New Civil Engineer
6 December 2012
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Anna Stewart steps up as group chief exec at Laing O'Rourke
Laing O’Rourke chief executive and chairman Ray O’Rourke is to step down as chief executive in April next year. -
Apprentices launch online infrastructure toolkit
A new resource aimed at helping young engineers plan and deliver infrastructure for international development, poverty alleviation and a sustainable future was launched in Wales last week by First Minister Carwyn Jones and the ICE. -
Autumn Statement: £5.5bn more cash for infrastructure confirmed
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that £5.5bn more cash will be made available for infrastructure projects in his Autumn Statement, with £1.5bn for roads and specifically £400M for maintenance and renewal. -
Autumn Statement: full details of transport projects winning £1.5bn of funding
The Department for Transport has set out full details of the transport projects winning funding as part of the extra £5.5bn for infrastructure promised by chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement this week. -
Bridgwater scheme wins 2012 Fleming Award
Somerset County Council (SCC) and its contractor Crestmoor Construction beat off stiff competition last night to secure the 2012 Fleming Award for its emergency repair work on Bridgwater’s West Quay, which collapsed in November last year. -
Bullivant appoints new managing director
Roger Bullivant has announced that Julian Gatward has been appointed as its new managing director and takes over the role from Rob Brown who is leaving the business at the end of the month. -
Competency Framework given a makeover
The ICE is further developing its Competency Framework for Professional Development to include sponsor and client competencies. -
Conference to give geotechnical instrumentation overview
Instrumentation and monitoring is central to the delivery of many major geotechnical projects currently underway in the UK but specifying the right system and analysing the data effectively is not straightforward. -
Contractors need to embrace the power of cloud computing
Contractors were this week urged to exploit the power offered by cloud computing to revolutionise the way they manage their construction projects. -
Danish wind farm focuses on quiet construction
Construction of Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm – Denmark’s largest wind development - is using vibro piling technology to minimise the impact of the work on marine life. -
Defra dam test delay
Dam experts accuse Defra of stalling over inspection timetable. -
Elizabeth Orchard honoured for her work as STEM ambassador
An ICE member has won a national award for her work encouraging local students to explore a career in engineering. Elizabeth Orchard, who works for Peter Brett Associates in Reading, received the award for most dedicated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ambassador in the UK, during a ceremony at the House of Lords last week. -
European funding gives go-ahead for Welsh road project
The dualling of A465 Heads of the Valleys road project in South Wales will go ahead after European funding worth almost £82M was granted yesterday. -
Exacting work in Saudi
RMD Kwikform has designed and supplied in excess of 15,000t of formwork and shoring solutions to main contractor Saudi Binladin Group for the expansion of the landmark Makkah Mosque in Saudi Arabia. NCE reports. -
Government to pilot new energy scheme
Cabinet minister Francis Maude has announced a new initiative which uses government buying power to boost the UK energy industry. -
Government unveils gas strategy
Energy secretary Ed Davey unveiled plans to construct up to 26GW capacity of new gas-fired power stations in its Gas Generation Strategy published yesterday. -
Graduate Awards 2012 photo gallery
Images from the 2012 Graduate Awards lunch, held in December at the ICE in London. -
Houses demolished after Whitby landslip
Engineers in North Yorkshire have been forced to condemn a row of terraced houses after heavy rain caused a retaining wall to fail. Saturated land from a week of heavy rain caused the landslip in the gardens of five properties on Aelfelda Terrace in Whitby. -
ICE past president Prof Roy Severn passes away aged 83
ICE past president Professor Roy Severn died suddenly at home on 25 November, aged 83. -
In memory of Francis Walley, one of the UK's great post-war engineers
Much of my time is occupied with strategic discussions about inspiring young people to become civil engineers. Recently, however, I have had occasion to consider the tremendous contribution of a post-war engineer who devoted 70 years to his profession. -
JCB marks production of half millionth backhoe
UK-based construction equipment manufacturer JCB yesterday celebrated the production of its half millionth backhoe loader – the combined shovel and excavator for which the firm is best known. -
Labour attacks government flood spending
The Labour opposition has denounced the government for cutting flood defence spending since it came into power. -
Letters: The answer to airport capacity issues lies in the Home Counties
Hard choices: Solving the UK’s airport capacity could mean an end to HeathrowAs much has already appeared in print regarding airport capacity in the south east, I am amazed that none of your correspondents have picked up on a proposal in a Sunday paper a few months ago.The idea is for a complete new airport in north -
London Overground extension opens
London Overground has opened new a line between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction station, completing the London Overground orbital network around the capital. -
Maxwell wins Kuala Lumpur monitoring contract
Main contractor MMC Gamuda has appointed Maxwell Geosystems to provide instrumentation and monitoring systems for the underground sections of the Klang Valley MRT in Kuala Lumpur. -
Mixed reactions to Autumn Statement
Industry reaction to chancellor George Osbourne’s Autumn Statement was mixed, with a positive response to the increased commitment to infrastructure but widespread feeling that the promises must be followed by action. -
Mott MacDonald's Jamie Radford named Graduate of the Year
Mott MacDonald graduate civil engineer Jamie Radford has been named NCE Graduate of the Year. -
Network Rail awards two new Crossrail contracts
Network Rail has awarded two contracts for major civils work on its section of Crossrail to Carillion and BAM. -
New HS2 director general announced
The government has appointed David Prout as director general to take over the delivery of High Speed 2. -
New Zealand quake building "deficient"
The CTV building that collapsed killing 115 people in Christchurch, New Zealand during last year’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake was badly designed and should have never been issued with a permit, according to an official report out this week. -
Opposition groups challenge HS2 plans
A week long legal challenge brought by groups opposed to the proposed £32bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link got underway as NCE went to press on Monday. -
Panel fixings likely cause of Japan tunnel tragedy
Failure of a steel bracket is understood to be responsible for the collapse of the concrete ceiling in a Japanese road tunnel that killed nine people and injured two more this week. -
Programme management: defining success
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. -
Runners are winners by a whisker
A group of runners from ICE Wales Cymru show off their moustaches after competing in the recent Cardiff Mo-Run to raise public awareness of civil engineering. -
Sandy clean-up costs could reach £3bn
Clean-up costs following Hurricane Sandy are estimated to reach $4.8bn (£3bn), New York’s subway operator told NCE last week. -
Speedy Services: Human error is key to reducing injuries
Construction fatalities and injuries will only be reduced if human nature is factored into the equation, says Graham Neave -
Stadium Spartak: Cracking Russian codes
Spartak Moscow’s new football stadium, which is being built for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia, features a stadium layout unseen anywhere before. Mark Hansford reports. -
Sweett wins place on TfL framework
Cost consultant Sweett will provide cost management services on TfL’s London Overground capacity improvement programme in a four year framework announced today. -
TfL defends condition of its key structures
Transport for London (TfL) has staunchly defended its bridge maintenance regime after the BBC claimed to have uncovered proof that six flyovers are in a poor condition with one, the A40 Westway, in a very poor condition. -
TfL drafts ten-year infrastructure investment plan
Transport for London has drafted a new business plan which plans to invest £300M into transport infrastructure. -
Viewpoint: Urbanisation Challenge
The urbanisation of the world is continuing at increasing pace, despite the challenging global economic environment. -
Views sought nuclear decommissioning plan
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published its draft 2013 to 2016 business plan for consultation yesterday. -
Virgin Trains to continue on West Coast Main Line
The Department for Transport has announced that Virgin Trains will continue to operate on the West Coast Main Line for another 23 months. -
West Ham named preferred bidder for Olympic Stadium
The London Legacy Development Corporation Board has unanimously voted to name West Ham United preferred bidder for a concession to play at the Olympic Stadium. -
Written in the cloud
“We want to change the way people do infrastructure design,” proclaimed software giant Autodesk’s senior vice president, industry strategy Andrew Anagnost on the eve of the firm’s annual convention in Las Vegas last week. “And the way we’re going to do it is by using the power of the cloud.”
