New Civil Engineer
Andy Bolton
I am chief sub-editor for NCE (having moved on from my previous role as news editor). I manage the entire production process for making sure the magazine goes to press and appears on your doorsteps.
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Across Hong Kong Island
24 January 2013
One of the most challenging parts of MTR’s major projects programme is taking place at the heart of Hong Kong’s busy financial district, as part of the HK$12.4bn (£1bn) South Island Line (East) project. -
Building on Hong Kong expertise
24 January 2013
MTR Corporation has increasingly global ambitions as a train operator having established itself as Hong Kong’s metro and commuter rail operator over the last 40 years. It operates a highly efficient and constantly expanding metro system, with 10 lines now in operation. MTR also built Hong Kong’s high speed Airport Express link, a service it now operates. -
Cutting under Kowloon
24 January 2013
Tunnelling and traffic management are the main focuses of work on the Shatin to Central Link. -
Extension dimension
24 January 2013
Extending the live Kwun Tong Line tunnels to for a new section of the line means that MTR project teams will have to work closely with their colleagues in train operations. -
High speed squeeze
24 January 2013
Hong Kong’s high speed rail link to China is hurtling towards its 2015 completion date, overcoming unforeseen obstacles and logistical constraints on the way. -
Team tunnel
24 January 2013
A close working relationship between operations teams and construction teams has helped MTR connect its new West Island Line with existing Island Line running tunnels. -
Seventy civils students win Quest scholarships
8 November 2012
Nearly 70 scholarships worth £660,000 have been awarded to the “brightest and best” civil engineering students this year, through ICE’s QUEST Undergraduate Scholarship. -
Work starts on £5bn Hong Kong's Shatin to Central rail line
4-Jul-2012
Construction of the mainly tunnelled Shatin to Central link, has just started, client MTR said this week. -
No.10 Hillsborough disaster
2-May-2012
If ever an argument for the value of an engineer’s advice was needed, the tragic events of April 15 1989 provided it. -
No.6 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire
2-May-2012
Tunnel designers and operators across the globe got a wake-up call in April 1999 when a lorry fire wreaked havoc in the 11.6km, single bore Mont Blanc road tunnel which links France and Italy. -
Member satisfaction with ICE improves
26 April 2012
Engineers have reacted positively to the ICE’s efforts to promote the public image of civil engineering, according to the Institution’s latest membership survey. -
Armitt in frame for Presidency
19 April 2012
The ICE Council last week agreed to elect Olympic Delivery Authority chairman Sir John Armitt as succeeding vice president in 2012, with a view to him becoming ICE President in 2015. -
Further delays threaten 8 Storey’s Gate
19 April 2012
The refurbishment of the ICE’s 8 Storey’s Gate office could be six weeks late and may push back plans to move into the building to June. -
‘Put minister in charge of infrastructure delivery’ – ICE
1 March 2012
Chancellor George Osborne must put a senior minister in charge of delivering the government’s National Infrastructure Plan, the ICE said in its Budget submission last week. -
Major tunnelling contracts awarded for Hong Kong Guangzhou-Shenzhen line
21-Apr-2010
MTR has recently awarded two major tunnelling contracts for the Hong Kong Guangzhou-Shenzhen high speed line. -
Way out west: The Hong Kong rail project
4 March 2010
Densely packed, narrow streets and a shortage of access points are some of the challenges facing MTR Corporation on Hong Kong’s West Island Line project. Andy Bolton reports. -
Going the distance: Hong Kong's MTR projects
25 February 2010
Building five major projects in 10 years is a major challenge for MTR’s newly appointed projects director TC Chew. Andy Bolton reports. -
Hong Kong bridges special: The Macao-Zuhai crossing
25 February 2010
The construction on the Hong Kong- Macao-Zuhai crossing is proving to be the most technically challenging in China’s History. Andy Bolton reports. -
Hong Kong MTR projects: The Shatin to Central Link
25 February 2010
Providing the first direct route from the eastern New Territories to Hong Kong Island’s financial district is the Shatin to Central Link project. -
Hong Kong MTR: High speed rail line
25 February 2010
From an almost standing start in 2007, Hong Kong is starting construction of a 26km underground high speed rail line. Andy Bolton reports. -
Hong Kong looks to woo British firms to keep mega projects on track
28 January 2010
Hong Kong metro operator MTR said this week it was trying to persuade British and other foreign contractors to bid for work on a huge multi-billion pound infrastructure programme because of fears that a lack of local capacity will drive up costs. -
2012 Olympics - key decision today
9-Sep-2004
LONDON'S BID to host the 2012 Olympic Games reaches a key stage today when four of the capital's boroughs consider the planning application for the main Olympic park. -
Crippling cost of cancelling Crossrail
26-Feb-2004
Stop the transport cuts: Crossrail -
Wider congestion charge could cut traffic by 37%
19-Jun-2003
TRAFFIC IN cities will fall by as much as 37% over the next 10 years if the government imposes congestion charging nationwide, according to a transport study published this week. -
Scepticism grows over confused transport figures
17-Apr-2003
CHANCELLOR GORDON Brown last week fuelled doubts about the validity of transport spending figures when he published distorted statistics for the 2002/03 financial year. -
Efficiency boosts fee income for consultants
27-Mar-2003
BRITAIN'S TOP 50 consultants increased their fee income by more than 25% last year, according to figures published this week in NCE's annual Consultants File. -
All countries deserve a sporting chance
15-Mar-2001
Winning the right to stage a major international sporting event like the Olympic Games or the World Cup is a massive boost to any country. As we saw in Sydney, these events help put cities on the map and generate a huge spin off boost to national economies. -
Railtrack influence on safety 'too strong'
14-Oct-1999
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