New Civil Engineer
Andrew Mylius

Vulcan House: an environmentally clever cube

21-Sep-2007
From the outside there is little to suggest Sheffield’s Vulcan House is one of the UK’s greenest buildings.
Berth for rebirth

12-Jul-2007
Liverpool - Liverpool was once synonymous with shipping. A new cruise liner berth will, locals hope, continue the city's maritime heritage. Andrew Mylius reports.
Bolster flood defences or risk a regular dousing warns ABI

21-Jun-2007
News
New ro-ro standard to ensure no repeat of Ramsgate deaths

14-Jun-2007
News
Cutty Sark still 'too fragile' for engineers to board

7-Jun-2007
News
Government gives green light to Shell Haven

7-Jun-2007
News
Clients in denial as concrete decay stalks Dubai buildings

1-Jun-2007
News
Ice odyssey

1-Jun-2007
Antarctic - This month construction of a structure designed to survive in one of the earth's least hospitable environments will start. Andrew Mylius takes a look.
Water torture

1-Jun-2007
Geotechnics - Tunnelling under the Thames in east London, England, was expected to be wet. The reality is far worse, Amec tunnelling director Peter South tells Andrew Mylius.
Muddy waters

31-May-2007
Analysis - Poor planning, inadequate leadership and a lack of coordination between agencies is delaying regeneration of the Thames Gateway.
Engineers cast doubt over Cutty Sark's future

24-May-2007
News
Cost conundrum

17-May-2007
Rail Energy Achieving its efficiency targets with a disgruntled supply chain is going to be a real challenge for Network Rail.
Crossrail told to be 'friendly'

10-May-2007
News
Difficult client and tight margins force firms to quit rail sector

10-May-2007
News
Atkins staff accuse bosses of proteering over pension changes

3-May-2007
News
Ice odyssey

3-May-2007
Next month construction of a structure designed to survive in one of the earth's least hospitable environments will start. Andrew Mylius takes a look.
Warning over lack of tunnelling expertise

3-May-2007
News
Beijing brain teaser

1-May-2007
Structures - The new HQ for China's national broadcaster is an eye catching megastructure which looks like it ought to fall over. Andrew Mylius reports.
Change in slab spec blamed for Burj Dubai reinforcement

1-May-2007
News
Handle with care

1-May-2007
King's Cross - Construction of London Underground's long-awaited King's Cross northern ticket hall brings big technical challenges, finds Andrew Mylius.
Quantity not quality in Dubai?

1-May-2007
Analysis - Quality and safety are casualties in Dubai's run-away construction market, contractors and consultants tell Andrew Mylius.
Unlimited liability demands put consultants at risk

1-May-2007
News
Auld Reekie's hot tattie

26-Apr-2007
Edinburgh rail link - Construction of new rail links to Edinburgh Airport have become a political hot potato. Andrew Mylius finds out what is planned.
Clients in denial as concrete decay stalks Dubai buildings

26-Apr-2007
News
Cryptosporidium outbreak could lead to prosecution

19-Apr-2007
IRELAND'S ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (EPA) this week threatened to prosecute Galway City Council after nearly 200 people were diagnosed with cryptosporidium poisoning.
Water torture

19-Apr-2007
Geotechnics DLR
Change in slab spec blamed for Burj Dubai reinforcement

5-Apr-2007
News
Heavy duty

5-Apr-2007
Jetties - A new nuclear submarine jetty in Scotland has to be capable of withstanding apocalyptic events. Andrew Mylius reports from Faslane.
Carbon fibre used to reinforce Burj Dubai floor slabs

29-Mar-2007
News
Ofwat questions £2bn Thames Water stormwater tunnel plan

29-Mar-2007
News
Sailing by

29-Mar-2007
Bridges - The phrase ‘beautifully simple’ might have been invented for Poole Harbour’s new bridge Andrew Mylius discovers .
Handle with care

22-Mar-2007
Tunnelling - Construction of London Underground's long-awaited King's Cross northern ticket hall brings big technical challenges, finds Andrew Mylius.
Is the price right?

22-Mar-2007
With costs higher than expected, are the Tube PPPs value for money?
Beijing brain teaser

15-Mar-2007
Beijing CCTV building - The new HQ for China's national broadcaster is an eye catching megastructure which looks like it ought to fall over. Andrew Mylius reports.
Plunk, plunk, fizz

15-Mar-2007
Future markets - Flamboyant structures are symptomatic of economic optimism, but will the good times continue to roll? Andrew Mylius reports.
Tube overspend review will cost Metronet millions

15-Mar-2007
TUBE CONTRACTOR Metronet this week warned that an extraordinary review into the £750M 'additional expenditure' spent on its PPP contracts would cost it and London Underground millions of pounds.
Unlimited liability demands put consultants at risk

15-Mar-2007
CONSULTANTS RISK being put out of business unless clients stop passing on unlimited liability in contracts, insurers warned this week.
Boycott clients demanding unlimited liability, urges ACE

8-Mar-2007
News
Heathrow's hidden gems

8-Mar-2007
Terminal 5 tunnels - Trains will start running through new tunnel extensions to Heathrow's Terminal 5 in a couple of months. Andrew Mylius looks at their construction.
Sailing by: Poole Harbour bridge

March 2007
The phrase ‘beautifully simple’ might have been invented for Poole Harbour’s new bridge.
'Concrete cancer' scare for Boston Big Dig project

1-Mar-2007
WORLDWATCH
Frameworks in trouble as consultants raise prices

1-Mar-2007
News
Questions asked about NATM after São Paulo Metro disaster

1-Mar-2007
WORLDWATCH
Confusion triggers new standards for wind turbines

22-Feb-2007
News
Phoenix rising

22-Feb-2007
Liverpool - Next year's European Capital of Culture, Liverpool, is a hive of construction activity. Andrew Mylius reports from a city in the throes of rebirth.
Soaring salaries to hit nuclear clean-up budgets

22-Feb-2007
News
Can contractors be green?

15-Feb-2007
Sustainability - Scientists have proven that climate change is escalating fast. Is now the time that construction finally takes sustainability seriously? Andrew Mylius reports.
Ex-minister slams lack of sustainability leadership

15-Feb-2007
News
Feeding the dying

8-Feb-2007
Flooding - Engineers are shoring up dams and releasing ood waters to replenish the dwindling Aral Sea. Andrew Mylius reports.
Boston Big Dig investigators warn of 'concrete cancer'

1-Feb-2007
News
Cracks expose aw in Scandanavian mega-bridge

1-Feb-2007
News
Expert tells sector to end secrecy over accidents

1-Feb-2007
News
Final curtain for Dounreay as clean up starts on site

1-Feb-2007
News
Ofwat in hot water with MPs

1-Feb-2007
News
Seven feared dead as SÒo Paulo metro station walls collapse

1-Feb-2007
News
Falcon forced to take 160 tower cranes out of action

25-Jan-2007
News
S ão Paulo collapse: NATM used despite failure history

25-Jan-2007
News
Network Rail consults lawyers over Thameslink station leaks

18-Jan-2007
News
Complex hangar structure for Cosford air museum

11-Jan-2007
News
Cracks expose flaw in Scandanavian mega-bridge

11-Jan-2007
News
Delays to CDM put health and safety improvements at risk

11-Jan-2007
News
Bird's nest superstructure

1-Jan-2007
Beijing Olympic stadium - As it nears completion China's bird's nest Olympic stadium is shouting for attention, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Boston Big Dig companies sued for negligence

1-Jan-2007
News
Open plan surgery

14-Dec-2006
St Pancras underground - Opening up the basement of St Pancras Station's famous Midland Grand Hotel has called for radical re-engineering of its foundations, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Boston Big Dig investigators warn of 'concrete cancer'

7-Dec-2006
News
Wembley wizard

7-Dec-2006
Lateral thinking drives EEDA winner Tim Snelson's approach to engineering, he tells Andrew Mylius.
Messina bridge plan dumped

1-Dec-2006
News
Spanning the Tamar

1-Dec-2006
Highways - In a bid to avoid traffic disruption, the Highways Agency ditched plans to protect a Devon bridge in favour of rebuilding it. Andrew Mylius reports.
Boston Big Dig companies sued for negligence

30-Nov-2006
News
Bird's nest superstructure

23-Nov-2006
Beijing Olympic stadium - As it nears completion China's bird's nest Olympic stadium is shouting for attention, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Edinburgh sets out £900M transport vision

23-Nov-2006
News
Laying of track signals completion of CTRL

23-Nov-2006
News
Green light imminent for £1.6bn London sewer tunnel

16-Nov-2006
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Ian Pearson is likely to back scaled back plans to build a new £1.6bn London sewer tunnel running under the River Thames, sources close to the project said this week.
White Young Green buys Adams Kara Taylor

16-Nov-2006
News
CTRL team scoops BCI Major Project Award

2-Nov-2006
News
Dream machine

1-Nov-2006
RAIL ALL THE WAY - Despite potentially TBM-wrecking flints and crushing water pressure, construction of the Thames tunnel ew along. Andrew Mylius reports.
Eye on the prize

1-Nov-2006
RAIL ALL THE WAY - Steering the technically and logistically intricate high-speed line towards successful completion has required robust, proven, but finely tuned controls, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Grand plans

1-Nov-2006
RAIL ALL THE WAY - The CTRL, as passengers will see it, is the product of a lengthy evolution. Andrew Mylius reports on the obstacles that the route planners faced.
Out of sight

1-Nov-2006
RAIL ALL THE WAY - Tunnelling risk posed perhaps the greatest threat to the smooth delivery of the high speed line. Andrew Mylius finds out how it was controlled.
Messina bridge plan dumped

19-Oct-2006
News
DLR Woolwich Arsenal extension hits delays in difficult ground

12-Oct-2006
News
Olympic decision making in limbo say consultants

12-Oct-2006
News
Reader, I married him

12-Oct-2006
Competitive dialogue - Competitive dialogue is sweaty and intimate. It is speed dating for public sector construction procurement. Andrew Mylius finds out how it works.
Into the valley

1-Oct-2006
Rheola - A new bowstring arch bridge symbolises the change that a relief road should bring to a former Welsh mining town, says Andrew Mylius.
Out of the past

1-Oct-2006
East London Line - Resurrecting an abandoned 19th century railway viaduct is key to the delivery of the East London Line extension, Andrew Mylius discovers.
Spanning the Tamar

28-Sep-2006
Dunheved - In a bid to avoid traffic disruption, the Highways Agency ditched plans to protect a Devon bridge in favour of rebuilding it. Andrew Mylius reports.
Amec could quit civil engineering in six months

7-Sep-2006
News Business
Forget inflation, Hodge demands

7-Sep-2006
News
Deep burial of nuclear waste is best, say experts

1-Sep-2006
News
French get les wobbles over Simone de Beauvoir bridge

1-Sep-2006
News
Questions raised over type of Big Dig anchors used

1-Sep-2006
US INVESTIGATORS are asking why epoxy resin grouted anchors were still being used on Boston's Big Dig up to five years after the client said it had a better solution.
Safety gaps exposed by inflatable sculpture tragedy

1-Sep-2006
News
Carillion banned from bidding for work with Network Rail

24-Aug-2006
News
Into the valley

24-Aug-2006
Rheola - A new bowstring arch bridge symbolises the change that a relief road should bring to a former Welsh mining town, says Andrew Mylius.
Out of the past

24-Aug-2006
East London Line - Resurrecting an abandoned 19th century railway viaduct is key to the delivery of the East London Line extension, Andrew Mylius discovers.
Big dig operator doubles number of ceiling anchors

10-Aug-2006
THE BOSTON Big Dig tunnel operator was this week doubling up the number of anchors used to support reinforced concrete ceiling panels, in a bid to prevent more from falling onto the road beneath.
French get les wobbles over Simone de Beauvoir bridge

10-Aug-2006
THE DESIGNER of a new lightweight footbridge in Paris this week denied French press reports that it wobbles like London's Millennium Bridge.
Over a third of UK suitable for nuclear waste, says Nirex

3-Aug-2006
News
Questions raised over use of Big Dig anchors

3-Aug-2006
News
Thames' desalination plant enters choppy waters

1-Aug-2006
Desalination If drought hits London, the capital could face a water shortage of 236Ml per day. Thames Water says it needs a desalination plant. London Mayor Ken Livingstone says not. Andrew Mylius looks at the evidence.
Highways Agency approves screw piles for variable message gantries

27-Jul-2006
News
Safety gaps exposed by inatable sculpture tragedy

27-Jul-2006
News
Deep burial of nuclear waste is best, say experts

20-Jul-2006
NUCLEAR WASTE should be disposed of in a deep underground repository, government advisers will recommend later this month.
Fatal Big Dig failure: ceiling anchors investigated

20-Jul-2006
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS were this week scrutinising the anchors suspending ceiling panels from the roof of Boston's troubled Big Dig tunnels after one panel fell last week, killing a woman.
Trouble in store

20-Jul-2006
Analysis
Regions bemoan transport cash shortfall

13-Jul-2006
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES this week expressed their frustration that major transport improvement schemes have been denied cash in the long-awaited regional transport plans.
Spillway capacity increased at Yorkshire's Leeming Reservoir

29-Jun-2006
News
Thames' desalination plant enters choppy waters

29-Jun-2006
News - If drought hits London, the capital could face a water shortage of 236Ml per day.Thames Water says it needs a desalination plant. London Mayor Ken Livingstone says not. Andrew Mylius looks at the evidence.
Desalination plant no threat to environment, says Thames Water

22-Jun-2006
THAMES WATER this week hit back at claims that its proposed desalination plant on the Thames Estuary would be a major source of greenhouse gas pollution.
TranServ follows in the footsteps of Bear to keep the roads clear

22-Jun-2006
Scotland - Two months into a major five year maintenance and operation, contractor Scottish TranServ tells Andrew Mylius about the challenges that lie ahead.
Wembley judgement 'lets contractors screw subbies'

22-Jun-2006
CONSTRUCTION IS heading back to the bad old days of confrontation following the outcome of the Wembley stadium steelwork court case, fabricator Cleveland Bridge Group said this week.
A design for strife?

8-Jun-2006
Design and build - Problems on a number of high-profile design and build projects have raised major questions about the ability of contractors to manage designers. Andrew Mylius investigates.
In the dock

8-Jun-2006
Canal revival - A contaminated canal basin is being restored and brought back to life.Andrew Mylius reports from picturesque Stourport.
Thames accused of overstating water shortage to boost plant bid

8-Jun-2006
News
£200M plant? Fix your leaking pipes first, Thames Water told

1-Jun-2006
News
New transport minister vows to scrap Messina Bridge

1-Jun-2006
NEWS
RIPPLE EFFECT

1-Jun-2006
Restoration of part of an 18th century canal involves removing contamination left by later users of the site. Andrew Mylius reports from picturesque Stourport
Morley: we are 10 years from global climate disaster

18-May-2006
CLIMATE CHANGE will become unstoppable within a decade unless the UK government makes dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and convinces other countries to follow suit, former environment minister Elliot Morley warned this week.
Climate change minister Morley shufed out of job

11-May-2006
News
DLR Thames tunnel works begin with innovative TBM

11-May-2006
News
In a class of its own

1-May-2006
Special feature - Brunel Bicentenary
EU threatens funding pullout for Madrid Calle 30 ring road

13-Apr-2006
News
The munificent seven

1-Apr-2006
Prevention - Preventing floods in the Speyside town of Rothes calls for drastic action, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Costs hike kills Atkins' Glasgow footbridge

9-Mar-2006
News
The price of success

9-Mar-2006
Maintenance - Network Rail is seeking ways to improve maintenance, Richard Fenney tells Andrew Mylius.
World Heritage status sought for Great Western

16-Feb-2006
News
Wilson calls for dedicated energy department

9-Feb-2006
News
Meeting their match

1-Feb-2006
Milton Keynes stadium - Designers of Milton Keynes' new football stadium are accommodating changes by making it beautifully simple, Andrew Mylius discovers.
Chart topping success

1-Jan-2006
St Pancras station, London Re-roofing a landmark piece of Victorian industrial architecture calls for a delicate touch, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Meeting their match

8-Dec-2005
Milton Keynes - Designers of Milton Keynes' new football stadium are accommodating changes by making it beautifully simple, Andrew Mylius discovers.
Smooth operators

1-Dec-2005
Mobile IT - IT that can be used at the rough end of construction is delivering surprise benefits to contractors, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Cost and schedule cuts win Messina for Impregilo

1-Nov-2005
NEWS
Impregilo scoops Messina Bridge build

20-Oct-2005
ITALIAN CONTRACTOR Impregilo last week clinched the contract to build the world's longest suspension bridge with a bid £343M cheaper than the client's target cost.
Plan to scale down Olympic stadium is 'unsustainable'

6-Oct-2005
News
City's flood defences 'massively underdesigned'

1-Oct-2005
Failed flood defences in New Orleans were massively underdesigned, a leading Dutch flood protection engineer said last month.
One in 300 year defences seriously under-designed

1-Oct-2005
News
Sandwich course

1-Oct-2005
Bridges - A new bridge strengthening technology could save German engineers from having to replace hundreds of steel bridge decks. Andrew Mylius reports.
Swing action

1-Oct-2005
An unusual bridge swinging operation will mark the completion of an unorthodox bridge in Manchester, UK. Andrew Mylius reports.
One in 300 year defences seriously under-designed

8-Sep-2005
News
Dubai shiplift launcher saves on costs

1-Sep-2005
News
'Simple' case of overloading caused Gerrards Cross tunnel crown collapse says Network Rail

1-Sep-2005
OVERLOADING OF the Gerrards Cross air rights tunnel crown caused a section of the structure to fail, Network Rail confirmed last month.
Overloading blamed for Gerrards Cross collapse

18-Aug-2005
News
Sandwich course

18-Aug-2005
Bridges - A new bridge strengthening technology could save German engineers from having to replace hundreds of steel bridge decks. Andrew Mylius reports.
Swing action

18-Aug-2005
Bridges - An unusual bridge swinging operation will mark the completion of an unorthodox Manchester bridge.Andrew Mylius reports.
Shingle minded

4-Aug-2005
Coastal - Winter storms at Bulverhythe, Sussex, have become like Russian roulette, with every gale threatening a flood. But work is afoot to unload the gun, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Suspect segments lifted out of collapsed tunnel

4-Aug-2005
News
Backfill operation probed in UK air rights tunnel collapse

1-Aug-2005
News
Road to nowhere

1-Aug-2005
Bridges - A highly unorthodox pedestrian crossing outside Amsterdam rethinks the suspension bridge. Andrew Mylius reports.
Flow chart

21-Jul-2005
Eliminating the notorious bottlenecks on Stoke's A500 benefits locals as well as throughtraffic, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Backfill operation probed in Gerrards Cross tunnel collapse

7-Jul-2005
News
Road to nowhere

7-Jul-2005
A highly unorthodox pedestrian bridge will be lifted into place outside Amsterdam this weekend.Andrew Mylius reports.
Skip colour code bid to boost recycling

30-Jun-2005
ICE news
Dubai shiplift launcher saves on costs

23-Jun-2005
NEWS
Built on sand?

1-Jun-2005
Dubai construction Is Dubai is in danger of becoming a victim of its own phenomenal growth- Andrew Mylius investigates.
Nishimatsu awaits prosecution decision over highway collapse

1-Jun-2005
NISHIMATSU IS likely to argue unforeseen ground conditions played a major part in Singapore's Nicoll Highway tunnel collapse if legal proceedings are launched against it, sources close to the tunnel's main contractor said last month.
UKAEA seeks outside skills for decommissioning shift

26-May-2005
News
A return to form

19-May-2005
Ascot racecourse - To see off competition from overseas, Ascot Racecourse is getting a makeover. Andrew Mylius reports on work in progress.
Bishop's move

12-May-2005
Bridge replacement Replacement of Bishop's Bridge in west London is posing a series of tough and unusual engineering challenges. Andrew Mylius reports
Cleveland Bridge to concentrate on bespoke steelwork

12-May-2005
News
Messina Bridge bidders withdraw over 'unfair terms'

5-May-2005
News
$94bn nuclear clean-up contracts to be bundled

1-May-2005
CONTRACTS TO manage the UK's ú50bn nuclear clean-up operation are to be bundled together into multi-billion pound packages and let within six years, the country's new decommissioning boss said this week.
Design and construction failures caused Singapore tunnel collapse

1-May-2005
INADEQUATE TEMPORARY works and design and construction errors led to the fatal collapse of Singapore's deepest ever cut and cover tunnel, the public inquiry into the disaster heard last week.
Rarity value

1-May-2005
Manchester Metrolink - An unorthodox - some may say ugly - structural solution is overcoming site constraints in the north of England, Andrew Mylius discovers.
Singapore parties dispute blame for Nicoll collapse

1-May-2005
NEWS FEATURE - The public inquiry into the Nicoll Highway disaster has identified how the tunnel failed. Now everyone awaits the judge's decision on who was to blame.Andrew Mylius reports.
Singapore parties dispute blame for Nicoll collapse

1-May-2005
The public inquiry into the Nicoll Highway disaster has identified how the tunnel failed. Now everyone awaits the judge's decision on who was to blame.Andrew Mylius reports.
Built on sand?

21-Apr-2005
Environment - Is Dubai is in danger of becoming a victim of its own phenomenal growth- Andrew Mylius investigates.
European Commission probes Dublin sewage works smells

21-Apr-2005
News
Le concepteur

1-Apr-2005
Profile - Michel Virlogeux
£50bn nuclear clean-up contracts to be bundled

24-Mar-2005
News
Rarity value

17-Mar-2005
Manchester Metrolink - An unorthodox - some may say ugly - structural solution is overcoming site constraints in east Manchester, Andrew Mylius discovers.
PIDDLE FLOW TAMED

1-Mar-2005
FLOOD RELIEF - Construction of an aquatic bypass means flooding should become a thing of the past for one village in south west England. Andrew Mylius reports.
Brunel Cast iron excuse

24-Feb-2005
Heritage Brunel's use of cast iron has faded from engineering history.English Heritage inspector Steven Brindle aims to change all that, he tells Andrew Mylius.
Heathrow Towering achievement

24-Feb-2005
Cover story - Overshadowed by the scale of the Terminal Five project, construction of Heathrow's new air traffic control tower is a technical gem in its own right, discovers Andrew Mylius.
No piddling matter

10-Feb-2005
Construction of an aquatic bypass is saving one west Dorset village from future flooding.Andrew Mylius discovers how.
Grand designs

1-Feb-2005
Beijing OlympicsWhoever wins the bid for the 2012 Olympics will have trouble upstaging Beijing, which hosts the Games in four years time. Andrew Mylius reports.
Engineers count cost of northern storms

6-Jan-2005
News
Bidders doubt viability of Saudi Landbridge

2005
POTENTIAL BIDDERS for a $3.75bn high speed rail route linking the Saudi Arabian ports of Jeddah and Dammam have expressed doubts about the project’s technical and logistical viability.
Frozen asset

1-Jan-2005
Structures Halley 6 research station
Global firms urged to boost poor nations with water project funding

1-Jan-2005
GLOBAL CORPORATIONS have been urged to take the unusual step of financing water supply and sewerage projects in some of the world's poorest slums.
Shelling peas

1-Jan-2005
Timber engineering Windsor visitor centre
Beijing Olympics - Grand designs

9-Dec-2004
Cover Story - Whoever wins the bid for the 2012 Olympics will have trouble upstaging Beijing, which hosts the Games in four years time. Andrew Mylius reports.
Gerrards Cross air rights Shopping for space

9-Dec-2004
Foundations - When supermarket giant Tesco found there was no space to build in a small Buckinghamshire town it created its own prime town centre site. Andrew Mylius discovers how.
Extreme engineering Frozen asset

2-Dec-2004
Cover story - For the first time, British Antarctic Survey is using the private sector to design a research station.Andrew Mylius discovers why.
A leaf from nature

1-Dec-2004
Structures - Eden's colossal biome hot houses are being complemented with a gem-like new education centre.Andrew Mylius reports
Global firms urged to fund water projects for poor

25-Nov-2004
GLOBAL CORPORATIONS will next week be urged to take the unusual step of financing water supply and sewerage projects in some of the world's poorest slums.
Watching the waste line

18-Nov-2004
Waste management has forced its way onto the engineering agenda, discovers Andrew Mylius.
An exact science

11-Nov-2004
Ultra-precise timber construction has been needed to build a bridge like no other, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Wood and it be nice

11-Nov-2004
Good ideas can get better. A new visitor centre will demonstrate how timber gridshell technology is evolving, reports Andrew Mylius.
Cover story - Making order from chaos

21-Oct-2004
CTRL - Getting the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to St Pancras Station demands a mind-boggling array of civil engineering. Andrew Mylius tries to comprehend the site.
Lifting - Shuffling the deck

1-Oct-2004
Bridges - Replacement of a road bridge over rail lines in west London calls for an odd approach to construction, reports Andrew Mylius
Dounreay waste shaft gets grout curtain seal

30-Sep-2004
News
Structures - A leaf from nature

23-Sep-2004
Eden education centre - Eden's colossal biome hot houses are being complemented with a gem-like new education centre.Andrew Mylius reports.
CTRL swings into action on Thameslink box

16-Sep-2004
News
The rebirth of a local landmark

16-Sep-2004
Battersea Power Station - Plans to turn the hulk of London's Battersea Power Station into a riverside pleasuredome hinge on some delicate structural engineering, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Working the PC way

9-Sep-2004
Health and safety
Up close and personal

2-Sep-2004
Ground works Amsterdam metro
Utilities ordered to pay for shoddy road reinstatements

2-Sep-2004
UTILITIES FIRMS in Liverpool this week faced a huge bill for making good hundreds of millions of pounds of shoddy highway reinstatement work.
Utilities ordered to pay for shoddy road reinstatements

2-Sep-2004
UTILITIES FIRMS in Liverpool this week faced a huge bill for making good hundreds of millions of pounds of shoddy highway reinstatement work.
CLOSE CALL

1-Sep-2004
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION - Installing 47m deep diaphragm walls only 3m from some of Amsterdam's oldest buildings is no mean feat, as Andrew Mylius discovers.
Crossrail route finalised at last

1-Sep-2004
NEWS
Shuffling the deck

19-Aug-2004
Preparations for an unusual operation in which a new bridge will be slid in under an old structure are coming on apace, discovers Andrew Mylius.
KCRC built on value and risk management

1-Aug-2004
ICE News
Ports and harbours - Ro-ro on the go

1-Aug-2004
News - Ro-ro terminal Rapid growth at a new Humber ro-ro terminal calls for innovative marine works, discovers Andrew Mylius
Crossrail finds cheaper way with Maidenhead extension

29-Jul-2004
News
Home is where the art is

15-Jul-2004
Structures Site preparation
Treatment for a longer life

15-Jul-2004
Energy Transmission
Contractors must pay to build Messina Bridge

1-Jul-2004
News
Messina crossing client details high expectations

1-Jul-2004
Bridges - Italy
Messina crossing client details high expectations

1-Jul-2004
Bridges - Italy
Pictures point to buckling as cause of Paris airport failure

1-Jul-2004
News
KCRC built on value and risk management

10-Jun-2004
ICE news
Messina crossing client details high expectations

10-Jun-2004
News
Ro-ro on the go

10-Jun-2004
Ports and harbours Ro-ro terminal
Contractors must pay to build Messina Bridge

3-Jun-2004
CONTRACTORS FOR Italy's £2.26bn Messina Bridge will have to pay up to £452M to participate in the project, client Stretto di Messina said this week.
Investigators delay Paris airport wreckage clear-up

3-Jun-2004
WORK TO clear the wreckage of Charles de Gaulle airport's collapsed Terminal 2E is on hold, operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) said this week.
Subs' cleaner sewage system under trial

1-Jun-2004
A SEWAGE treatment process developed by consultant Pell Frischmann is to be trialled for use in nuclear submarines, which must meet new NATO restrictions on effluent discharge.
Subs' cleaner sewage system under trial

6-May-2004
News
Consultants fear bankruptcy over terrorism claims

25-Mar-2004
TERRORIST ATTACKS could bankrupt consultants who face resulting claims from building owners, the Association of Consulting Engineers warned this week.
The A team on parade

4-Mar-2004
Bridges Southport
South West hub to boost renewables testing

26-Feb-2004
News
Cleveland loses Rion Antirion girders at sea

5-Feb-2004
News
Dirty dozen

5-Feb-2004
Energy Coal
Rugeley waits on government as flue retrofit plan is shelved

29-Jan-2004
RUGELEY POWER station in Staffordshire has shelved plans to retrofit a flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) unit because the government is still working on a policy for curbing sulphur dioxide emissions.
Camera controversy

22-Jan-2004
Highways Safety
Italians lead off bidders for record Messina bridge

15-Jan-2004
PREQUALIFICATION BIDDING for construction of what will be the world's longest single span suspension bridge is to start later this month.
Leading road safety groups defend speed cameras

8-Jan-2004
ROAD SAFETY groups this week hit back at the Conservative party and media over claims that speed cameras were being used to raise money for councils and the police.
It's showtime

1-Jan-2004
West Rail Introduction
It's showtime

1-Jan-2004
West Rail Introduction
BNFL goes ahead with nuclear pipe removal

11-Dec-2003
BNFL SAID this week that it would press ahead with decommissioning two radioactive discharge pipelines at its Sellafield nuclear site despite a mishap with a similar pipeline in November.
Distance learning

4-Dec-2003
The Highways Agency asset condition register is changing with the introduction of remote surveying, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Sail of the century

4-Dec-2003
Structures Spinnaker Tower
Dyke collapses trigger Dutch flood defence crisis

1-Dec-2003
DUTCH ENGINEERS are conducting urgent investigations into the stability of over 2,000km of inland dykes following the sudden failure of two structures in August.
Consultation begins on Dounreay waste removal

20-Nov-2003
UK ATOMIC Energy Authority (UKAEA) is to consult on how to isolate 700m 3ofradioactive waste dumped in a 65m deep shaft at Dounreay on Scotland's north coast.
Tunnel tactics

1-Nov-2003
Water Sewerage
Olympic site clean-up will bury roads and rail lines

30-Oct-2003
OLYMPIC MASTERPLANNERS this week revealed plans to smarten up the area of east London earmarked for the Games by burying major roads and rail lines that dissect the site.
Dyke collapses trigger Dutch flood defence crisis

23-Oct-2003
DUTCH ENGINEERS are conducting urgent investigations into the stability of over 2,000km of inland dykes following the sudden failure of two structures in August.
Tunnel tactics

16-Oct-2003
Water Sewerage
Moving block signals finally go ahead on Jubilee Line

9-Oct-2003
ALCATEL WILL install a simplified moving block signalling system on London Underground's Jubilee Line by 2009, 10 years after plans to introduce a similar system were scrapped.
EU limit on hazardous waste sites may lead to illegal tipping

2-Oct-2003
HAZARDOUS WASTE could be increasingly fly-tipped once new European legislation limiting the number of approved landfill sites kicks in next year, industry experts fear.
$100bn needed to bring US power system to capacity, warn experts

1-Oct-2003
AS MUCH as $100bn of investment is needed to bring the US power transmission system up to modern standards, US industry experts have said.
$100bn needed to bring system to capacity, warn experts

21-Aug-2003
US POWER CRISIS
Get skills in place, LU tells Tube upgrade contractors

21-Aug-2003
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LU) is pressing contractors responsible for upgrading the Tube to step up their engineer recruitment drives so they can resource £1bn a year of privately financed upgrade work.
'Utilities' culture of secrecy' blamed for US power blackout

21-Aug-2003
US POWER CRISIS
Firms fear the axe in Scottish Water procurement shake-up

7-Aug-2003
CONTRACTORS AND consultants fear Scottish Water will axe them from its tender lists as part of a major procurement shake up scheduled to begin within the next month.
Test case sets polluters prospect of tougher fines

7-Aug-2003
POLLUTERS ARE expected to face increasingly tough fines following a test case judgement at the Court of Appeal last week.
A zoom with a view

1-Aug-2003
Roads Portugal
Big names go in Maunsell shake up

1-Aug-2003
FABER MAUNSELL head of bridges and special structures Jolyon Gill has left the British based company only two and a half years after defecting from UK consultant Hyder.
Formula for success

1-Aug-2003
Roads Beirut
Formula for success

17-Jul-2003
It may be time for F1 fans to buy a Lebanese phrase book, because Beirut is angling to eclipse Monaco in the 2006 Grand Prix. Andrew Mylius reports.
Troubled tram system hits Carillion profits

17-Jul-2003
PROBLEMS WITH Nottingham's £179M city centre tram system last week forced contractor Carillion to issue a profit warning.
Big names go in Maunsell shake up

10-Jul-2003
FABER MAUNSELL head of bridges and special structures Jolyon Gill has left the company only two and a half years after defecting from consultant Hyder.
Making money work harder

10-Jul-2003
Rail London Tube
20% of construction output is civils' again

3-Jul-2003
CIVIL ENGINEERING has regained its 20% share of Britain's £86bn annual construction output as a result of recent increases in rail and water industry spending.
A personal touch

1-Jul-2003
Northern Ireland based Environmental Techniques practically defines the term 'specialist' - small but highly skilled. Andrew Mylius reports.
Simple solutions often the best to fight poverty

1-Jul-2003
ICE news
Take me to the river

1-Jul-2003
GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Tackling tough terrain

19-Jun-2003
Roads: Portugal
Simple solutions often the best

12-Jun-2003
ICE news
US buyer could revive bankrupt biofuel plant

5-Jun-2003
BRITISH GOVERNMENT officials were this week preparing to meet a US energy firm for talks on the rescue of a stricken £30M prototype 'biofuel' power station in Yorkshire.
Desert pearl

1-Jun-2003
Environment Kuwait
Polishing up the green belt

1-Jun-2003
Environment Bioremediation
Contractor complaints trigger civil engineering course review at Imperial

29-May-2003
LONDON'S IMPERIAL College was this week reviewing the content of its civil engineering course after contractors complained that it was failing to produce engineers with enough relevant skills.
London shows Olympic intent with early start up for swimming complex

22-May-2003
CONSTRUCTION OF a new £59M swimming complex for the 2012 Olympics will start next year even though a decision on whether Britain will host the games is not expected until 2005, the government said this week.
Desert pearl

8-May-2003
Environment: Kuwait
Reaching new heights

1-May-2003
Cover story: Bridges
View from the valley

1-May-2003
The latest of France's major projects, the Millau Viaduct, is so big and so daring that tourists are already flocking to see it, two years before it is due for completion. Andrew Mylius joined the throng.
Messina cable demands will swamp world capacity

17-Apr-2003
ITALY'S RECORD breaking Messina bridge will overwhelm global suspension cable production capacity, manufacturers warned last week.
Clockwork croissant

1-Apr-2003
Airports Zurich airside centre
Councils fear losing flood engineers to Agency

27-Mar-2003
LOCAL AUTHORITIES warned this week that they will be unable to cope with future flooding emergencies because the government's recent reorganisation of flood responsibilities will strip them of their staff.
Hidden dangers in the woods

20-Mar-2003
Dams: Inspection
Thames Water may export excess sewage

20-Mar-2003
THAMES WATER is this week considering shipping sewage from south east England to other parts of the country as it struggles to cope with population growth.
UK firms see key role in Iraq water supply rebuild

20-Mar-2003
BRITISH FIRMS are positioning themselves to play a key role in rebuilding Iraq's water supply and sewerage infrastructure in the lead up to war.
UK firms squeezed out of reconstruction

13-Mar-2003
Five American engineering firms have already been drafted in by the US government to draw up post war reconstruction plans for Iraq.
Flawed flood mapping data sparks insurance alert

6-Mar-2003
FLOODING EXPERTS were this week working to correct a vital flood mapping document after a major insurer discovered flaws.
Go with the flow

6-Mar-2003
Flooding
Greece abandons dramatic Metsovitikos suspension bridge

1-Mar-2003
GREECE HAS dropped consultant Arup's spectacular US$48M Metsovitikos inclined plane suspension bridge in favour of a cheaper option, it has emerged.
Level pegging

1-Mar-2003
Central Asia: Kazakhstan
Power surge

1-Mar-2003
Middle East: Iran power
Government's green energy target too ambitious, say experts

27-Feb-2003
RENWABLE ENERGY experts this week warned that lack of capacity will stop the government from meeting its target of generating 10% of UK electricity from wind, waves, tides and biofuels within seven years.
Southern Water prepares early for AMP4

20-Feb-2003
SOUTHERN WATER has appointed contractors up to two years early to work up capital maintenance plans for the water industry's next periodic review.
Inadequate embankments pose fatal flooding risk

13-Feb-2003
COASTAL EMBANKMENTS are under strength and too small to adequately protect low lying land from severe flooding, top maritime engineers warned this week.
Not enough water for Prescott's new homes plan, says industry

13-Feb-2003
WATER RESOURCES in the south east will be unable to cope with demand from the proposed 200,000 extra new homes announced by the government, the water industry warned this week.
Farmers under fire for unleashing 'muddy floods'

6-Feb-2003
ICE news
From civils boss to research student: a refugee s story

1-Feb-2003
CIVIL ENGINEER Samia Nama had to abandon her contracting firm when she fled Iraq two years ago, fearing for her own and her family's lives.
Unstable dam assessed after 10 years' neglect

30-Jan-2003
ENGINEERS WERE this week to carrying out an urgent assessment of a 200 year old earth fill dam above Accrington, Lancashire, amid fears that it could give way.
Greece abandons dramatic Metsovitikos suspension bridge

23-Jan-2003
GREECE HAS dropped consultant Arup's spectacular £30M Metsovitikos inclined plane suspension bridge in favour of a cheaper option, it has emerged.
From civils boss to research student: a refugee's story

16-Jan-2003
CIVIL ENGINEER Samia Nama had to abandon her contracting firm when she fled Iraq two years ago, fearing for her own and her family's lives.
High density housing leaves no room for SuDS

12-Dec-2002
ICE news
U-turn on Scottish ground clean up policy

12-Dec-2002
CONSULTANTS this week criticised the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for a policy u-turn on the use of remediated contaminated materials.
Our effluent society

28-Nov-2002
Waste
Kent considers timber for its biofuels strategy

20-Nov-2002
CONSULTANT KNIGHT PIESOLD is to study how big a renewable energy source wood could become for Kent.
Cooling off period

14-Nov-2002
Technical feature Nuclear
Talking tough

14-Nov-2002
Profile Nick Brown
Watch this space

7-Nov-2002
Earthquakes Satellite imaging
Trying to divine the rules

17-Oct-2002
Water Profile
Whiff of a good idea

17-Oct-2002
Water Sewage treatment
Germany counts the cost of damage

1-Oct-2002
REPAIRS TO Germany's rail infrastructure following this summer's floods will take two and a half years and cost close to US$850M, the government said this week.
Troglodyte's delight

1-Oct-2002
UNDERGROUND REMEDIATION
Call of the running tide

19-Sep-2002
Technical Wave power
Concrete showcase

19-Sep-2002
Airports Charles de Gaulle
Engineering courses miss out art, says study

19-Sep-2002
MOST ENGINEERING courses fail to deliver a healthy balance between art and science, according to a study carried out by consultant Arup.
Germany counts the cost of flood damage

5-Sep-2002
REPAIRS TO Germany's rail infrastructure following last month's floods will take two and a half years and cost close to £550M, the government said this week.
Large dams risk global warming

1-Aug-2002
LARGE DAMS contribute heavily to global warming, environmentalists have claimed.
Mine of information

25-Jul-2002
Technical feature - Byfield mine stabilisation
Cleaning up the Bath water

18-Jul-2002
Drainage - Effluent
Slated planning reforms to go ahead

11-Jul-2002
THE GOVERNMENT will press ahead with sweeping planning reforms despite severe criticism of its planning green paper from a commons select committee last week, NCE can report.
EA classifies natural clay as contaminated waste

1-Jul-2002
A HOUSING developer in Wiltshire, southern England faces a large bill for disposing of naturally occurring clay because the Environment Agency says it is contaminated waste.
Marathon development

27-Jun-2002
Cover story - China
Sewer trench suspected in Edinburgh canal breach

27-Jun-2002
News
Large dams cause global warming - claim

20-Jun-2002
News
Government advisor raps 'mercenary' engineers

13-Jun-2002
CIVIL ENGINEERS are mercenaries who place profit ahead of responsibilities to the environment and society, a leading environmental consultant said this week.
Port ability factor

1-Jun-2002
Ports and harbours Container traffic
Water shortage to heighten war risk by 2032 - UN

30-May-2002
News
BAA looks to halve T5 archaeological costs through trial excavations

9-May-2002
AIRPORT OPERATOR BAA said last week that it aims to halve the archaeological investigation costs on Heathrow's Terminal 5 project. It also hopes to achieve 50% greater certainty over the time it takes compared to other major construction projects.
Smarter use of existing technology vital for nuclear waste disposal

9-May-2002
INADEQUATE TECHNOLOGY and skill shortages are threatening to undermine British efforts to deal with nuclear waste, one of Britain's leading scientific institutions warned this week.
Alfred McAlpine to use slate waste as road sub-base

2-May-2002
News
University challenge

2-May-2002
With student numbers falling and graduates short on basic numeracy and literacy, the civils skills crisis is a problem for universities as much as industry, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Boosting the berth rate

18-Apr-2002
Ports and harbours - Thames Gateway: P&O's planned terminal on the Thames will enlarge UK container port capacity by two thirds, discovers Andrew Mylius.
Port ability factor

18-Apr-2002
Ports and harbours - Container traffic: UK ports must cope with a four-fold increase in container traffic by 2020. Andrew Mylius looks at three major new terminal schemes designed to meet the challenge.
Water companies reject sustainable drain systems

18-Apr-2002
NEWS
CO 2 credits trade gears up to beat emissions levy

28-Mar-2002
EIGHT MAJOR construction industry players are among the 34 firms set to start trading on the UK carbon emissions market next Tuesday.
Over in a 25 zone

28-Mar-2002
News feature Ageism
Anglian challenges EU water treatment directive

21-Mar-2002
NEWS
Drain brains

21-Mar-2002
SUSTAINABILITY: Sustainable drainage - For a notoriously wet country, the UK is exceptionally bad at managing rainwater run-off. Andrew Mylius looks at some alternatives to conventional drainage.
Tackling sustainability is no easy task.

21-Mar-2002
SUSTAINABILITY
Chilterns' silver lining

14-Mar-2002
RAIL: Chiltern Railways' model network modernisation is being achieved at the cost of some short term pain. Andrew Mylius reports.
Camden and Middlesbrough launch pilot lane rental scheme

28-Feb-2002
NEWS
Korea ready for kick off

28-Feb-2002
COVER STORY - Daegu: Some top quality football will be needed if justice is to be done to Korea's new Daegu Stadium, reports Andrew Mylius.
Canal restoration: a new age for British Waterways

7-Feb-2002
ONGOING REVIVAL of the UK's canals and inland waterways is set to be driven by a new fourpronged business strategy, British Waterways chief executive David Fletcher said last week. The network is to be developed into a national water transfer and distribution grid;
Reopening the nuclear case

31-Jan-2002
News feature Energy Review
ACE plays down talk of mandatory fee campaign

24-Jan-2002
NEWS
Saving the South East

24-Jan-2002
Flooding & coastal management - Coastal defences: At Pevensey, East Sussex, the Environment Agency is using the private finance initiative to launch a new approach to coastal flood defence. Andrew Mylius reports.
ACE calls for return of fee scales to tackle skills crisis

17-Jan-2002
CONSULTING ENGINEERS were this week planning to press the government to reintroduce fee scales, 15 years after they were outlawed.
Devonport delays hit n-sub refit

17-Jan-2002
DELAYS TO the upgrade of Devonport naval base in Plymouth could hold up vital nuclear submarine refitting work, it emerged this week.
Aggregates tax to hit local authority roads budgets

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
Government accounting adds to nuclear hazard

13-Dec-2001
News :
NCE survey shows low morale among engineers

13-Dec-2001
Skills crisis : NCEemployment survey
Avonmouth contractors fined £500,000 over fatal gantry failure

6-Dec-2001
NEWS
Green paper to speed up major infrastructure projects

29-Nov-2001
News
Protestors gear up to fight new Southampton container port

29-Nov-2001
News
DTI to set up nuclear clean-up agency

15-Nov-2001
News
Terrorists can find nuclear targets on internet, warns consultant

8-Nov-2001
TERRORISTS PLANNING a September 11-style aerial attack on UK nuclear installations can find details about their targets on the internet, a senior nuclear engineering consul - tant claimed this week. Vital infor - mation on potential targets is also held at government agencies and local planning offices, warned inde - pendent consultant John Large.
Industry boom means worsening skills crisis

1-Nov-2001
CIVILS 2000 - Skills shortage: For all the talk of military action in Afghanistan dragging Europe into recession, there are few real signs yet that it will hit construction. Andrew Mylius assesses where this leaves the engineering skills crisis.
UK ducks damaging European PPP directive

25-Oct-2001
BRITAIN HAS headed off European Union (EU) plans to outlaw the government's public private partnership programme (PPP) of privately funded infrastructure and public building upgrades.
Tapping opportunities

18-Oct-2001
ENGINEERING WATER Privatisation
Utilities clash with councils over streetworks lane rental plan

18-Oct-2001
ULTITIES THIS week lashed out at government plans to make them carry out streetworks more swiftly by imposing 'lane rental' charges as soon as a section of road is opened up.
Conflict offers UK firms good Mid East prospects

11-Oct-2001
News :
Higher education clients go shopping

11-Oct-2001
NCE business : Procurement
High cost of design aspirations

23-Aug-2001
NEWS: Costs have spiralled ever since the parliament building was conceived.
UKAEA seeks backing for nuclear fusion research

23-Aug-2001
NEWS
Accident rate fall raises HSE suspicions

9-Aug-2001
News
Amman with a vision

9-Aug-2001
Bridges : Jordan
Institution's environmental impact assessment system adopted by M4i

9-Aug-2001
ICE news
Contractors admit guilt on Avonmouth gantry deaths

12-Jul-2001
NEWS
Consultant sues over clean-up costs of phosphorus blighted site

7-Jun-2001
AN INDEPENDENT consultant is to take legal action to force the former owner of what he claims is now a 'toxic time bomb' to clean up the site.
Central concerns

1-Jun-2001
Tunnelling Naples metro
Environmental audit to answer Ilisu critics

1-Jun-2001
UK CONTRACTOR Balfour Beatty is to publish an independently audited environmental report with its annual accounts to head off criticism of its involvement in controversial projects like Turkey's Ilisu Dam.
Balfour Beatty to publish environmental audit

10-May-2001
CONTRACTOR BALFOUR Beatty is to publish an independently audited environmental report with its annual accounts to head off criticism of its involvement in controversial projects like Turkey's Ilisu Dam.
Deep N-storage scrapped by default

3-May-2001
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR industry is building long term above ground storage bunkers for radioactive waste because the government has failed to come up with alternative options, a senior nuclear engineer said this week.
Building up the agenda

1-May-2001
Italy's construction market is set to boom, believes Arup Italy director Gabriele Del Mese. Andrew Mylius met him in Milan
Ready for the eruption

1-May-2001
Living in the shadow of two live volcanoes, Neapolitans are playing Russian roulette with nature. Andrew Mylius reports
Toxic threat looms in Somerset

26-Apr-2001
NORTH SOMERSET District Council (NSDC) is ignoring a heavily contaminated toxic time bomb site it owns at Clevedon, near Bristol, an independent consultant claimed this week.
£1.6bn earmarked for offshore wind energy

12-Apr-2001
THE WAY has been paved for over £1.6bn worth of investment in offshore wind energy following outline approval of 18 schemes by the Crown Estate.
Environmentalists threaten legal action over Hastings bypass

12-Apr-2001
OPPONENTS OF the proposed Hastings bypass warned the Government this week that they will press for a judicial review if it decides to go ahead with the scheme.
Surge in wind turbine power within five years

5-Apr-2001
OFFSHORE WIND turbine construction in the UK on an 'unprecedented' scale is set to kick off within five years, according to British Wind Energy Association chairman Nick Goodall.
New Venice flood plan submitted

1-Apr-2001
A RADICAL alternative scheme to protect Venice from almost daily flooding has been put forward to the city's mayor and to the Venice in Peril fund, it emerged this week.
Nuclear mission

1-Apr-2001
Tunnelling in unstable ground around live experiments conducted in one of the world's largest laboratories calls for unorthodox methods. Andrew Mylius reports from CERN
New kids on the block

29-Mar-2001
A mechanical revolution is overtaking block paving. Andrew Mylius reports from Brandon in East Anglia.
Private funding is key to cleaner water - DFID

22-Mar-2001
GOVERNMENTS AND development agencies must bring on board privately financed utilities to improve water infrastructure in developing countries, the Department for International Development (DFID) said this week.
New Venice flood plan submitted

15-Mar-2001
A RADICAL alternative scheme to protect Venice from almost daily flooding has been put forward to the city's mayor and to the Venice in Peril fund, it emerged this week.
Tax rebate set to boost urban regeneration

15-Mar-2001
CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown introduced tax breaks worth £1bn over five years to boost urban regeneration in his Budget last week.
Nuclear mission

1-Mar-2001
Tunnelling in unstable ground around live experiments conducted in one of the world's largest laboratories calls for unorthodox methods. Andrew Mylius reports from CERN.
Freedom from the dock

15-Feb-2001
Set against a gritty industrial backdrop of wharves, warehouses and Middlesbrough's famous transporter bridge, Middlehaven dock is being shaped into a new urban quarter. Andrew Mylius reports.
Pieces of eight

15-Feb-2001
Eight engineering projects were shortlisted this week for an award aimed at putting the environment firmly on the construction industry map. Andrew Mylius takes a look.
Expensive local authorities denied road maintenance contracts

8-Feb-2001
LOCAL AUTHORITIES failed to win the four recently awarded regional Scottish road maintenance contracts because their bids were 50% more expensive than the private sector competition, the Scottish Executive claimed last week.
Poor construction worsens scale of Indian quake

1-Feb-2001
SHODDY DESIGN and poor construction is being blamed for the vast scale of devastation across India's Gujarat state after last weekend's earthquake.
Bursting the water bubble

1-Jan-2001
Many major dams lack economic credibility and often fail to deliver their expected irrigation and storage potential. Andrew Mylius explains why dam builders face a battle to get projects moving
Case for the defence

14-Dec-2000
Defence Estates, pioneer of the new prime contracting procurement method, is looking to optimise efficiency by creating fewer and larger contract packages. Andrew Mylius reports.
Divided by technology

7-Dec-2000
If companies would only share their software development the whole industry could benefit, reports Andrew Mylius.
Engineers say dams will be able to cope with increased rainfall

1-Dec-2000
DAM ENGINEERS have played down fears voiced by climate experts that earthfill structures would be more likely to collapse in the face of increasingly heavy rainfall.
BAA cuts framework contracts

30-Nov-2000
AIRPORT OPERATOR BAA said this week that it plans to halve the number of firms it employs under framework contracts.
Brownfield owners pressured to provide site log books

30-Nov-2000
OWNERS OF contaminated sites will have difficulty selling them on unless they detail past uses and pollutants affecting the land in a new 'log book', experts claimed this week.
Rising from the inferno

30-Nov-2000
What was once the largest steel foundry in Europe is being reborn as one of South Yorkshire's more unusual cultural attractions. Andrew Mylius visited Magna.
Experts row over future of big dams

16-Nov-2000
POWERFUL PRO-DAM interest groups were this week distancing themselves from a report by the World Commission on Dams, released today.
Pushing water up a hill?

16-Nov-2000
Many major dams lack economic credibility and often fail to deliver on expected irrigation and storage potential. Andrew Mylius explains why dam builders face such a battle to get projects moving.
Embracing the free market

9-Nov-2000
Serbia needs billions of pounds worth of reconstruction but is bankrupt. Andrew Mylius reports.
Embracing the free market

9-Nov-2000
Serbia needs billions of pounds worth of reconstruction but is bankrupt. Andrew Mylius reports.
Experts deny earthfill dams are more susceptible to rain

9-Nov-2000
DAM ENGINEERS this week played down fears expressed by climate experts that earthfill structures would be more likely to collapse in the face of increasingly heavy rainfall.
Experts deny earthfill dams are more susceptible to rain

9-Nov-2000
DAM ENGINEERS this week played down fears expressed by climate experts that earthfill structures would be more likely to collapse in the face of increasingly heavy rainfall.
Floods raise fears over storm water drain design

9-Nov-2000
SEVERE FLOODING this week prompted Scotland and water company Severn Trent to review storm water drain design codes as the worst floods for more than half a century devastated large areas of Britain.
Floods raise fears over storm water drain design

9-Nov-2000
SEVERE FLOODING this week prompted Scotland and water company Severn Trent to review storm water drain design codes as the worst floods for more than half a century devastated large areas of Britain.
Reversing 10 years' decline

26-Oct-2000
Serbia is facing up to some grim realities - the country is bankrupt and its construction industry exhausted. Andrew Mylius reports.
Infrastructure repairs key to Serbian political stability

19-Oct-2000
SERBIA'S FUTURE political stability hangs on its new leaders' ability to plug gaping holes in energy, power and transport infrastructure, business leaders warned this week.
Contractors attack MOD payment rules

12-Oct-2000
PRIME CONTRACTING, the new Ministry of Defence construction procurement model, came under attack this week from contractors.
Making an exhibition of himself

12-Oct-2000
Brunel comes under scrutiny in a major exhibition opening this month. Andrew Mylius gets a preview.
UKteam gears up to help with Serbian reconstruction

12-Oct-2000
TRADE MINISTER Richard Caborn will today call together a taskforce to tackle urgent reconstruction work in Serbia and Montenegro.
Enter the dragon factor

5-Oct-2000
Hong Kong is securing fresh water for its future with construction of a mammoth treatment works. Andrew Mylius reports.
Iran unveils its business plan

5-Oct-2000
For two decades Iran's relationship with Western business has often been hostile. Now, though, it wants UK investors to look at it afresh - and help to plough £50bn into its beleaguered economy. Andrew Mylius reports.
UK resumes export backing for Iran ahead of £50bn spree

5-Oct-2000
UK FIRMS bidding for capital projects in Iran are to be given Government financial support for the first time in seven years, it emerged this week.
Oakland holds out for rail link addition to Bay road crossing

1-Oct-2000
SAN FRANCISCO commuters are involved in a last ditch attempt to have a heavy rail line included in designs for the new $573M east span of the planned Oakland Bay road crossing before construction starts next year.
Tunnelling by template

1-Oct-2000
Italian engineers boast that the 78km rail route being driven under the Appennine hills is the world's most complex tunnelling project. Andrew Mylius visited Bologna to investigate
Councils prepare to fine utilities for late streetworks

28-Sep-2000
LOCAL AUTHORITIES are to fine utilities companies failing to complete street works on time or to a satisfactory standard, it emerged this week.
Sending flows down the drain

28-Sep-2000
Diverting waste and stormwater into Leicester's sewerage system should leave the Grand Union canal clear and clean, reports Andrew Mylius.
EU funding ban threatens urban regeneration

21-Sep-2000
A EUROPEAN COMMISSION ban on funding is set to axe half the urban regeneration schemes being promoted by regional development agencies, a new report reveals this week.
Iran seeks end to civil engineering isolation

21-Sep-2000
Under its latest five year economic plan, Iran has prioritised transport infrastructure, in particular rail. Construction of a new metro system is planned for Tehran.
Fixing a broken dream

14-Sep-2000
Due to be relaunched next week after a hull failure earlier this year, the giant Team Philips catamaran has undergone a structural transformation. Andrew Mylius reports from Devon.
Tunnelling by template

14-Sep-2000
Italian engineers boast that the 78km rail route being driven under the Appennine hills is the world's most complex tunnelling project. Andrew Mylius visited Bologna to investigate.
Oakland holds out for rail link addition to Bay road crossing

7-Sep-2000
SAN FRANCISCO commuters are involved in a last ditch attempt to have a heavy rail line included in designs for the new £395M east span of the planned Oakland Bay road crossing before construction starts next year.
ECGD told to observe human rights abroad

1-Sep-2000
FOLLOWING PUBLICATION of a Mission and status review of its operating strategy, ordered by the Department of Trade & Industry last year, the Export Credit Guarantee Department has been told that its methods for assessing projects should be changed to include screening for human rights and more rigorous environmental impact assessment.
'Ethical' loans policy threatens British contractors

1-Sep-2000
UK CONTRACTORS will lose valuable overseas work if the Government imposes tougher 'ethical' codes for foreign projects in the wake of the furore over the proposed Ilisu Dam in Turkey.
Fighting the flood

1-Sep-2000
Plans for a submersible barrage to protect Venice from floods have to date been thwarted by the ministry for the enviornment. Last month its objections were overturned. Andrew Mylius visited the city to find out what engineers hope to build
Running late

1-Sep-2000
After years of delay Genoa's metro project was back in business only to be thrown off course by a broken down TBM. Andrew Mylius finds out what the contractor is doing to save time and face
Exchanging for change

24-Aug-2000
Trading via the internet is set to make a huge impact on construction. Groups are already rushing to claim a stake in what will become a multi-billion pound electronic market. But noone yet knows exactly how e-commerce will work, says Andrew Mylius.
Italian record breaker

10-Aug-2000
In November the Italian government will vote on whether to go ahead with construction of the world's longest suspension bridge. Andrew Mylius looks at the deck design innovations that have made the crossing feasible.
ECGD told to observe human rights abroad

27-Jul-2000
ENVIRONMENTAL AND human rights improvements were this week demanded from the Government agency responsible for insuring loans for overseas construction projects.
EngC finds salaries booming

27-Jul-2000
INCORPORATED ENGINEERS now earn an average of £36,400 and chartered engineers £44,803 a year, according to the latest Engineering Council salary survey.
Time to stem the tide

27-Jul-2000
Next week the Italian government is voting on whether to build a huge submersible barrage to protect Venice from floods. Andrew Mylius visited the city to find out what engineers are planning.
'Ethical' loans policy threatens contractors

20-Jul-2000
UK CONTRACTORS will lose valuable overseas work if the Government imposes tougher 'ethical' codes for foreign projects in the wake of the furore over the proposed Ilisu Dam in Turkey.
Unlicensed remediation could be liability timebomb

1-Jul-2000
CONTRACTORS ARE regularly cleaning up brownfield sites without official permission from the Environment Agency, the Delivering Remediation Solutions conference in Birmingham heard.
Investors to use 'portfolio' to spread brownfield risk

29-Jun-2000
UK CONTAMINATED land specialist Environmental Resources Management and US financial services firm ECAP this week launched a dedicated brownfield fund to win back cautious investors.
Model for brownfield risk assessment 'too costly'

29-Jun-2000
RISK ASSESSMENT guidelines designed to help consultants deliver remediation strategies for contaminated sites could result in an over cautious approach to clean up work, a major UK brownfield client warned this week.
Agency's financial demands over the top say contractors

22-Jun-2000
CONTRACTORS ARE threatening to pull out of brownfield clean up projects unless the Environment Agency softens its demands for what they consider to be excessive financial guarantees.
Come on in, the water's lovely

22-Jun-2000
Would-be Dublin bathers are to be given the all clear to plunge into the sea off Dollymount Strand thanks to a giant water treatment project now under construction. Andrew Mylius reports.
Tests carried out on Arup's Greek bridge design

22-Jun-2000
ENGINEERS IN northern Greece are to examine similarities between London's Millennium Bridge and designs for the 565m Metsovitikos road bridge (NCE 11 November) to ensure that it will not suffer from the same side to side sway.
Remediation notices served on polluters

8-Jun-2000
A LEGAL BONANZA is looming following the launch of the first brownfield pollution prosecution cases by local authorities.
Standing the test of time

8-Jun-2000
Extraordinary engineering is required to meet the 1,000 year design life demanded for a mammoth statue to be built in north east India. Andrew Mylius takes a look.
Gently does it

1-Jun-2000
One of four European nuclear reactor decommissioning pilot projects is entering the delicate main phase. Andrew Mylius went to Windscale to see work in progress
Keeping the peace

1-Jun-2000
Competition for scarce water resources is increasingly a source of political tension. Engineering can play a major role in defusing it, reports Andrew Mylius
M4i projects more efficient than rest of industry

25-May-2000
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS chosen by Movement for Innovation to demonstrate best practice are more efficient than those in the rest of the industry, according to figures published this week.
Buro Happold in work share deal with Dorset County Council

18-May-2000
News
Agency cold on PFI maintenance plans

11-May-2000
THE HIGHWAYS Agency this week distanced itself from the Private Finance Initiative as a means of procuring road maintenance.
Protesters bring chaos to BICC meeting

11-May-2000
ANGRY EXCHANGES between BICC chairman Lord Weir and human rights activists brought the contractor's final annual general meeting this week to a chaotic close.
Dealing with the ageing process

4-May-2000
Nuclear; Decommissioning; Half a century after the nuclear age dawned, ageing reactors are exceeding their life expectancy and becoming uneconomic to run. Controlled decommissioning is a priority.
Gently does it

4-May-2000
Cover story
Nuclear skills shortage threatens decommissioning

20-Apr-2000
News; The NCE 300
Streetworks fines 'unworkable' claim local authorities

13-Apr-2000
News
Local authorities under pressure to find contaminated sites

23-Mar-2000
LOCAL AUTHORITIES face a potentially overwhelming task documenting and investigating contaminated brownfield sites, it was claimed this week.
Ice cool operation Bearing replacement on a major longspan road bridge is never easy, especially in winter.

2-Mar-2000
Maintenance Andrew Mylius risked chilblains to report. Photos by David Jones.
Spanish store collapse probe focus on under designed floor

1-Mar-2000
AN INQUIRY into a floor that collapsed underneath hundreds of bargainhunters at a Spanish furniture store will examine whether it had been properly strengthened after it was first found to be under strength seven years ago.
Under designed floors suspected in Spanish store collapse

10-Feb-2000
News
Second Channel link waits for TBM advances

1-Feb-2000
PROPOSALS FOR a second Channel Tunnel are pushing the limits of current tunnel boring technology, the scheme's backers have admitted.
Second Channel link to stretch tunnel technology

13-Jan-2000
News
How green was my coastline Llanelli in South Wales is the scene of an attempt to put the much talked about concept of sustainability into practice. Andrew Mylius reports.

1-Jan-2000
MILLENNIUM PROJECTS
World service

1-Dec-1999
Consultants file; Binnie Black & Veach was New Civil Engineer's first International Consultant of the Year. Andrew Mylius discovers how the UK-based consultant has expanded its work overseas
Government preference for buses misguided say experts

25-Nov-1999
TRANSPORT EXPERTS this week accused the Government of being short- sighted in its preference for buses over light rail systems.
Keyhole surgery

18-Nov-1999
Project 5; Kingston; We want a 36 week project in 18 weeks, the client told bidders for Kingston Hospital's new surgical ward block. And at no extra cost. A meccano-like system was delivered, reports Andrew Mylius.
Thinking small

18-Nov-1999
Bentley Hall; Project 3
High drama

11-Nov-1999
Metsovitikos; Less is more in Greece's Pindos mountains. Andrew Mylius looks at the Metsovitikos Bridge where understatement is being deployed to dramatic effect.
A third of staff lose jobs in Laing shake-up

4-Nov-1999
News
Night of the Laing Knives

4-Nov-1999
ANALYSIS; One of the UK's most respected contractors is facing an uncertain future suggests Andrew Mylius.
Larger fines for polluters

28-Oct-1999
NEWS
Environmental watchdogs 'lack skills' to enforce new guidelines

21-Oct-1999
THE GOVERNMENT'S aim of building 60% of new developments on brownfield sites by 2010 is under threat, consultants and legal experts warned this week. They claimed environmental watchdogs lacked the skills and resources to police proposed legislation on contaminated land.
Avonmouth workers ready to strike over unsafe conditions

14-Oct-1999
NEWS
Ray of light

14-Oct-1999
GLA; Potent symbol for local government; 21st century landmark; serious structural engineering. Andrew Mylius gets to grips with the Greater London Authority building.
Water jobs to be hit by Ofwat efficency drive

14-Oct-1999
NEWS
Demonstration project ends in £600k claim

7-Oct-1999
News
Survey fails to reflect engineers' poor pay and insecurity

30-Sep-1999
CHARTERED ENGINEERS' earnings for this year will average £44,450, according to the Engineering Council's latest Survey of professional engineers and technicians.
Waste strategy unlikely to meet targets claim experts

30-Sep-1999
LANDFILL TAX will have to be ploughed directly into recycling schemes if Government waste reduction targets are to be met, critics said this week.
Avonmouth Bridge tragedy: focus on windspeed

23-Sep-1999
NEWS
Avonmouth disaster probe focuses on work methods

16-Sep-1999
INVESTIGATIONS INTO the fatal failure of a suspended access platform on the Avonmouth Bridge near Bristol last Wednesday are focusing on the working methods being used on the bridge.
Erotic gherkin's high tech design

16-Sep-1999
Recent leaps in software sophistication and computing power are helping designers realise ever more fantastic structures. Andrew Mylius looks at the Swiss Re building.
The bug is still out there

16-Sep-1999
Don't get complacent. Despite all the checks the Millennium Bug could still strike construction a heavy blow.
Missing recession sparks recruitment bonanza

9-Sep-1999
A CIVIL ENGINEERING recruitment boom has been sparked by a growing belief that the construction sector is not now heading for recession.
Brownfield liability terms deter consultants

1-Sep-1999
NEWS
Bridge club bids for public cash

5-Aug-1999
THE PUBLIC is being asked for £1M by the Trustees of London's Millennium Bridge, it emerged this week.
Agency sees red over jam advertisement

22-Jul-1999
AN ADVERTISING campaign for Peugeot's latest 306 car has enraged the Highways Agency, and prompted it to write to the French car manufacturer and its advertising agency Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper demanding an apology.
New pension rule will favour brownfield investments

8-Jul-1999
NEWS
Brownfield risks alarm consultants

1-Jul-1999
NEWS
Lord Rogers calls for reforms on brownfield development

1-Jul-1999
REGULATION OF the land remediation industry must be urgently reformed if the UK's estimated 50,000ha-200,000ha brownfield sites are to be developed in line with Government targets, the Urban Task Force concluded this week.
CfIT's 'Labour luvvies' accused of lacking technical knowledge

24-Jun-1999
NEWS
Passing acquaintances

18-Jun-1999
The National Speed Survey was an endurance test for those involved in it. Andrew Mylius reports on life in the middle lane.
'Initiative fatigue' tires industry bosses

31-May-1999
CONSTRUCTION IS on the brink of 'initiative fatigue', brought on by the rash of new directives designed to reform the industry, experts warned this week.
Nuclear waste debate hots up

31-May-1999
THE CAMPAIGN to prevent permanent deep rock storage of nuclear waste gathered momentum this week, following the recommendations of a Government sponsored symposium.
Reinforcing rolls

27-May-1999
CONCRETE
Generating interest in hydrogen

20-May-1999
ZERO-EMISSION HYDROGEN technology has captured the imaginations of a small but evangelical group led by ICE renewable resources champion Peter Chambers.
Detrunking could make roads even worse

6-May-1999
HANDING TRUNK roads to councils could worsen the crisis in local road maintenance, the ICE warned this week.
Act will make 'polluter pay'

22-Apr-1999
CONSULTANTS ARE to gain immunity against de-contamination orders served by local authorities, the Department of Environment Transport and the Regions promised this week.
Croydon tramlink liability under scrutiny

22-Apr-1999
CHIEF EXECUTIVE Mike Casebourne turned a searchlight on risk management during last week's visit with President Roger Sainsbury to the design build finance and operate Croydon Tramlink scheme.
Sustainability task force promised

22-Apr-1999
FUNDING FOR a sustainabilty task force was pledged by the Government this week.
Kvaerner sells Cleveland Bridge

15-Apr-1999
KVaeRNER IS to sell off its structural steel business, Cleveland Bridge, as part of a huge restructuring exercise geared to putting the group into profit.
Profile Paris Moayedi Jarvis chief executive

15-Apr-1999
Now is the perfect time to buy Jarvis shares - if you believe some City analysts. Chief executive Paris Moayedi appears to have successfully navigated the company through a tricky period following the resolution of a costly overtime dispute with its rail maintenance and renewals workers.
Durham Cathedral

1-Apr-1999
1066: William the Conqueror invades Saxon England.
UK must contain nuclear

1-Apr-1999
The UK has got a massive nuclear waste problem. But it still does not really know what to do about it.
Green construction still six months away

25-Mar-1999
KEY PERFORMANCE indicators to measure sustainable construction of post-Egan report demonstration projects will not be ready until the middle of the year.
Clive Cain: Director of quality at Defence Estates.

18-Mar-1999
Profile
Government raises hopes for foreign contract prospects

18-Mar-1999
WINNING OVERSEAS contracts could become easier following the creation of the Government's new exports promotion department, British Trade International.
Academics call for ICE to evict nuclear group

4-Mar-1999
SENIOR ACADEMICS have this week demanded that pro-nuclear lobby group Supporters of Nuclear Energy be evicted from offices within the ICE's headquarters at One Great George Street.
Performance targets for Government clients

4-Mar-1999
THE GOVERNMENT is today expected to announce dramatic changes to the way it procures construction projects.
EC computer crash worsens pay delays

18-Feb-1999
PAYMENT FOR work on all aid and development projects funded by the European Commission is reported to be on indefinite hold following the failure of a new computer system.
Bids sought for congestion-busting control centres

11-Feb-1999
THE HIGHWAYS Agency is to set up a public private partnership to develop, install and run a £100M nationwide network of traffic control centres.
Public protest forces waste strategy caution

4-Feb-1999
PUBLIC PRESSURE has forced Essex County Council to put on hold proposals for a multi-million pound waste incineration strategy.
EC infighting compounds TACIS payment delays

28-Jan-1999
OVERDUE PAYMENTS worth millions of pounds to British consultants are being further delayed by fierce infighting between two European Commission departments, it was claimed this week.
Rural threat to Leicester road pricing plans

21-Jan-1999
LOCAL POLITICS have thwarted Leicester City Council's ambitions to develop an urban road pricing scheme.
Urban tolls: it's in the air

21-Jan-1999
Government efforts to encourage local authorities to use road pricing as a way of tackling congestion and funding public transport has definitely captured the imagination of borough engineers up and down the country.
Government must honour capital spending pledges says CC chairman

14-Jan-1999
GOVERNMENT FAILURE to reach ambitious capital spending targets will call into question its whole economic policy, says
Prime numbers

14-Jan-1999
In April the MoD will introduce a new construction procurement strategy, that could signpost changes for the wider industry.
Hydro hold

1-Jan-1999
The Himalayas are being bolted and glued together to enable construction of a giant hydroelectric scheme on the Satluj River in Northern India. Andrew Mylius reports.
Plumbing in Bombay

1-Jan-1999
Cleaning up its act is a slow process for Bombay, but the giant sewage outfall project now under construction shows better living and environmental conditions can be achieved. Andrew Mylius reports.
Sell yourselves, graduate winner tells engineers

10-Dec-1998
CIVIL ENGINEERS must brush up their communication skills, said this year's NCE National Graduate of the Year Natalie Dillon at the award ceremony.
Toying

10-Dec-1998
A multitude of high and low-tech toys are available to budding engineers and their parents this Christmas.
mountains moving The Himalayas are being bolted and glued together to enable construction of a giant hydroelectric scheme on the Satluj River, northern India. Andrew Mylius reports.

3-Dec-1998
Apples in their hundreds and thousands, truckloads of them, are exported from mountainous Himachel Pradesh down winding, rutted Himalayan roads. Apples are the north Indian state's economic sap; the only commodity that can be produced, large scale, in its inhospitable environment.
Pinochet decision strains Chile contacts

3-Dec-1998
LONG TERM damage to UK-Chile trade relations is likely to have been inflicted by the British Government's involvement in attempts to extradite the South American's country's former leader, General Augusto Pinochet.
Shaky JLE fails to convince MPs

3-Dec-1998
LONDON TRANSPORT chief executive Denis Tunnicliffe was last week challenged by MPs to resign after he failed to convince them that the Jubilee Line Extension will be ready for operation by the start of 2000.
Guide tackles 'insensitive' consultants

26-Nov-1998
ARROGANT ATTITUDES by consultants towards the needs of their clients should be reduced by a new guide to working practices launched this week.
Transport to the fore in White City development

26-Nov-1998
WEST LONDON will get an ambitious new transport interc hange as part of a massive development project planned for the White City area.
CASE STUDY: Greenwich

23-Jul-1998
Guided transport is proposed for the Greenwich peninsula. Rapid, regular bus services will help shuttle visitors to the Dome come 2000, minimising car dependency in the longer-term.
Croydon testbed Croydon

23-Jul-1998
Tramlink is one of several light rail projects set to transform UK urban transport.

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