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Oakland Bay Bridge

Oakland Bay Bridge broken bolts face federal investigation

American government investigators are to investigate why bolts that have snapped on the eastern span of California’s new Oakland Bay Bridge were specified despite being banned from other projects.

London 2012 media centre: To be the location of Loughborough University's new London campus

Buro Happold to transform Olympic Games media centre

Consultant Buro Happold has won the contract to engineer the £100M transformation of the former London Olympics media centre to a new creative and digital hub for the capital.

Contractors destroy Mayan temple for road building materials

A construction firm in Belize has bulldozed one of the country’s most important Mayan temples.

Concrete house

First concrete house refurbishment completes

One of the UK’s most important historical concrete buildings has been returned to its former glory following the completion last week of a £1.1M refurbishment.

Walton bridge

New Thames Bridge to open in July

Contractors were this week gearing up to start surfacing work on the new £32M A244 Walton Bridge between Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton in Surrey ahead of its July opening.

Big interviews

Paul Morrell, chief construction adviser

Morrell - the first interview

The newly appointed Chief Construction Adviser (CCA), Paul Morrell has pledged to keep a ‘team’ of Civil Engineers on call to ensure adequate representation to government.

The big picture

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World Trade Center spire installed

Steelworkers have completed installation of the One World Trade Center’s spire, bringing its height to 1,776ft (541m).

New Wear bridge delayed again

The tender return date for the £118M New Wear bridge has been delayed by another month, NCE has learnt this week.

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Work underway on Leyton Jubilee Park

Plans for transforming the Leyton Jubilee Park are gathering pace this week with work underway to replace an entrance bridge.

Leeds Arena construction phase ends

Leeds City Council has this week handed over the £60M Leeds Arena site to operators SMG, completing the project’s construction phase.

Special feature

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Concrete: The rock solid case for precast

It has become almost almost a cliché, but is still true, that the construction industry can learn lessons from manufacturing to streamline and improve the way projects are run.

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