Structures features
Making an entrance
Peri formwork is helping Bam Nuttall make space for a sliding dock wall at the Rosyth submarine base in the Firth of Forth. NCE reports.
Geotechnical features
Peacehaven sewage treatment works: Down but not dirty
This Spring marks a major milestone for engineers building a mega £300M wastewater treatment scheme in Sussex. Mark Hansford went to Peacehaven to find out more.
Water & Environment features
Peacehaven sewage treatment works: Down but not dirty
This Spring marks a major milestone for engineers building a mega £300M wastewater treatment scheme in Sussex. Mark Hansford went to Peacehaven to find out more.
Energy & Waste features
Energy: Building the plasma cage
Provence in southern France is well known to us Brits as a warm, pleasant land. But part of it will soon get hotter - 10 times hotter than the sun in fact. Mark Hansford reports from Cadarache, where engineers are currently pushing more than a few boundaries in building the world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion reactor.
Plant features
Plant: Fuel for thought
New engine emission legislation has forced manufacturers to update their bestselling models. But price conscious customers want more than just new engines, as Margo Cole discovers on a visit to New Holland’s Italian production and test facility.
Big Interviews
Steve Fox: On the margin
Bam Nuttall has bagged significant high profile, large value work in the past year. But chief executive Steve Fox tells Alexandra Wynne that the industry must do more to stave off the tough times that loom.
Geotechnical: Recovery vehicle
For geotechnical engineers the energy sector is offering up particularly exciting new challenges. Mark Hansford talks to Atkins managing director of ground engineering David French.
Dan Labbad: Refreshing change
Australian property and infrastructure giant Lend Lease has its sights firmly set on the UK’s promised infrastructure bonanza. Mark Hansford meets its European chief executive Dan Labbad.
Mike Putnam: recession riding
Skanska UK recently posted a set of results showing increased profits and margins for 2011 over the year before. Antony Oliver talks to chief executive Mike Putnam about his plans to keep driving the business in a difficult market.
David Richter: Hill International's global power play
US project and programme management giant Hill International is daring to be different, eschewing notions of one-stop-shops and sticking to what it does best. President David Richter tells Mark Hansford why.
Hugh Blackwood: Strength in depth at URS
Scott Wilson is now firmly embedded in US giant URS but its world-conquering spirit lives on with international operations boss Hugh Blackwood. Mark Hansford reports.
NCE Special Supplements library
NCE 26.04.12 Cleaner Nuclear Future
British Engineers lead incredible quest to prove nuclear fusion is the key to future energy supply. NCE reports from Cadarache in France.
NCE 19.04.12 Trench Warfare
Rapid reaction and innovative thinking provide key to stabilisation and repair of Bridgwater’s collapsed river wall
NCE 05.04.12 Water Challenge
How do you provide a week’s water storage in a nation with little rainfall and no rivers? Qatar has the answer
NCE 29.03.12 Fehmarn Frenzy
Promoter’s kick start scramble for contracts on £5bn mega-tunnel between Denmark and Germany
Infrastructure in 2012: a special report on prospects for the year ahead
With the UK government now recognising the value of infrastructure investment, NCE offers an industry outlook for home and abroad.
Major project report: Network Rail's Western Route Modernisation
Express delivery: Brunel’s historic Great Western railway gets a £4.5bn upgrade
Major project report: Thames Tunnel
The London Tideway Improvements projects together represent the largest capital investment the UK water sector has ever seen.
Major project report: UK Games: a year to go
Final preparations are now underway for the London 2012 Olympics.
Special report: Innovation in asset management
With intense pressure on highways budgets locally and nationally, NCE has teamed up with Amey to produce a special report looking at the latest innovations in asset management
Major project report: Delivering the London 2012 Olympics
After four years CLM is about to finish its job as delivery partner with the Games on time and budget.
Major project report: Infrastructure in 2011
Infrastructure in 2011: A special report on prospects for the year ahead.
Insite Autumn 2010
Read Insite, NCE’s definitive guide for young people about what’s hot in the world of engineering.
Major project report: East London Line
London’s new railway: planning, design and construction of a new 10km rail route for London overground.
Major Project reports
Delivering Thameslink: Major Project Report
By the summer of 2012, before the Olympic Games, London will have a new landmark. Stretching across the Thames will be the glass canopy of the new Blackfriars station, providing for the first time a national rail station that links the river’s north and south banks. NCE presents its comprehensive guide to the project.
Delivering Crossrail: Major project report
NCE presents its major project report on Crossrail - a comprehensive guide to the project featuring interviews with Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.
