New Civil Engineer
Alan Sparks

PFI bids invited for new Tyne road tunnel

25-Mar-2004
PRIVATE FINANCE bids were this week invited for the construction and operation of the new £139M Tyne tunnel.
Why the second Tyne tunnel must go ahead

25-Mar-2004
Stop the transport cuts
Alarm as engineers find potential for disaster on Thelwall viaduct

18-Mar-2004
News
Shuttering is the quay

18-Mar-2004
Ports and harbours Renovation
Special plant relines stricken Kent tunnels

18-Mar-2004
News
Starting small

11-Mar-2004
Iraq Rebuilding
Living on the edge

26-Feb-2004
Cover Story: Dave Rolton
CTRL faces £50M bill for loss of 24 hour working

5-Feb-2004
News
A team triumph

1-Feb-2004
T5 Earthworks
Fitness first

1-Feb-2004
Construction has traditionally focused on safety and shown little direct interest in the actual health of its workforce. Not so on T5, as Alan Sparks reports.
Going up in the world

1-Feb-2004
Structures Wembley arch
Making a difference

1-Feb-2004
T5 Safety
Staying close to nature

1-Feb-2004
T5 Rivers
Subterranean saga

1-Feb-2004
T5 Tunnels
Row as CTRL schedule demands 24 hour working

29-Jan-2004
CHANNEL TUNNEL Rail Link engineers were this week locked in battle with residents living near the line's St Pancras terminus over the right to work 24 hours a day on the project.
Contractors blast Agency over unawarded bids

22-Jan-2004
CONTRACTORS this week hit back at the Highways Agency after it rejected bids for key framework contracts in the North of England as unsatisfactory.
Contractors ready to kick off at Arsenal stadium site

22-Jan-2004
CONTRACTORS in north London were this week gearing up finally to start work on Arsenal football club's £400M stadium at the end of next month.
Civils hit as work dries up

15-Jan-2004
INFRASTRUCTURE spending collapsed last year and is unlikely to recover until 2006, materials producers said last week.
Going up in the world

15-Jan-2004
Cover story Wembley arch
Wembley gets set for arch lift

8-Jan-2004
WEMBLEY STADIUM'S signature roof arch is being primed for a dramatic lifting sequence next month.
Foyle crossing pioneers flange tensioning to minimise disruption

1-Jan-2004
COMPRESSED STEEL tubes are to be installed within the deck of Northern Ireland's Foyle bridge as part of a $14.6M ' It is hoped that by placing the 508mm diameter, 50mm thick tubes inside and along the length of the steel box girder, the bridge will be strengthened with minimum disruption to traffic above.
Foyle crossing pioneers flange tensioning to minimise disruption

1-Jan-2004
COMPRESSED STEEL tubes are to be installed within the deck of Northern Ireland's Foyle bridge as part of a $14.6M ' It is hoped that by placing the 508mm diameter, 50mm thick tubes inside and along the length of the steel box girder, the bridge will be strengthened with minimum disruption to traffic above.
Cause for celebration

11-Dec-2003
Rail Christmas possessions
Corrosion fears prompt Forth Road Bridge cable probe

11-Dec-2003
FEARS THAT internal corrosion could be eating away at the Forth Road Bridge's suspension cables are to trigger a £1.2M inspection programme in the New Year, the structure's owner said this week.
M6 Toll opens amid fears of new congestion

11-Dec-2003
BRITAIN'S FIRST toll motorway opened this week amid fears that it could cause new traffic jams while eliminating congestion on the M6.
Emerging from the shadows

4-Dec-2003
Hollywood movie technology is set to launch a new generation of 3D modelling. Alan Sparks lifts the lid on emergent models.
A fixed expression

1-Dec-2003
Concrete Middle East
Halcrow wins Russian flood barrage contract

1-Dec-2003
HALCROW has secured a design contract for one of the world's largest flood protection barriers.
US$1.7bn waterworks repairs head Iraq needs

1-Dec-2003
IRAQ DESPERATELY needs to spend US$1.7bn on repairing its water infrastructure over the next 12 months, the United Nations and World Bank have said.
Funding squeeze hits northern roads jobs

27-Nov-2003
HIGHWAYS AGENCY framework contractors in northern England claimed this week that projects due to start on site have been shelved because funding has run dry.
Three of the very best

27-Nov-2003
Airports Heathrow Terminal 3
Foyle crossing pioneers flange tensioning to minimise disruption

20-Nov-2003
POST TENSIONED compressed steel tubes are to be installed within the deck of Northern Ireland's Foyle bridge as part of a £8.5M strengthening programme.
Malaysian road tunnel to double as storm drain

13-Nov-2003
BRITISH CONSULTANTS are designing a special stormwater drainage and road tunnel for the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
A fixed expression

6-Nov-2003
Against the odds, British engineers are battling to design essential repairs to Iraqi bridges. Alan Sparks reports from the nerve centre in Dubai.
Terrorist fears force UK firms to cancel Iraq trip

6-Nov-2003
BRITISH CONTRACTORS have this week abandoned plans to travel to Baghdad amid fears that they would be targeted by terrorist groups.
Diffusing demands

1-Nov-2003
Water SUDS
Fire guidance takes on twin towers research

1-Nov-2003
OUT OF date practice and design procedures mean structures are commonly overdesigned fire engineers have warned.
Howdy, partner

1-Nov-2003
Highways Private finance
Texans offer Europe a slice of $190bn transport spend

1-Nov-2003
TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE clients have just completed a tour of Europe to drum up bidders for a $190bn publicly financed transport building programme.
Contractors in early for Notts tram stage two

30-Oct-2003
NOTTINGHAM CITY Council is to axe the procurement method that led to a five month delay and £10M cost overrun on the first phase of its city centre tram scheme, NCE has learned.
Yards of grout

23-Oct-2003
Ground engineering Stabilisation
£1.1bn waterworks repairs head Iraq needs

16-Oct-2003
IRAQ DESPERATELY needs to spend £1.1bn on repairing its water infrastructure over the next 12 months, the United Nations and World Bank said this week.
Diffusing demands

16-Oct-2003
Water SUDS
Halcrow wins Russian flood barrage contract

16-Oct-2003
HALCROW LAST week secured a design contract for one of the world’s largest flood protection barriers.
Rained off

16-Oct-2003
Water Storage
'Cavalier' attitudes to risk threaten civils firms

9-Oct-2003
ICE news
Mowlem loses High Court battle over Bath Spa pool paint

9-Oct-2003
A HIGH Court judge last week criticised Mowlem's attempts to ban a contractor from its Bath Spa site as a ploy to reduce liquidated damages for delays on the late running project.
Bath Spa paint row leads to High Court showdown

2-Oct-2003
COUNCIL OFFICIALS in Bath were this week locked in a row with Bath Spa contractor Mowlem over repairs to paintwork on the £26M project to redevelop thermal bathing facilities.
Weir on the move

2-Oct-2003
Unusual temporary works mean construction of a new Thames weir won't be held up if the river rises. Alan Sparks reports from Sunbury.
Security costs hit Iraq rebuild bids

1-Oct-2003
BRITISH CONSTRUCTION firms are baulking at reconstruction work in Iraq as insurance and security costs soar, one security expert said this week.
Designers neglect safer tools

25-Sep-2003
DESIGN ENGINEERS are failing to meet their health and safety responsibilities by ignoring alternatives to hand held vibration tools, a leading safety consultant warned this week They are failing to cut out construction methods which rely on hand held drills, jack hammers and cutting equipment, said independent consultant John Carpenter.
Howdy, partner

25-Sep-2003
Highways Private finance
Saudi and Kuwait links could hit UK firms' Iraq work

25-Sep-2003
BRITISH CONTRACTORS are failing to win work in Iraq because of their insistence on using historical ties with Middle Eastern firms, Iraqi engineers warned this week.
Beside the sea slide

18-Sep-2003
Restoration Deal pier
Fire guidance takes on twin towers research

18-Sep-2003
FIRE ENGINEERS this week said that out of date practice and design procedures mean UK structures are commonly overdesigned.
Texans offer Europe a slice of £115bn transport spend

18-Sep-2003
TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE clients this week launched a European tour to drum up bidders for a £115bn publicly financed transport building programme.
US firm opens bidding for Iraqi engineers

18-Sep-2003
US CONSTRUCTION giant Commercial Contracting Corporation (CCC) will visit the UK next week to poach British Iraqi engineers from UK rivals.
East Midlands takes bite out of Sandwich

11-Sep-2003
GOLF MAD ICE East Midlands region has won the prestigious Thomas Telford Trophy for the first time, claiming the title over 36 gruelling holes at Royal St George's last week.
Bendy bus clearance check for King's Cross bridge diversion

4-Sep-2003
SUCCESS OF efforts to improve traffic flows around the £656M King's Cross Underground station redevelopment hinged this week on the outcome of a trial involving a bendy bus.
Master of the maps

4-Sep-2003
Drainage design
Security costs hit Iraq reconstruction work

4-Sep-2003
BRITISH CONSTRUCTION firms are baulking at reconstruction work in Iraq as insurance and security costs soar, one security expert said this week.
Bearing up to the strain

1-Sep-2003
Bridges Components
Caught in the crossfire

1-Sep-2003
Iraq Security
Ouse's charm

1-Sep-2003
Bridges Cable stayed swing bridge
Relief engineers pull out of violent Baghdad

1-Sep-2003
RELIEF ENGINEERS are pulling out of Baghdad as the security situation deteriorates, said RedR international director Koen Versavel.
Thames Water helps restore quality to Baghdad

1-Sep-2003
THAMES WATER engineers are preparing to boost water quality in Baghdad by improving sewers and installing a new treatment plant.
Bearing up to the strain

21-Aug-2003
Bridges Components
Ouse's charm

21-Aug-2003
Bridges Cable stayed swing bridge
Tay-lor made top-up

21-Aug-2003
Bridges Strengthening
Berths and the difficult delivery

7-Aug-2003
Ports: Dover Harbour
Belfast conference puts sustainability at top of agenda

1-Aug-2003
ICE news
Smaller rig rule means slower rail line work contractors warn

1-Aug-2003
PILING CONTRACTS close to rail lines are likely to take up to five times longer and cost up to 40% more following an accident which prompted Network Rail to insist contractors use less efficient plant.
Relief engineers pull out of violent Baghdad

24-Jul-2003
RELIEF ENGINEERS are pulling out of Baghdad as the security situation deteriorates, said RedR international director Koen Versavel.
Caught in the crossfire

17-Jul-2003
Iraq Security
Thames Water helps restore quality to Baghdad

17-Jul-2003
THAMES WATER engineers are preparing to boost water quality in Baghdad by improving sewers and installing a new treatment plant, relief engineers confirmed last week.
Trackside piling hit by Network Rail ruling

10-Jul-2003
PILING CONTRACTORS this week said that Network Rail was forcing them to use smaller, slower piling rigs when working close to electrified track.
UK firms mobilise for Iraq work

10-Jul-2003
BRITISH CONSULTANTS were this week poised to start work in Iraq, as the UK government pondered emergency reconstruction work options.
Neglect crippled Saltash

3-Jul-2003
CONCRETE CRACKS and seeping groundwater were ignored by engineers maintaining the Saltash Tunnel in Cornwall and led to rapid degradation of the structure, it was revealed last week.
Doing the double

1-Jul-2003
Targeted expansion was the key to a year of exceptional growth at Morgan Est.
Belfast conference puts sustainability at top of agenda

26-Jun-2003
ICE news
Timid investors hinder wave power s advance

26-Jun-2003
ICE news
Civils silence noisy bridge

19-Jun-2003
ENGINEERS LAST weekend completed an intricate operation to cure a 1km cable stayed bridge in Inverness of deafening clanging, caused by movement of its loose bearings.
Long backs engineers over Ipswich relief road

19-Jun-2003
ENGINEERS fighting to build a relief road around the port of Ipswich have been buoyed by the support of ICE president professor Adrian Long.
M5 motorists face more chaos with joint correction work

19-Jun-2003
MOTORISTS using the M5 motorway face months of disruption as engineers work to correct expansion joints on Avonmouth Bridge, less than two years after a £125M refurbishment.
Rewriting the planning story

19-Jun-2003
Roads: A500 Pathfinder
Contractors face Canary Wharf crane slot charges

12-Jun-2003
DEVELOPER CANARY Wharf has begun charging contractors for crane slots at its site in London's Docklands, it emerged this week.
Engineers consider bearing U-turn on Thelwall viaduct

12-Jun-2003
ENGINEERS FIGHTING to save the M6 Thelwall viaduct, near Warrington, are considering a U-turn in their emergency bearing replacement programme.
M11 Stansted sliproad wins award

12-Jun-2003
ICE news
British firms missing out on Iraqi rebuild work

5-Jun-2003
US AND Japanese firms are recruiting British-based Iraqi engineers to help them win reconstruction work, Iraqi professionals claimed this week.
Engineers avert pollution crisis after chemical factory fire

5-Jun-2003
ENGINEERS ARE this week fighting to prevent an ecological disaster following a major chemical factory fire in Beverley, near Hull.
Get the right tool for the job

5-Jun-2003
Project management
Money saving coins

5-Jun-2003
Client-friendly project management software is being used on Heathrow's £3.7bn T5 project.
Norwegian glue

5-Jun-2003
What is claimed to be the largest timber road bridge in the world is nearing completion in Norway.
Tough Bechtel terms freeze out local firms from Iraq rebuild

29-May-2003
UNITED STATES contractor Bechtel has effectively excluded Iraqi contractors from tender lists for initial post war reconstruction work, it emerged last week.
Replacement M25 bridge pier nears completion

22-May-2003
RAPID REPLACEMENT of the fire damaged pier which threatened to bring down an overbridge across the M25 in Surrey is due for completion later this month.
Create qualification in road safety, ICE told

8-May-2003
ICE news
Damaged M25 overbridge escapes demolition

1-May-2003
A FIRE damaged M25 overbridge will not have to be demolished, but one of its supporting piers will have to be replaced, the Highways Agency said this week.
New bearings for failed UK viaduct

1-May-2003
ALL 136 roller bearings on the M6 Thelwall viaduct are to be replaced with spherical sliders just seven years after a US$42M refurbishment, the UK Highways Agency has said.
US standards to bar British firms from Iraq rebuild

17-Apr-2003
BRITISH FIRMS fear they will be unable to bid for major post war reconstruction contracts in Iraq if the new regime adopts US standards, construction exporters warned last week.
Bearing up

10-Apr-2003
Roads: Thelwall viaduct
T5 revealed

10-Apr-2003
Cover story: Heathrow T5
New mix reduces concrete on T5

3-Apr-2003
ICE news
Thelwall roller bearings to be replaced again - for £70M

3-Apr-2003
ALL 136 roller bearings on the M6 Thelwall viaduct are to be replaced just seven years after a £27M refurbishment, the Highways Agency said this week.
At last, a cure for Telford's trouble

1-Apr-2003
GEOTECHNICS OF TRANSPORT
T5 faces delay due to limited materials storage

27-Mar-2003
HEATHROW AIRPORT'S Terminal 5 scheme could face programme delays because of lack of materials storage, client BAA said last week.
UK engineers advising Allies on bomb damage limitation

27-Mar-2003
ALLIED FORCES fighting in the Gulf, are using advice from UK civil engineers to help disable key Iraqi infrastructure with minimal impact on civilians, it emerged this week.
HSE targets consultants for ignoring safe design

20-Mar-2003
DESIGNERS ARE ignorant of their legal responsibilities for safety and fail to fully integrate safe design in projects, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) warned this week.
Profitable future for explosive engineering

20-Mar-2003
ICE news
Root canal work

20-Mar-2003
Waterways: Embankment stabilisation
US military could exclude relief engineers for six months

13-Mar-2003
Relief engineers may not be allowed into Iraq for up to six months after an invasion, aid agencies warned this week.
Country pursuits

6-Mar-2003
Mapping
Fire damaged M25 bridge faces demolition

6-Mar-2003
HIGHWAYS AGENCY engineers fear fire damage to post tensioned cables could lead to demolition of a 107m long road bridge across the M25 after it was struck by a lorry near Leatherhead, Surrey last week.
Capital gain

1-Mar-2003
Sponsor
Emerging from the shadows

1-Mar-2003
International Babtie
Extra site investigation at CTRL collapse

20-Feb-2003
EIGHT DRILLING rigs are to be moved to the site of the ground collapse on the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in east London.
Smooth talking

20-Feb-2003
Concrete CTRL
ICE recalls 1953 flooding disaster

13-Feb-2003
ICE news
Tunnel machine may have hit another well

13-Feb-2003
ENGINEERS WERE this week investigating whether the tunnelling machine involved in this week's ground failure could have hit a similar underground well in November.
Narrow margin

6-Feb-2003
Cover story CTRL
Investigation opens into collapsed Danish arena

30-Jan-2003
AN EMERGENCY investigation was launched this week into the collapse earlier this month of the Siemens Superarena in Ballerup, near Copenhagen.
Breaking through the barriers

23-Jan-2003
Highways; Birmingham makeover
Dam emergency rings checking alarm bells

23-Jan-2003
ENGINEERS THIS week expressed fears for the stability of privately owned dams across Britain, after the near collapse of one in Wiltshire.
The soft option

23-Jan-2003
Highways Denton relief road
Legally challenged

16-Jan-2003
Technical feature Courthouse hotel
Everton misses stadium funding goal

2-Jan-2003
EVERTON FOOTBALL Club's plans to build a new stadium suffered a setback last week after developers missed a vital fundraising deadline.
Club class

12-Dec-2002
Foresight: Christmas special
Stiff ground hampers live motorway box jacking

12-Dec-2002
STIFFER THAN expected ground conditions are hampering efforts to complete Britain's first box jacking operation beneath a live motorway before Christmas, engineers admitted last week.
Oil industry ready to accept offshore LNG storage

5-Dec-2002
ICE news
Rail firms woo army signals engineers

5-Dec-2002
RAIL CONTRACTORS were this week targeting army signalling experts to fill skills gaps.
Scrap insurance tax, contractors urge government

5-Dec-2002
CONTRACTORS this week urged the government to scrap the 5% tax which is paid on employers liability insurance premiums.
Success and the single model

5-Dec-2002
Project collaboration
Tunnelling key to beating congestion says RAC report

20-Nov-2002
CHEAPER TUNNELLING costs should be taken advantage of in order to build a new generation of road tunnels to beat British road congestion, a new report out next week will claim.
Keep it close to home

19-Nov-2002
PFA
Out of danger

7-Nov-2002
Earthquakes Usoy natural dam
Box clever

31-Oct-2002
Rail Junction improvement
Stainless steel cone to save village from floods

31-Oct-2002
ENGINEERS CLAIMED to have significantly reduced the risk of recurrent flooding in the Buckinghamshire village of Weedon this week following installation of one of the largest flow control devices in the world.
Thelwall failures put roller bearings in spotlight

24-Oct-2002
Bearing failure is causing massive disruption on the M6 Thelwall viaduct. Alan Sparks looks at the latest threat to the nation's transport infrastructure.
City slicker

17-Oct-2002
Steel Swiss Re tower
Flawed design codes led to Thelwall bearing failure

17-Oct-2002
BASIC FLAWS in design codes for roller bridge bearings are thought to be behind the failure of roller bearings on the M6 Thelwall Viaduct, the Highways Agency said this week.
Screen the stink - properly

17-Oct-2002
Water Technology
ASUC warns insurers of risk from cowboy firms

10-Oct-2002
INSURERS COULD face a wave of accident claims from workers involved in underpinning, specialist contractors warned this week.
Battle to rebuild

3-Oct-2002
Cover story Afghanistan
Geotechnics goes boldly into space

3-Oct-2002
Ice News
Flood model overestimated flows

1-Oct-2002
FLOODING IN Prague was not as bad as experts had predicted, engineers have said.
Working on water

1-Oct-2002
Bridges Bangladesh
Avoiding an own goal

26-Sep-2002
Highways: Sustainability
Design changes threaten T5 programme

5-Sep-2002
FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN changes to Heathrow Terminal 5 and satellite building mean that crucial groundworks will not start until the end of this year, planners claimed this week.
Users demand more safety provisions

5-Sep-2002
Cover Story: After 9.11
Seismic codes need more performance detail

1-Sep-2002
Institution news
Travel the world. . . in Cornwall

1-Sep-2002
Institution news
US sprinkler reliance reduces tall building protection

1-Sep-2002
TALL BUILDINGS in the US are designed using increasingly unsafe fire codes, a leading American fire protection expert warned last month.
River flows expose flaws in Prague flood model

22-Aug-2002
FLOODING IN Prague was not as bad as experts had predicted, engineers said this week.
Working on water

22-Aug-2002
Bridges Bangladesh
New water works could havestoppedGlasgowbug

8-Aug-2002
A CRYPTOSPORIDIUM outbreak in Glasgow this week could have been prevented if a new water treatment works had not been held up in the planning process, Scottish Water has claimed.
Seismic codes oversimplified and unsafe

8-Aug-2002
ICE news
US fire codes unsafe for tall building design

8-Aug-2002
TALL BUILDINGS in the United States are designed using increasingly unsafe fire codes, a leading American fire protection expert warned this week.
US bridge bash prompts pier study

1-Aug-2002
ENGINEERS IN Oklahoma have launched a full appraisal of bridge pier protection following the fatal bridge bash in May.
Couldn't try harder

25-Jul-2002
A client-led philosophy has helped Galliford Try outperform all other rivals in the medium sized contractor category, reports Alan Sparks.
Investing in people

25-Jul-2002
Developing and retaining high calibre staff has helped TJ Brent to emerge as the UK's premier specialist contractor. Alan Sparks reports.
Planning blocks threaten renewable energy targets

25-Jul-2002
RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY generation targets in the UK are likely to be missed unless changes are made to current planning procedures, MPs warned this week.
Travel the world. . . in Cornwall

25-Jul-2002
ICE News
£1M wasted as FA 'misled' national stadium bidders

18-Jul-2002
LOCAL AUTHORITIES who worked on £1M worth of alternative bids for the English national stadium were misled by the Football Association (FA) an MPs' report said last week.
Reap the harvest

18-Jul-2002
Drainage - Effluent
Construction industry is top UK performer

4-Jul-2002
BOOMING CONSTRUCTION activity has led to the industry outperforming the rest of the UK economy, a report claimed last week.
Engineers return to quieter India

4-Jul-2002
EXPAT ENGINEERS were this week returning into India as the threat of a nuclear conflict with neighbouring Pakistan seemed to diminish.
US$12M grant for barges to take freight off roads

1-Jul-2002
HUGE BARGES will be built to take heavy construction plant and materials off UK roads, in a new government initiative announced this week.
Unstable LPG tank threatens Sullom Voe

27-Jun-2002
News
Oklahoma bridge bash triggers pier protection study

20-Jun-2002
News
£8M grant for barges to take freight off roads

13-Jun-2002
HUGE BARGES will be built to take heavy construction plant and materials off the roads, in a new government initiative announced this week.
Cast iron evidence

13-Jun-2002
Surveying the world's first iron bridge was impossible without the latest CAD developments. Alan Sparks reports.
Pier protection ruled out for doomed US bridge

13-Jun-2002
ENGINEERS IN Oklahoma had ruled out adding extra protection to the Interstate bridge over the Arkansas river which collapsed after an unprotected pier was demolished by a barge last month.
South West sets tough teamwork challenge

13-Jun-2002
ICE News
Jubilee footbridge faces cash shortfall

6-Jun-2002
ROYAL REVELLERS were this week denied the chance to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee with the specially built Jubilee footbridge across the Thames in London.
Report spells out sustainability role

1-Jun-2002
Institution news
Road works ahead - of its time

30-May-2002
Jubilee Projects
The Challenge

30-May-2002
Civils 2002 Charity 50 teams, 200 competitors.On your marks, steady, go for the RED Challenge.
US bridge bash exposes pier protection risk

30-May-2002
News
New Liverpool stadium to maintain 55,000 capacity

23-May-2002
News
Wembley project not value for money MPs told

23-May-2002
News
Overbridge span to be replaced

16-May-2002
News - Potters Bar Rail Crash
New Wembley Stadium will be value for money insists Jowell

9-May-2002
WEMBLEY'S NEW £326M national stadium will provide good value for public money, MP's were assured this week in the House of Commons.
SRA backs new signal system despite safety fears

2-May-2002
News
Historical tome puts focus on engineering

1-May-2002
INSTITUTION NEWS
Schools politics holding back engineers of the future

25-Apr-2002
News Reported by Mark Hansford
South East airports set to double capacity

25-Apr-2002
News
Atkins boss to run Wembley Stadium project

18-Apr-2002
NEWS
Standards of MERIT keep rising

18-Apr-2002
ICE NEWS
Design flaws hampered fire fighters' efforts to tackle Center Parcs blaze

11-Apr-2002
FIRE FIGHTERS have criticised the design of Center Parcs' Elveden holiday park in Suffolk, which they claimed made it very difficult for them to tackle the blaze which wrecked the structure last week.
Drawing inspiration

11-Apr-2002
Life drawing
BRIGHTON WEST

28-Mar-2002
BRIGHTON WEST Pier's long promised £30M refurbishment has moved a step closer.
Profile

7-Mar-2002
James Bennett is manager of Connell Mott MacDonald's London office, the firm created when Mott MacDonald merged with Australasian structural building engineer Connell Wagner in 2000.
Rising to the challenge

1-Mar-2002
Transport Birmingham airport
Storm damaged coast road will erode again in five years

28-Feb-2002
NEWS
Flexing floors could limit progressive collapse risks

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
ICE opens office in Manchester

21-Feb-2002
ICE NEWS
Kennel to challenge T5 over construction dust

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
On chartered territory

21-Feb-2002
YOUR CAREER - EA training scheme: Flood defence is taking on a higher profile in the profession. Alan Sparks learns about a new scheme which will establish this discipline more fully.
Raising of Wembley arch to go live on the web

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
Retrofitting dampers could save lives claims earthquake expert

21-Feb-2002
ICE NEWS
Wind code blows the whistle on wobbly bridges

21-Feb-2002
ICE NEWS
Conserving rations

14-Feb-2002
HERITAGE ENGINEERING: Royal Clarence Yard - Converting a former naval yard into a plush waterfront development has provided much food for thought. Alan Sparks reports.
Terminal five river diversion changed

14-Feb-2002
NEWS
Air traffic control

7-Feb-2002
Airports Liverpool
Birmingham tower design faces post WTC review

31-Jan-2002
Birmingham City Council is reviewing designs for a tower in the city centre in the wake of the World Trade Center collapse, MPs were told this week.
Making a mark

31-Jan-2002
European standards ETAG
Sailors threaten to sink Fulham Stadium

24-Jan-2002
NEWS
Setting up an office on site

17-Jan-2002
Project offices
Carillion golfers warned on global warming

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
Temporary athletics track secures Wembley as new national stadium

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
ICE pays tribute to Scottish legend

6-Dec-2001
ICE NEWS
UK risk analysis is not state of the art say US experts

6-Dec-2001
ICE NEWS
Report doubles price of Coventry Stadium bid

22-Nov-2001
News
Armed guard for Afghan aid corps

8-Nov-2001
INFOPLUS
Millennium Bridge draws Gateshead crowds

8-Nov-2001
GATESHEAD MILLENNIUM Bridge proved its pulling power once more by attracting possibly the largest regional association crowd of the year.
Light years ahead

1-Nov-2001
New technology - Photovoltaics: Transforming sunlight directly into electricity has long been an important goal for mankind. Alan Sparks explores how thin film photovoltaic technology could turn this old dream into reality.
Livingstone commits cash to Wembley transport upgrades

1-Nov-2001
NEWS
Recent Pentagon strengthening saved lives

1-Nov-2001
RECENT STRENGTHENING and refurbishment of Washington's Pentagon building reduced the death toll resulting from September's aircraft attack, renovation manager Lee Evey said.
Riddle of the sands

1-Nov-2001
Water Iran-Kuwait pipeline
UK engineers to design New York's 2nd Avenue subway

1-Nov-2001
NEWS
Station will not be ready for new Wembley stadium

25-Oct-2001
VITAL IMPROVEMENTS to Wembley Park underground station will not be ready in time for the opening of the proposed national stadium in 2005, London Underground revealed this week.
Coventry pins stadium hopes on transport case

18-Oct-2001
OVER 20,000 rail passengers would get to Coventry's proposed Phoenix national stadium within two hours, an independent report claimed this week.
Rain harvest key to conquer African drought

18-Oct-2001
DECADES OF drought aid to central Africa have been wasted, an ICE audience heard last week.
Riddle of the sands

18-Oct-2001
ENGINEERING WATER Water transfer
Beagle on the scent of water

11-Oct-2001
ICE News :
H-power to supply Cambridge campus

11-Oct-2001
News :
Stones' vibes not as big as Springsteen's

11-Oct-2001
News :
Youth appeal

11-Oct-2001
ICE News :
Project insurance set to quadruple

4-Oct-2001
NEWS
Bypass toes the lime

27-Sep-2001
HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT - Polegate bypass: Innovative use of lime cement stabilisation is cutting costs on the Polegate bypass. Alan Sparks reports from East Sussex.
Planners clash over cul-de-sac housing

27-Sep-2001
NEWS
Recent Pentagon strengthening saved lives

20-Sep-2001
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A living representation of man s belief in humanity

13-Sep-2001
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Coventry makes bid to be national stadium site

13-Sep-2001
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Leaking sewers are poisoning groundwater

6-Sep-2001
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Street furniture a risk to bridges in high wind

1-Aug-2001
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Dwyer stresses communication skills to student finalists

26-Jul-2001
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY with lay audiences is vital in today's engineering environment, ICE president Sir Joe Dwyer told delegates at the Civil Engineering Students Papers Competition 2001, this week.
Mile End Park wins Merit Award

19-Jul-2001
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Park and ride hitch halts Newcastle Love Parade

19-Jul-2001
NEWS
Councils face rehousing call as traffic pollution soars

12-Jul-2001
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Storm over poor design standards

12-Jul-2001
ICE NEWS
Endurance course tests young engineers' mettle

5-Jul-2001
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Walkers frightened into cars - MPs

5-Jul-2001
NEWS
Courses should include urban design says Whitby

28-Jun-2001
NEWS
Oban for business

28-Jun-2001
TECHNICAL FEATURE: Dozens of Scottish lighthouses depend on a shore depot at Oban, which is undergoing a major modernisation. Alan Sparks reports from the Sound of Kerrera.
Street furniture a risk to bridges in high wind

21-Jun-2001
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Fines will fund huge rise in speed cameras

14-Jun-2001
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New Civil EngineerAlan Sparks

New Civil Engineer
Alan Sparks