme. -
Construction insolvencies continue
A total of 278 construction companies became insolvent last month, a report has revealed. -
Dorset landslide deaths confirmed
Dorset Police has confirmed that the bodies of two people have been found in landslide debris close to the northern entrance of the Beaminster Tunnel on the A3066. -
Fugro to work on first US offshore wind farm
Fugro has been appointed as the lead contractor to undertake geotechnical and geophysical surveying work for Cape Wind, the US’s first offshore wind farm, at Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. -
Gatwick rules out plans for second runway until 2030 at earliest
Gatwick Airport has published a masterplan for growth that rules out the need for a second runway until 2030 at the earliest. -
Government pledges £9.4bn for rail projects - full report
The rail industry must deliver its next five-year programme of work for £700M less than it had hoped, the government’s High Level Output Specification (HLOS) for the railway for 2014 to 2019 has confirmed. -
Government reveals A14 tolling plan
The government yesterday unveiled plans to toll part of a planned upgrade of the A14 in Cambridgeshire. -
Government to underwrite £40bn worth of infrastructure
The government has unveiled plans for a new scheme that will underwrite up to £40bn worth of infrastructure projects that have stalled because of adverse credit conditions. -
Government’s delay on airport capacity ‘hitting’ UK economy
Business leaders have warned of a negative impact on the economy after the Department for Transport put back a call for evidence on aviation capacity in the South East of England until the autumn. -
Ground investigation awarded for Pulpit Rock upgrade
Transport Scotland has announced that it has awarded the contract for the upgrade of the A82 at Pulpit Rock to Structural Soils. -
Infrastructure UK calls for more forward planning in water sector
The government has called for water companies to publish details of projects further in advance to allow efficiencies that will save customers money. -
Infrastructure workloads fall again
Infrastructure workloads fell in the second quarter of 2012 despite government attempts to kickstart the sector, a survey has found. -
Insurers edge closer to deal on flooding
The government has revealed details of a possible agreement with the insurance industry over the future of flood insurance. -
Late payment of supply chain improves
Late payment in the construction industry improved slightly in the second quarter of 2012, data has revealed. -
London 2012 sustainable construction effort wins praise
Engineering measures in the London 2012 construction project have won praise from sustainability experts. -
Major Welsh road scheme given green light
A £150M road project on the A465 has been approved by Welsh transport minister Carl Sargeant. -
Manchester councils given powers to fine utilities for over-running road works
Councils in Greater Manchester have been granted powers to issue fines of up to £5,000 to companies breaking new roadworks rules. -
Mixed market
Launch of Volvo Construction Equipment’s new pipelayer signals its eagerness to exploit healthy markets amid continuing turbulence in Europe. Alexandra Wynne reports. -
Motorway slope stabilisation work nears completed
The Highways Agency hopes that the long term stability of an embankment on a slip road from the M5 has been secured as work on electrokinetic treatment of the slope comes to a close. -
Mott MacDonald wins Scottish hospital job
Mott MacDonald has been named technical advisor for a new build hospital project in Scotland. -
Network Rail on track to offer government a £310M rebate
Network Rail chief executive David Higgins has told the company’s AGM that by 2014 the UK and Scottish governments will have received a rebate of around £310M as a result of cost savings. -
No construction growth until 2014, says report
The construction industry will not see growth until 2014, a respected report has warned. -
No.19 Leaning Tower of Pisa
Completed in 1350, the leaning tower of Pisa was built in stages over 177 years. It began to lean during its construction as it subsided into the soft ground beneath, and it was only relatively recently that eff orts were made to correct it.The tower sits on soft clayey and sandy silt over a thicker layer of highly c -
Nuclear parent firm sought for £5bn decommissioning programme
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority this week began seeking a new parent firm for the two companies that operate 12 historic nuclear sites. -
Olkiluoto nuclear power plant delayed again
Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant unit will now not be ready for regular electricity production in 2014, client Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has confirmed. -
Olympic media venue gains preferred bidder
The Mayor of London and London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) yesterday approved iCity as preferred bidder for the Press and Broadcast Centres and revealed that four bids had been received in the latest attempt to secure a legace for the Olympic Stadium. -
Olympics force key London jobs to a halt
The Olympic Games will have a major impact on construction work in London with some projects suspended, others winding down and deliveries proving difficult, NCE has learnt. -
Rail specialist honoured
The Permanent Way Institution has presented retired rail engineer Douglas Ayres with its Gold Award and a cheque for £500 for his paper entitled “The Stabilisation of Slips in Cuttings and Embankments by Means of Cationic Base Exchange”. -
Strategic review of London's road network launched
The first major strategic review of London’s road network in decades is to get moving this week as mayor Boris Johnson meets his election pledge to establish the London Roads Task Force. -
Students shun degrees in civil engineering
Fears of a prolonged downturn in the industry have been raised after applications to civil engineering university courses plummeted by more than a tenth this year.
