http://www.nce.co.uk/RSS/NCEtransportRSS.xml The latest Transport stories from NCE en-uk The public sector is a good place to be according to consultants Mouchel, who reported an 46% increase in revenue to £657M and a rise in pre-tax profits - before exceptional items - of 20% to £38.8M in their preliminary results released today. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/mouchel_profits_from_public_sector.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/mouchel_profits_from_public_sector.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Jessica Rowson 07 October 2008 09:42 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/transport_road_cones_01_070913_resized_70_tcm15-85601.jpg The fallout from the current financial crisis is in danger of creating instability in developing countries, according to the World Bank today. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/financial_crisis_tipping_point_for_developing_countries.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/financial_crisis_tipping_point_for_developing_countries.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 07 October 2008 09:24 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Zoellick_resized_70_tcm15-1888960.jpg Shepherds Bush central line station has re-opened, following an eight month closure to completely re-build the structure. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/shepherds_bush_station_reopens.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/shepherds_bush_station_reopens.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 07 October 2008 09:02 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/shep-bush-large_resized_70_tcm15-1888902.jpg http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/central_piers_installed_on_zayed_bridge.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/central_piers_installed_on_zayed_bridge.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 01 October 2008 16:47 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Zayed1_resized_resized_70_tcm15-1885081.jpg watch the camera footage of the trecherous traffic lights found in Russia, and be glad it's not on your journey to work http://www.nce.co.uk:80/video/2008/10/the_most_dangerous_traffic_lights_in_the_world.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/video/2008/10/the_most_dangerous_traffic_lights_in_the_world.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 06 October 2008 14:44 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/done4_resized_70_tcm15-1888447.jpg Network Rail today begins the search for a new chairman as Sir Ian McAllister confirmed his intention to step down from the Board. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/network_rail_chairman_steps_down.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/network_rail_chairman_steps_down.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Jessica Rowson 03 October 2008 16:28 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Ian%20McAllister%202007_resized_70_tcm15-1887484.jpg The Civil Engineering Contractors Association has welcomed the move to issue a consultation on the potential role of a Chief Construction Officer. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/10/contractors_welcome_govnerment_consultation_on_chief_construction_officer.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/10/contractors_welcome_govnerment_consultation_on_chief_construction_officer.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Mark Hansford 03 October 2008 17:18 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Beales_rosemary_resized_70_tcm15-1768197.jpg The construction industry's activity fell by a record amount last month, although civil engineering remained the strongest-performing sector, while costs inflation remained high. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/stagflation_continues_to_hit_construction_sector.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/stagflation_continues_to_hit_construction_sector.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 02 October 2008 17:23 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Random%20construction%20pic_resized_70_tcm15-1736112.jpg Whether Labour or Conservative, local and national transport initiatives look likely to play a key role in the next general campaign. Ed Owen reports. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/10/the_great_escape.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/10/the_great_escape.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 02 October 2008 17:44 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/RuthKelly_resized_resized_70_tcm15-1886421.jpg The government propses to appoint a 'Chief Construction Officer', a civil servant who would act as a 'champion' for the construction industry. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/10/government_backs_construction_champion.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/10/government_backs_construction_champion.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 02 October 2008 12:57 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/withdigger_lg_resized_70_tcm15-1548334.jpg Arbitration clauses cut from construction contracts in the Middle East are set to return to agreements following the introduction of a new arbitration law, engineers said this week. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/arbitration_law_back_in_middle_east_construction_contracts.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/arbitration_law_back_in_middle_east_construction_contracts.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Bernadette Redfern 01 October 2008 16:21 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/international_middle_east_yas_island_01_081002_resized_70_tcm15-1879084.jpg Construction of a new road tunnel in the congested heart of the Dutch city and port of Rotterdam is demanding some careful engineering. Bernadette Redfern reports from the Netherlands. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/international/features/2008/09/double_trouble.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/international/features/2008/09/double_trouble.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 29 September 2008 14:32 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/rotterdam_resized_70_tcm15-1886128.jpg Arup director Mark Bostock has said that he will begin to look at alignments north of the proposed Heathrow Hub, in anticipation of new high speed lines should the Conservatives come to power in the next election. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/arup_research_high_speed_alignments_north_of_london.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/arup_research_high_speed_alignments_north_of_london.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen 01 October 2008 17:07 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/hub_resized_70_tcm15-1885179.JPG No consultant, contractor or client wants to imagine that a project may end up in dispute and to date parties involved in projects in the Middle East have tended to assume that this won't happen to them. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/structures/features/2008/09/middle_east_report_introduction.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/structures/features/2008/09/middle_east_report_introduction.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 29 September 2008 11:33 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/international_middle_east_%20dubai_international_financial_centre_01_081002_resized_70_tcm15-1878993.jpg This month's clients: Aldar and Qatar Petroleum http://www.nce.co.uk:80/structures/features/2008/09/middle_east_the_clients.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/structures/features/2008/09/middle_east_the_clients.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 29 September 2008 12:19 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/international_middle_east_yas_island_01_081002_resized_70_tcm15-1879084.jpg Local authorities will be encouraged to adopt frameworks and take risk away from consultants and contractors as they build £34bn of infrastructure annually under Conservative proposals. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/structures/2008/10/partnering_deals_for_councils_under_tories.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/structures/2008/10/partnering_deals_for_councils_under_tories.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen in Birmingham 01 October 2008 15:56 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/prisk_resized_70_tcm15-1884932.jpg French rail investigation body BEA-TT today sanctioned the removal of the train burnt during a serious fire in the north channel tunnel in September. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/french_investigators_give_goahead_for_train_move.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/french_investigators_give_goahead_for_train_move.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Seán Flynn 01 October 2008 13:25 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/chunnel_wagon_resized_70_tcm15-1860646.jpg The Cumberland Gap is a 9km break in the motorway north of Carlisle. Once plugged, it will allow drivers to use a continuous 640km of motorway, from Scotland to Dover. Ed Owen reports. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/transport/features/2008/09/making_the_missing_link.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/transport/features/2008/09/making_the_missing_link.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 26 September 2008 16:52 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/cover_resized_resized_70_tcm15-1875384.jpg A new Conservative administration would hold spending on the Thames Gateway regeneration project a senior shadow minister said this week. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/gateway_to_face_review.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/gateway_to_face_review.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen in Birmingham 01 October 2008 08:47 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/thames_gatewayNET_resized_70_tcm15-1883831.jpg Local authorities will be encouraged to adopt frameworks and take risk away from consultants and contractors as they build £34bn of infrastructure annually under Conservative proposals. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/partnering_deals_for_councils_under_tories.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/10/partnering_deals_for_councils_under_tories.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 01 October 2008 09:20 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/A14traffic_resized_70_tcm15-562403.jpg Any Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) contracts signed prior to the election of a Conservative government would be respected, not dismantled, it was revealed this week. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/tories_back_down_over_tif.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/tories_back_down_over_tif.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen in Birmingham 30 September 2008 08:56 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/congested_motorway_resized_70_tcm15-1840041.jpg The Conservatives plan a high speed rail network, linking Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Heathrow and London, but they would not build a third runway at Heathrow, and dismantle the £2bn Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) pot. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/conservatives_plan_high_speed_rail_future.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/conservatives_plan_high_speed_rail_future.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen in Birmingham 29 September 2008 14:12 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/transport_rail_high_speed_01_071206_resized_70_tcm15-311790.jpg A plan to meet the increasing demand for rail in the Yorkshire and Humber region has been unveiled by Network Rail. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/rail_plan_announced_for_yorkshire_and_humber.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/rail_plan_announced_for_yorkshire_and_humber.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Jessica Rowson 29 September 2008 10:49 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Daily%20News%20-%20Y%26HTransport_resized_70_tcm15-1789769.jpg Outgoing ICE president David Orr is to provide expert procurement advice to London’s £16bn Crossrail project, NCE has learnt. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/orr_to_head_crossrail_procurement_panel.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/orr_to_head_crossrail_procurement_panel.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE 26 September 2008 17:09 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/Orr_resized_resized_70_tcm15-1875445.jpg Sustainability is one of the catchwords of our day, and frequently misunderstood or misused. Ed Owen speaks to Pell Frischmann director of sustainability Tim Jervis about quantifying sustainability and his plan to take carbon out of the UK’s infrastructure. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/09/the_green_dream.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/09/the_green_dream.html;jsessionid=5B98D02376C18F939D997FD3163676DE Ed Owen 26 September 2008 16:37 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/jervis_resized_resized_70_tcm15-1875306.jpg