New Civil Engineer
Jackie Whitelaw

Since joining NCE my career has given me something of a Blue Peter existence, including helicopter rides to north sea gas rigs, a roam around the dome of Sizewell B, dinner in a crossover cavern and being stranded in Denver with the US olympic judo squad. Highpoint: the Channel Tunnel breakthrough party; low point: frog soup in China. Areas of Interest I have been writing about construction all my adult life and still find it fascinating.

Two years, three takeover bids: Mouchel’s Cuthbert speaks up

09 June 2011
News this week that Mouchel, in a joint venture with Thales UK, has won a seven-year deal with the Highways Agency to manage the National Traffic Information Service (NTIS) is being seen by the man at the top of the company as welcome evidence that it remains a viable business after a torrid couple of years.
Midlands must upgrade transport for High Speed 2

26 May 2011
High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) economic benefits will more than double if transport links with the line in the Midlands are beefed up, Birmingham’s transport chief said last week.
Midland Metro whittles down its bidders

26 May 2011
Integrated transport authority Centro last week shortlisted five bidders to supply the £50M tram fleet for the Midland Metro upgrade.
New job orders are Fox’s top prey

20-Apr-2011
Bam Nuttall chief executive Steve Fox has been in post for just over a year. Since then he has seen the company’s order book jump close to £1bn and found himself one of the champions supporting Infrastructure UK. Jackie Whitelaw went to meet him.
The business of change

20-Apr-2011
Network Rail’s new chief executive David Higgins was visiting construction of the company’s new Milton Keynes National Centre last week. How does the development fit into the track operator’s future regionalisation plans? Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Nuttall posts record order book

07 April 2011
Major awards from Crossrail, London Underground and the water industry have helped push Bam Nuttall’s forward orders to a record £967M, up £252M or 35% on last year.
Consultants 2011 work in hand crashes by 36% on last year

31 March 2011
Work in hand for UK consultants has dropped a dramatic 36% on last year according to the figures presented by 233 companies for the 2011 NCE Consultants File, published this week.
Mace named NCE/ACE Major Consultant of the Year

31 March 2011
Over 170 of the industry’s top names gathered at the NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards last week to see Mace scoop the prestigious gong for major firm.
Private sector to get more rail work says Higgins

10 March 2011
New Network Rail chief executive David Higgins suggested this week that more rail infrastructure could be delivered by private sector operators, contractors and suppliers as the company decentralises.
Higgins: Programme management will be key to cutting rail costs

9-Mar-2011
Programme management expertise will be crucial to Network Rail’s efforts to drive down costs on the UK railway and meet the challenge of providing vital new capacity, according to new chief executive David Higgins this week.
Chain reaction

3-Mar-2011
Last month Balfour Beatty announced it was planning to trim its UK supply chain by two-thirds. Jackie Whitelaw talks to Mike Peasland, the boss of the company’s Construction Services UK division, to find out why this is happening.
Consultants awards 2011 shortlist is announced

24 February 2011
Which consultants had the best year in the tough times of 2010?
Balfour Beatty UK to cut supply chain by two thirds

10 February 2011
Balfour Beatty’s Construction Services UK division has revealed plans to cut the number of suppliers it works with from 27,000 to 10,000.
Major project report: Infrastructure in 2011

16 December 2010
Infrastructure in 2011: A special report on prospects for the year ahead.
Overseas work boosts Hyder’s first half profits

17-Nov-2010
Hyder Consulting’s tight focus on key markets in Australia, China, the Middle East, Germany and the UK helped it increase pretax profits by 67% to £9.5M in the half year to 30 September.
Spending review 2010: Roads are losers as Osborne favours rail

28 October 2010
The government made clear its preference for rail investment over road improvements in last week’s spending review.
Time for change

29-Sep-2010
What does one consultant want next for the water industry? Jackie Whitelaw talks to Scott Aitken, Grontmij’s UK and Ireland water and energy director about the Ofwat review and the October public spending cuts.
On the road to liberty

22-Sep-2010
Kosovo’s new motorway is a first step in developing the infrastructure and economy of a new country. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Scott Wilson joins US giant URS for £218M

16 September 2010
Scott Wilson’s 5,500 staff formally joined the ranks of US giant URS Corporation last Friday when the firm completed its acquisition of the UK business.
Scott Wilson and URS bosses talk exclusively to Jackie Whitelaw

16 September 2010
“Our asset is entirely flesh and blood, and the way you grow is with new people,” says URS chairman and chief executive Martin Koffel speaking on Monday, the first day of his ownership of UK consultant Scott Wilson. “And our measure of success is service jobs added.”
Capital work brings national connections

9 September 2010
The new station forms a key part of the Thameslink Programme, the government funded £5.5bn upgrade of one of the rail network’s busiest routes. Rolling stock and, crucially, this programme is improving the frequency and capacity of services running north-south through the heart of the capital from Bedford to Brighton.
Highways Agency dices up project support framework

19 August 2010
The Highways Agency is attempting to work closer with specialist consultants by splitting its project support framework into smaller chunks.
Boldly going forth

19 August 2010
The Forth road bridge is 46 years old and is developing a few aches and pains.
Calva reaches critical stage

19 August 2010
Engineers have completed a critical operation to salvage the southern central pier of the Workington “Calva” bridge and bring it one step closer to long term survival.
ICE Council agrees to a below inflation subs rise

22 July 2010
ICE Council voted on Tuesday for a £7 increase in the annual Members’ subscription fee and an £11 rise in Fellows’ subscriptions for 2011.
EdF begins nuclear supply hunt

8 July 2010
Energy giant EdF is looking to create fully developed supply chains ahead of the hoped for start of work on Britain’s first nuclear power stations for 20 years at Hinkley in Somerset.
Construction bosses make high earning quango list

2-Jul-2010
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) chief executive David Higgins and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority chief executive Tony Fountain are among the highest paid quango employees, the government said last week.
Energy first, say bosses

01 July 2010
Enabling investment in energy infrastructure must be the government’s priority as it debates how to balance the country’s budget.
Repair roads and save £18bn, say experts

01 July 2010
Improving Britain’s worst roads could save up to £18bn annually on the cost of emergency services, hospitals and long term care for the disabled, the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) said this week.
US giant URS set to edge out CH2M Hill in battle for Scott Wilson

28-Jun-2010
Scott Wilson bosses have revealed that a need for global expansion is driving their desire to sell up to US giant URS in a cash deal worth £160M.
Grontmij snaps up French consultant

24 June 2010
Grontmij’s €120M (£99M) purchase of French consultant Ginger last week has made the group Europe’s fourth largest consultant.
Coucher explains decision to quit Network Rail

17-Jun-2010
Network Rail chief executive Iain Coucher has given his reasons for quitting as head of the rail operator
NCE team takes on Welsh mountain - sponsor us now!

10-Jun-2010
Intrepid teams of colleagues from across the construction industry are taking on the NCE Hackers in the 2010 CARE Construction Challenge.
Engineers told to name the projects that matter

3 June 2010
Civil engineers were this week urged to draw up a shortlist of Britain’s priority infrastructure projects and explain their business cases to the Treasury.
Turner & Townsend to increase overseas business

2-Jun-2010
The first task for cost consultant Turner & Townsend’s (T&T) new UK managing director Steve McGuckin is to help increase the amount of work the business does overseas.
East London Line special: An introduction

27 May 2010
This week the London Overground East London Line opened a full service from West Croydon in south London to Dalston in the north. In a remarkable achievement, the project has been delivered early. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Major project report: East London Line

27 May 2010
London’s new railway: planning, design and construction of a new 10km rail route for London overground.
East London Line special: Working together as a team

27 May 2010
Collaboration between client, contractor and supply chain was crucial as the construction project developed in scope, writes Jackie Whitelaw.
Consultants File 2010: Tough getting tougher

1 April 2010
After 15 years of growth and work on the doorstep, the last 12 months saw the return of the prospecting civil engineer. The sector, large, medium and small, set off with suits crammed in back packs to win work around the world to make up for the tough market at home.
More for less for contractors: Up for a fee fight?

25 March 2010
Consultants are in the firing line. How can they contribute to cutting 20% off infrastructure costs? Jackie Whitelaw reports.
£8M released for tunnel and rail skills training

25 March 2010
Rail and construction industry training received an £8M boost from the government last week when the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) released support funding for the tunnelling and rail engineering skills academies.
You've got to be in it to win it

28 January 2010
Get the attention you deserve by entering the NCE/ ACE Consultants of the Year Awards.
Infrastructure will be most resilient sector

21-Jan-2010
Cost consultant Turner & Townsend has said that infrastructure will be the most resilient sector in the UK over the next two years.
Express delivery of the East London Line

21 January 2010
By the end of next week London’s newest rail service, the East London Line, will be handed over to its operator ahead of time and to a six-year-old budget. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Grontmij restructures to boost regional synergies

14 January 2010
Grontmij UK chief executive Lawrence Hughes this week emerged as one of the big winners in a major restructuring of the Grontmij group.
Reminder: Get your entries in for NCE's Consultants File 2010

14 January 2010
All firms who wish to appear in this year’s NCE Consultants File should now have received information on how to access the online form. Deadline for completion is 23 January.
Hughes wins in Grontmij reshuffle

12-Jan-2010
Gronmij UK chief executive Lawrence Hughes is one of the big winners in a major restructure of the Dutch-based group.
Ex-Atkins boss stalks Mouchel in VT group

7 January 2010
A former Atkins chief executive and a one time Balfour Beatty group MD are leading a bid by support services organisation VT Group to buy consultant Mouchel.
Balfour Beatty 1909-2009: The first 100 years

10 December 2009
Britain’s biggest contractor Balfour Beatty has been celebrating its 100th anniversary all year and the presents have kept arriving in the shape, for instance, of a win on the M25 DBFO in May and the purchase of Parsons Brinckerhoff in October. But what is in store for the future? Jackie Whitelaw talks to chief operating officer Andrew McNaughton to find out.
Crossrail loss led to Balfour Beatty buy

10 December 2009
Contractor Balfour Beatty has revealed that losing out to Bechtel in the race for the Crossrail project delivery partner contract spurred it to buy US professional services group Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB).
Make sure your firm is in the Consultants File

10-Dec-2009
It is Christmas so it is time to start completing NCE’s Consultants File 2010 questionnaire.
Sabbaticals and extra holiday help consultants fight downturn

05 November 2009
Water consultants are offering employees sabbaticals and opportunities to take extra leave as the traditional dip in water industry workload created by five yearly price reviews kicks in.
St Petersburg flood barrier: Russia’s priceless defence

29 October 2009
After 30 years, a giant construction effort to protect the beautiful city of St Petersburg from catastrophic flooding is drawing close to completion. Jackie Whitelaw reports on an historic civils project.
St Petersburg flood barrier: Swing through the sea

29 October 2009
The huge curved floating gates that will close off the deep water navigation channel through the St Petersburg flood barrier are soon to be closed for the first time. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
To reap future rewards, we need to invest now

29 October 2009
I was lucky enough this week to have been asked to the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers’ autumn lunch courtesy of former ICE president and current Smeatonian Society president Gwilym Roberts.
Growth in environment work comes to an end

22 October 2009
Rampant growth among environmental consultants is over, according to new research from Environment Analyst.
Jean Venables: My brilliant year

22 October 2009
What has Jean Venables made of her year as president of the ICE? And did her gender make a difference? She talks to Jackie Whitelaw.
Managed motorways: Delivering efficiency

24 September 2009
The Highways Agency is about to embark on a vast programme of work to create a network of managed motorways in England that will control driving speeds and open up the hard shoulder to drivers to increase capacity. The end result should be a revolution in motorway travel with much smoother, safer trips for drivers, and reliable though not necessarily faster, journey times. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Managed motorways: Refining the art

24 September 2009
The next generation of managed motorways will make use of research into driver behaviour and information from the initial trials to refine the methodology. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Iain Coucher: Riding a new wave

3 September 2009
Network Rail’s championing of a new high speed line to Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland is an important step in its transformation from day to day route operator to forward thinking transport provider. Jackie Whitelaw speaks to chief executive Iain Coucher to find out more.
Climate change will be coming at us from all angles

3 September 2009
News that investigators examining the cause of the Malahide railway bridge collapse in Dublin are to study climate issues, especially three years of record rainfall (News), are an indication of how engineering and engineers are going to change their thinking about pretty much everything in the coming decades.
In-house maintenance jobs axed

3 September 2009
Network Rail is to cut 1,800 jobs from its in-house maintenance operation. The operator says the cuts will be the result of a restructure of the maintenance teams “to make them more efficient”.
Supply chain to get longer term deals to help boost efficiency and investment

3 September 2009
Rail industry suppliers are to be awarded longer term contracts in exchange for investment in innovation, cuts in costs and reduced travel disruption.
Managed motorways need a free flowing Dartford

20 August 2009
Our cover story this week is all about the challenges of travelling around Wales on public transport and why, therefore, the car is still growing in popularity. So I make no apologies for going all local and writing here about the trials of driving a private car in the south east, specifically over the river Thames between Kent and Essex on the M25.
Flooding: Ready for more?

6 August 2009
It’s been raining enthusiastically for the last few weeks, which begs the question: two years on from the devastating summer floods of 2007, has the UK learned the lessons and are we better prepared? Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Water industry spending set to increase after 2010

6 August 2009
Suppliers to the water industry are anticipating a 15% rise in workload in the next five-year spending period, starting in 2010.
Death knell for partnering as clients seek to cut costs

23 July 2009
Contractors and consultants have been warned that the days of cosy partnering arrangements are numbered, as major clients look to cut costs.
Balfour Beatty named Network Rail's Supplier of the Year

15-Jul-2009
Balfour Beatty was named Network Rail’s supplier of the year at the rail operator’s first annual Partnership Awards ceremony last night.
Adam Green: into the hot seat

9 July 2009
Civil engineer Adam Green has been running the whole of Carillion Infrastructure Services and its £1.5bn turnover for just over a month. Interview by Jackie Whitelaw.
Mouchel downplays talk of takeover

25 June 2009
Mouchel chief executive Richard Cuthbert moved swiftly this week to downplay analysts’ fears that the company was ripe for takeover following revelation of worse than expected losses last week.
Device to help home renewables choices

18 June 2009
Is your company or family thinking about becoming greener? But how do you know if a solar panel will generate a meaningful amount of electricity and, even better, what will be the payback period? Or will a wind turbine be more efficient?
Climate change: more to learn

18 June 2009
The economy might be in the doldrums but environmental legislation is going through a boom and, downturn or not, all businesses will need to understand and comply with mandatory climate change policy.
Brown justifies infrastructure spending

28 May 2009
Prime minister Gordon Brown strongly reiterated the government’s commitment to building a thirdrunway at Heathrow airport, Crossrail and a programme of new nuclear power plants at business lobbygroup CBI’s annual dinner last week.
Prime minister stands firm on pledge to spend big on infrastructure

21-May-2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown strongly reiterated Government’s commitment to building a third runway at Heathrow airport, Crossrail and a programme of new nuclear power plants at the CBI dinner last night.
Five ideas for emission reduction

23 April 2009
Carbon reduction is top of the agenda for everyone from the NHS to the Belgian farming community. We review some of the solutions. Low carbon strategies by Jackie Whitelaw.
Lighting the way to a brighter future

23 April 2009
HSBC and the Climate Partnership are coming up with ways to help us all live a greener life. Climate Change by Jackie Whitelaw.
Water firms slash spending plans as the recession bites

23 April 2009
Water companies have cut their final spending projections for the 2010-2015 asset management plan (AMP) 5 period by 12% after cutting demand projections as a result of the recession.
What price a reduced carbon future?

23 April 2009
The latest scheme to drive down the UK’s carbon emissions is about to kick in. Jackie Whitelaw reports on the Carbon Reduction Commitment. Carbon Trading By Jackie Whitelaw.
Carbon reduction will benefit more than the environment

9 April 2009
Comment: Jackie Whitelaw
Cost of loans may hold back acceleration of water work

9 April 2009
Uncertainty over the cost of borrowing capital to fund investment up to 2015 could prevent water companies accelerating work for the next regulatory period to help boost the general economy.
Network Rail to choose Crossrail delivery partner today

8-Apr-2009
Network Rail is due to decide today on the appointment of the delivery partner for its £3bn share of the Crossrail scheme and the Great Western Main Line (GWML), including the redevelopment of Reading station. Shortlisted bidders are Mace, Bovis Lend Lease, Bechtel, Jacobs and ABB.
Arup wins top prize at Consultants Awards

26 March 2009
Arup was last week named major consultant of the year at the annual NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards 2009.
Boom year ends on a low

26 March 2009
Fees were up 20% in 2008. But bosses warn of 25% cut in capacity in 2009.
Consultants File 2009: UK consultants fee income tops £10bn

20-Mar-2009
Last year was a boom year for civil engineering consultants, with combined fee incomes topping £10bn for the first time in history.
Consultants File 2009: Market report

19-Mar-2009
With a recession looming, caution prevails. Firms with low borrowings and who stick to what they know are best positioned to weather the storm as others struggle.
Good figures, but 2009 is going to be tough, says NCE's Jackie Whitelaw

19-Mar-2009
This year’s Consultants File is a hard one to interpret. The raft of chief executives interviewed by NCE to compile the market report feel that in the light of a banking crisis and a recession, 2009 is going to be a tough year.
Green infrastructure explored

12-Feb-2009
Engineers are pretty clued up on green buildings now. We understand the concept of green energy. But are we up to speed on the subject of green infrastructure?
Rab Brown joins Capita Crossrail team

22-Jan-2009
Tunnelling and major projects guru Rab Brown has quit his role at CH2M Hill to join Capita Symonds’ bid to win Crossrail’s delivery partner contract.
Atkins in the spotlight

20-Jan-2009
Atkins chief executive Keith Clarke explains to NCE why his business has become an official 2012 provider.
ICE examines disaster risks

20-Jan-2009
ICE this week urged members to contribute evidence to an inquiry into the resilience of UK infrastructure. The Defending Critical Infrastructure Inquiry is part of the approach to the new-look State of the Nation report to be published in June.
In the spotlight

16-Jan-2009
Atkins’ decision to join the likes of BT, BP, Cadbury and Deloitte as a London 2012 official sponsor is a huge step forward for such a shy and, let’s face it, traditionally tight industry when it comes to marketing.Chief executive Keith Clarke explains why his business has made the move.
Cost cutting measures to shake up the industry

15-Jan-2009
Construction Industry Council chairman Keith Clarke has warned 2009 will see a massive shake up in construction and civil engineering as consultants begin to take drastic action to cut costs.
Cost cutting looms as industry chief warns good firms will go under

8-Jan-2009
Construction Inudstry Council chairman Keith Clarke has warned 2009 will see a massive shake up in construction and civil engineering as consultants begin to take drastic action to cut costs.
Getting the Bill through

15-Dec-2008
Getting Crossrail through Parliament and onto the construction starting blocks has, says Crossrail managing director Keith Berryman, 'been the highlight of my career'.
Bringing Crossrail to the people

15-Dec-2008
Crossrail’s corporate affairs director Clinton Leeks has the challenge of making the project a friend to the public.
Gifford increases of working partners

12-Dec-2008
Consultant Gifford is to expand the number of working partners in the business from 21 to 32 from 1 January. The number will rise again, to 50, by July.
Funding approved for two new road projects in Essex

28-Nov-2008
Essex County Council has won final detailed approval for two major South Essex transport infrastructure projects which Essex County Council can now begin and complete within 28 months.
A perfect view of Paris

24-Nov-2008
If you want to see how popular Crossrail will be when it opens, then it is worth taking a trip to Paris and going for a ride on the city's RER Ligne A.
Water report: Cashing in on AMP5

20-Oct-2008
Negotiations are underway for the next round of water company price increases in England and Wales. Jackie Whitelaw asks what are the key issues for the companies?
Climate change information delay

1-Oct-2008
Definitive information on what climate change the UK is facing has been delayed.
Network Rail to inject more competition into supply chain

25-Sep-2008
Network Rail said this week that it was looking to deal directly with its second tier contractors in a bid to introduce more competition and efficencies to the railway market.
British Civil Engineering firms celebrate Cern opening

9-Sep-2008
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the Swiss-French border will open for atom-smashing tomorrow, and British firms have been instrumental in its construction.
French to go non-exec at Scott Wilson

2-Sep-2008
Scott Wilson's executive chairman Geoff French is step down and become non-executive chairman from 1 November the consultant announced today in its AGM and Interim Management Statement.
Middle Eastern expansion keeps Laings on track

15-Jul-2008
Laing O'Rourke's decision to move into the Middle East will keep the contractor's growth plans on track despite a slowdown in the European market, the company's chief operating officer for Europe Tony Douglas said this week.
Pitt: Tell people the risks

25-Jun-2008
People, not processes, should be at the heart of flooding strategy, Sir Michael Pitt tells NCE as he publishes his review of last summer’s floods.
More, better paid council engineers to fight floods

25-Jun-2008
A revival in local government technical skills with much higher pay scales for public sector flood engineers was called for this week by the government’s key advisor on flooding strategy.
ICE salary survey exposes massive gender gap

13-May-2008
Women Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers earn almost a third less than men according to the 2007 ICE Salary Survey.
Water companies start moving to desalination

9-May-2008
Brighton and Hastings could follow London as venues for some of the UK’s first desalination plants, Southern Water revealed last week.
Sharing a drink

7-May-2008
Climate change and the impact of a growing population are going to be the big features of the next water industry spending round.
Southern Water wants Brighton desalination plant

1-May-2008
Southern Water is to build a desalination plant near Brighton and a wastewater recycling scheme for the Isle of Wight as part of its strategy to meet the demand for water in its area over the next 25 years.
You want Clarkson to run our roads

23-Apr-2008
The man who called Highways Agency traffic officers 'Wombles' and whose love of a V8 engine and a stretch of open road is legendary is your current top choice for new chief executive of the Agency.
Anglian ups Rutland water take 40%

16-Apr-2008
Anglian Water is pre-empting arguments over its decision to abstract up to 90M extra litres a day from Rutland Water by creating havens for wildlife which could lose their habitats.
Prague in need of UK help to implement congestion charge

9-Apr-2008
Prague mayor Petr Hejma made a heart felt plea last week for financial and technical help to implement a congestion charging scheme in the historic Czech capital.
C-Charge not to be extended

9-Apr-2008
Public opposition to road tolls as expressed in last year's Number 10 website poll has killed any immediate ambition within Transport for London (TfL) to extend congestion charging to the capital's outer boroughs.
M25 widening decision due

2-Apr-2008
A decision on who has won the coveted £5bn M25 widening contract is expected next week, according to the increasingly jittery bidders.
Pitt puts flood defence pressure on developers

2-Apr-2008
Developers will be expected to pay a higher price for schemes they plan for flood prone areas after the disasters of summer 2007, Sir Michael Pitt said last week.
Metronet cancels sub-surface line signalling upgrade

2-Apr-2008
Metronet has cancelled the signalling upgrade contract it had with Westinghouse for the Sub Surface Lines (SSL) on the London Underground as part of its efforts to get out of administration. The deal is believed to have been worth £550M.
Metronet cancels sub-surface line signalling upgrade

2-Apr-2008
Metronet has cancelled the signalling upgrade contract it had with Westinghouse for the Sub Surface Lines (SSL) on the London Underground as part of its efforts to get out of administration. The deal is believed to have been worth £550M.
Balfour Beatty snaps up Dean and Dyball for £45M

26-Mar-2008
Regional contractor Dean and Dyball became Balfour Beatty's latest acquisition last week as the mega construction business continued its drive to build its business in regional markets.
Eco towns should overturn conventional thinking on infrastructure

25-Mar-2008
Totally new thinking about infrastructure is the most efficient and cost effective way to make proposed eco towns work said Town and Country Planning Association chief executive Gideon Amos today.
Eco towns should overturn conventional thinking on infrastructure

25-Mar-2008
Totally new thinking about infrastructure is the most efficient and cost effective way to make proposed eco towns work said Town and Country Planning Association chief executive Gideon Amos today.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean and Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean and Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean & Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean & Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean & Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
Balfour Beatty buys Dean and Dyball

19-Mar-2008
Balfour Beatty has bought family-owned, Olympic sailing centre contractor, Dean & Dyball this morning for £45M. Chief executive Adrian Dyball is leaving the business and the firm's construction managing director Chris Haworth will manage the company.
DEADLINE DELHI

27-Feb-2008
A transport revolution in New Delhi has an unbreakable deadline of 3 October 2010, the start of the Commonwealth Games. Jackie Whitelaw reports from India.
India faces roads meltdown

15-Jan-2008
India's already booming transport infrastructure market will need a further kick to cope with millions more cars hitting the roads after the launch last week of Tata Motors' £1,277 Nano car.
Tony Douglas: the power of now!

20-Nov-2007
Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer Tony Douglas has just completed his first 100 days with the company.
The client should start with us, says Laing O'Rourke

14-Nov-2007
New Laing O'Rourke UK and Europe boss Tony Douglas this week signalled his intention to take the contractor 'upstream' to compete with international political giants like Bechtel.
St Pancras officially opened by the Queen

7-Nov-2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a host of senior figures were all present as Her Majesty the Queen opened St Pancras Station to celebrate the completion of the £5.8bn High Speed 1 (HS1) project last night.
More dams needed, says UN report

1-Nov-2007
New dams will be needed so agriculture can grow enough food to feed the expanding world population, a major UN report into climate change has said.
ICE reception celebrates Hawksely's legacy

29-Oct-2007
The ICE was the chosen venue for a select party organised by consultant MWH to celebrate the 200th birthday of Thomas Hawksely. Hawksley was a founding partner of Watson Hawksley, now the W in MWH.
Five bids in for Forth Road contract

3-Oct-2007
Five bidders are this week vying to secure the planning, design and construction contract for new Forth River crossing in Scotland.
Rescuing Fairlight

21-Sep-2007
Engineers are draining the cliffs at a cove in Sussex to stop them sliding into the sea, along with 400 homes in the village of Fairlight.
Leading engineer questions need to design tall buildings to withstand terrorist attacks

21-Sep-2007
Designing for terror attacks on tall buildings is a waste of time, energy and money, WSP Cantor Seinuk director of fire engineering Simon Lay said last week.
Renewables no good for city high rise

21-Sep-2007
Arup engineers designing Britain’s tallest building, London’s Shard of Glass, said last week that renewable energy would not work productively for city centre buildings.
WSP: UK firms overpriced and unattractive

5-Sep-2007
“Ridiculous” UK company prices have stopped consultant WSP buying businesses at home, says chief executive Chris Cole.
Bechtel man lands top government Olympics job

21-Jun-2007
News
Bosphorus blockbuster

June 2007
Next month the second element of the world’s deepest immersed tube tunnel will be sunk in the Istanbul Strait. Jackie Whitelaw reports on construction of the first intercontinental underwater rail link.
Just doing their jobs?

24-May-2007
Analysis - Are recruitment agencies the villains of the job market, or are they just doing their best to meet the needs of their demanding clients?
Armitt's appointment to top ODA job widely welcomed

17-May-2007
News
Pain before gain

26-Apr-2007
Metronet, Scottish infrastructure - Is Atkins being prudent by taking its latest Metronet hit on the chin?
Cuthbert says Mouchel Parkman is 'ready to buy'

19-Apr-2007
MOUCHEL PARKMAN is gearing up to acquire a maintenance contractor over the next few months as part of its ambitious growth strategy, chief executive Richard Cuthbert said this week.
American Beatty

5-Apr-2007
Business - Balfour Beatty closed the deal on its latest American acquisition last Friday. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Gordon's fast one

5-Apr-2007
Comment
Atkins closes deficit laden final salary pension scheme

22-Mar-2007
News
Pay up to get the best people, says WSP's Cole

8-Mar-2007
News
Quarter century man

8-Mar-2007
Names & Faces - One of contracting's most popular characters, is celebrating 25 years with Dean & Dyball.
Billions up for grabs as Metronet opens up contract bidding system

1-Mar-2007
News
Slimmer OGC to get more power

15-Feb-2007
News
City share surge as Balfour Beatty heads west

8-Feb-2007
News
Government seeks another chief to lead Olympics

1-Feb-2007
News
You paid them a pittance and now they're gone. . .

1-Feb-2007
Analysis - UK employers kept engineering salaries low during the 1990s so staff left. Today's skills shortage means the pigeons have come home to roost.
On site 'naivety' leaving industry open to fraud

25-Jan-2007
News
The end of the free lunch?

25-Jan-2007
The construction sector is laying down strict new guidelines for staff and suppliers over what is or isn't acceptable to oil the wheels of industry
Bovis Lend Lease cracks down on staff freebies

18-Jan-2007
News
You paid them a pittance and now they're gone. . .

18-Jan-2007
Skills shortage/ road pricing - Employers kept engineering salaries low during the 1990s so staff left. Today's skills shortage means the pigeons have come home to roost.
Scott Wilson goes on £40M shopping spree

14-Dec-2006
News
Joining the dots

23-Nov-2006
Barts and Royal London Hospitals - Thirty year old technology managed in a new way is intended to reduce Skanska’s risk exposure on the 1bn Barts and Royal London Hospitals PFI reports Jackie Whitelaw.
Government moves to manage construction capacity

9-Nov-2006
GOVERNMENT STAFF are to be trained to use a new computer modelling tool that should allow better management of the demand for public sector construction projects.
Political Games

9-Nov-2006
Olympics, Overseas work - London 2012's Olympic Delivery Authority has lost its chairman, and seen a major hole appear in its budget. Should we be surprised?
A Stern challenge

2-Nov-2006
Comment
Halcrow Foundation recognised as aid charity

26-Oct-2006
News
Human traffickers to target London's Olympic boom

1-Oct-2006
News
Analyst warns of 2012 cost hike

28-Sep-2006
News
Gifford restructures to stay independent

14-Sep-2006
CONSULTANT GIFFORD this week revealed it had been successfully handed on to a new generation of partners, avoiding the need to oat or sell to buy out the retiring partners.
The happy contractor

14-Sep-2006
Cover story Andrew McNaughton
2012 delivery partner: ODA's decision may not be final

24-Aug-2006
News
Human traffickers to target London's Olympic boom

24-Aug-2006
News
Ferrovial on a high after BAA takeover

3-Aug-2006
News
First past the post

3-Aug-2006
Aintree - New grandstands will give race goers stunning views of the Grand National, Jackie Whitelaw discovers.
Best year ever for Scott Wilson

27-Jul-2006
News
Design and construction teams to help set OIympic stadium budget

27-Jul-2006
News
Olympics, not politics

27-Jul-2006
Comment
. . . but industry says it could build plants in seven years

13-Jul-2006
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY chiefs are to tell the Government that Britain's new generation of nuclear power stations could be built in as little as seven to 10 years - half the traditional timescale.
BAA 'old boy' network at risk from Ferrovial

15-Jun-2006
News
Up in the air

15-Jun-2006
Airports - Ferrovial's buyout of BAA will have an immediate impact on the UK's airport strategy. Jackie Whitelaw finds out what we can expect to happen next.
Stansted expansion on shaky ground as Ferrovial buys BAA

8-Jun-2006
News
Engineering consultants face higher pension payments

18-May-2006
CONSULTANCY EMPLOYEES on final salary pension schemes could be asked to increase their payments because of new rules on how pension scheme assets are calculated, Barclays Bank warned this week.
Olympic park lock-in for programme managers

2-Feb-2006
News
. . . and Heathrow to give terminals 2012 facelift

10-Nov-2005
NEWS
Californian realism

20-Oct-2005
MWH won 90% of its AMP4 bids and is today the UK's leading water consultant. Where next-Jackie Whitelaw finds out.
Out of sight, out of mind?

18-Aug-2005
Comment
Jam dodgers

28-Jul-2005
Barnstaple bypass - A temporary causeway over the River Taw is helping Nuttall avoid a traffic clogged town centre during a huge muckshift. Jackie Whitelaw reports from Barnstaple.
Breaking China

1-Jul-2005
China overview - China is proving a tough nut to crack for UK consultants.Jackie Whitelaw spoke to two businesses who believe persistence will pay off.
Heavenly union

1-Jul-2005
Highways - Chinese civil engineering and UK management expertise are combining to create a showpiece expressway project. Jackie Whitelaw went to Guizhou to see the result.
Scott Wilson ponders flotation in bid to expand

1-Jul-2005
News
Heavenly union

16-Jun-2005
China - Chinese civil engineering and UK management expertise are combining to create a showpiece expressway project. Jackie Whitelaw went to Guizhou to see the result.
Scott Wilson ponders flotation in bid to expand

2-Jun-2005
News
Drawing a line in the sand

14-Apr-2005
Comment
Tsunami goodwill offers threatened by slow response

1-Apr-2005
News
Halcrow buys its way into structures' top flight

1-Mar-2005
News
Network Rail to spend £850M less than planned

3-Feb-2005
News
Atlantic crossing

20-Jan-2005
Halcrow has moved up a tier in the structures and maritime markets with two astute north American purchases. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Halcrow buys its way into structures' top flight

20-Jan-2005
News
DfID: the struggle to respond

6-Jan-2005
News
Tsunami goodwill offers threatened by slow response

6-Jan-2005
News
Designing for safety: the buck stops where?

25-Nov-2004
Health & Safety
Let councils raise cash for transport, says academic

18-Nov-2004
News
Time travellers

4-Nov-2004
Rail upgrades
Focus on the big picture

21-Oct-2004
Comment
Local government - How to make cities slicker

7-Oct-2004
Working lives - Manchester City Council leader Richard Leese says infrastructure is essential to economic growth and urban regeneration. Interview by Jackie Whitelaw.
Manchester Metrolink poised for rescue

7-Oct-2004
News
Business - In Pole position

1-Aug-2004
News - Poland Doing business in Poland is a whole new game since the country formally joined the EU
Business - Off to sunny Spain

1-Aug-2004
News -Alliances Consultant Capita Symonds has established a new business in Madrid, and not just for the weather, reports Jackie Whitelaw
Howard's way

22-Jul-2004
Working lives Profile
It's a sellers' market if spending plans are realised

22-Jul-2004
CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS will have to compete for the best consultants and contractors over the next five years if the government lives up to its promise to pour an extra £33bn into the health, housing and education sectors, industry leaders warned this week.
Industry wary over health and schools boost

15-Jul-2004
CONSTRUCTION'S RESPONSE to Chancellor Gordon Brown's comprehensive spending review was tempered by fears that capacity constraints and lengthy procurement processes could delay spending increases on health and education projects.
Off to sunny Spain

15-Jul-2004
Business Alliances
Power struggle

8-Jul-2004
Rail - Power
In Pole position

17-Jun-2004
Accession countries - Poland
Managing the risks

1-Feb-2004
T5 T5 Agreement
Old terminals get new lease of life

1-Feb-2004
T5 Heathrow
Terminal 5 - a construction epic

1-Feb-2004
For airport operator BAA, the £4bn T5 project could be its biggest triumph but, while under construction, it is the company's greatest challenge. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
If it's your money, it's your risk

15-Jan-2004
Comment
E-auctions to dominate government contracts

4-Dec-2003
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS will be ordered to consider using reverse auctions on all government projects worth £100,000 or more from next year with construction services not exempt, government officials said this week.
Reverse auctions: place your bets

4-Dec-2003
LettersComment
In search of happiness

27-Nov-2003
Comment
Community care

20-Nov-2003
Environment Development
Prescott to set water efficiency targets for new developments

23-Oct-2003
THE GOVERNMENT is to champion water conservation to counter criticism of its plans to build 200,000 new homes in the most drought prone areas of the UK.
Sea of change in coastal strategy

2-Oct-2003
Flood Risk ManagementRe-creation of lost inter-tidal habitats is one bonus to result from plans to sacrifice dry land to rising sea levels, Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Remote T5 rebar plant could supply other sites

7-Aug-2003
TERMINAL FIVE'S preassembled reinforcement bar facility could be opened up to supply southern England with rebar within two years, airport operator BAA claimed this week.
Water directive puts councils on collision course with EA

3-Jul-2003
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY engineers could impose planning decisions on local councils which fail to account for the new European Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Local Government Association (LGA) warned last week.
Looking after number two

1-Jul-2003
Working relationships
If the Olympic bid wins us Crossrail, so be it

5-Jun-2003
Comment
Water power

22-May-2003
Water Interview
In touch with heritage

8-May-2003
Comment
Job satisfaction is what keeps good staff

3-Apr-2003
Comment
Newton's lore

1-Mar-2003
COASTAL GEOTECHNICS
Four ministers determine fate of Crossrail

27-Feb-2003
FOUR GOVERNMENT departments will have to approve the Crossrail project before go ahead is given for the scheme, promoter Cross London Rail Links said this week.
Dorset cliffhanger

6-Feb-2003
Flooding & coastal Cliff stabilisation
Looking to another age

6-Feb-2003
Comment
Costain is first to offer work placements for refugee engineers

16-Jan-2003
COSTAIN IS the first civil engineering firm to say it will offer refugee engineers employment experience so they can be accredited to work in the UK.
Binnie and Gibb to go as parents drop names

12-Dec-2002
BINNIE and Gibb - two of the UK's most prominent engineering names - will disappear on 1 January.
Reverse of good sense

12-Dec-2002
Comment
Palace resolution

20-Nov-2002
Historic sites Fishbourne
What price education?

7-Nov-2002
Comment
Engineer on top

17-Oct-2002
Water Profile
Stop letting others hide our light under a bushell

3-Oct-2002
Comment
Shouldering responsibility

26-Sep-2002
Highways: Traffic management
Stop recycling the waste message

12-Sep-2002
Comment
Opportunities

4-Jul-2002
Peter Twelftree, managing director of Steer Davies Gleeve.
BAA pioneers 'blame free' insurance for Terminal Five

20-Jun-2002
News
Drivers deserve freedom of choice

28-Feb-2002
COMMENT
Football tactics in the workplace

28-Feb-2002
YOUR CAREER - World Cup: The World Cup is only three months off and it is time to start planning for the consequences of the event, even if you don't like football.
Getting centre stage

14-Feb-2002
COMMENT
Camera obscurer

24-Jan-2002
COMMENT
Profile: Tony Douglas

10-Jan-2002
YOUR CAREER: Tony Douglas took over last week as group technical director of BAA. Jackie Whitelaw met him.
Any change guv'nor?

29-Nov-2001
Comment
Jo'burg/Pretoria high speed rail line set to go

22-Nov-2001
News
Airports review halts Gatwick and Heathrow projects

25-Oct-2001
GATWICK AIRPORT'S £77M Pier 6 and Victor pier at Heathrow Terminal 4 are two high profile casualties of BAA's review of its construction projects following the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York.
The Wight stuff

18-Oct-2001
ENGINEERING WATER Sewage treatment
Railtrack: now what?

11-Oct-2001
Comment
One for the A-Team

27-Sep-2001
HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT - PROCUREMENT: Junction 8 on the M11 is the site of a trend setting partnership. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Bottoms up to the bad old ways

9-Aug-2001
Comment
Water suppliers to pick and choose jobs as skills shortage bites

9-Aug-2001
News
Halcrow aims to double in size from global expansion

5-Jul-2001
NEWS
HSE audits designers' CDM safety compliance

31-May-2001
DESIGNERS ARE to be audited by the Health & Safety Executive to check how safely they design buildings under the Construction (Design & Management) regulations.
The cash case for green building

31-May-2001
Comment
MoD contracts should cover post war work

3-May-2001
CIVILIAN AND military engineers need to enter long term contracts to plan for reconstruction work following wars and natural disasters, Costain chief executive John Armitt said last week.
Gateway to heaven

12-Apr-2001
Boaters in East Anglia this summer will have a clear run almost to Kings Lynn on non tidal water, thanks to construction of a new lock. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Arecipe for chaos

29-Mar-2001
Yet another plan to revolutionise investment in the railways was revealed this month - this latest from the Strategic Rail Authority.
Spirit of adventure

22-Mar-2001
NCE last week held two highly successful events designed to promote careers in the civil engineering industry. Jackie Whitelaw reports on the NCE Graduate Awards 2001 and the Construction Careers Event.
What should be done

22-Feb-2001
We asked you how construction's safety record could be improved. This is what you said.
Help us formulate new safety culture, Raynsford asks engineers

11-Jan-2001
CONSTRUCTION MINISTER Nick Raynsford has urged engineers to help the Government work out a new health and safety culture for construction.
MBO returns Hyder to private ownership

11-Jan-2001
HYDER CONSULTING was back in private hands this week after completing the UK consulting sector's biggest ever management buyout.
All for one and one for all

28-Sep-2000
Northumbrian Water was given two years to install secondary sewage treatment plants. How to do it in the timescale? The answer was alliancing. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Is this the dawning of the age of engineers?

28-Sep-2000
It has been said that if your daughter marries a builder and your son marries a hairdresser (or vice versa I suppose), you have succeeded as a mother.
Special relationship?

21-Sep-2000
Last September US programme managers saddled up and rode into Railtrack's major projects in an exercise NCE dubbed 'saving private rail'. Twelve months on we ask how much impact have they made, and how many are actually American?
Together at last

14-Sep-2000
Railtrack reckons it finally has the management team in place to spend its £2.5bn annual budget efficiently. Jackie Whitelaw reports.
Less is more

27-Jul-2000
Kvaerner Construction's decision to focus on straightforward contracting is paying dividends, says Jackie Whitelaw.
M4i to give non-compliant projects the boot

13-Jul-2000
SHAPE UP or ship out is the message that will be on its way at the end of the month to demonstration projects not meeting Movement for Innovation performance requirements.
Best value, best way

15-Jun-2000
It must be pretty frustrating being a local authority engineer, or supplier for that matter, now they are being exhorted to take on the concept of Best Value.
Consultant merger creates global player

1-May-2000
MAUNSELL IS to merge next month with giant US engineering consortium AeCOM.
Engineers prompt study of Thames bridge remains

13-Apr-2000
News
NCW lacks wow factor

23-Mar-2000
Comment
US deal puts Maunsell into 'different league'

23-Mar-2000
MAUNSELL IS to merge next month with giant US engineering consortium AeCOM.
Canals hit the jackpot Britain's waterways are in a heady period of new investment, reports Jackie Whitelaw

17-Feb-2000
Inland waterways; Overview
Paying the price for parking

27-Jan-2000
Comment
Radio stations: Moving adverts and Internet access are the latest promises for the Tube, thanks to the latest London Underground private finance deal. Jackie Whitelaw reports.

25-Nov-1999
Rail
Junk the jargon

18-Nov-1999
Editorial comment
New BAA chief to follow in Egan's footsteps in keeping costs down

14-Oct-1999
NEWS
The Pantheon

14-Oct-1999
ANALYSIS
Tips top

14-Oct-1999
ANALYSIS; Could Carol Smillie from BBC's Changing Rooms soon be representing subcontractors at adjudication hearings?
UK CONSTRUCTION

7-Oct-1999
NEWS
Terminal Five design team gets back to the drawing board

23-Sep-1999
NEWS
Railtrack decides on US programme managers

16-Sep-1999
BECHTEL, PARSONS Brinckerhoff and a joint venture of Fluor Daniel and Mott MacDonald have been selected as framework programme managers to help Railtrack deliver its £10.7bn investment plans.
No jam tomorrow Traffic jams and the price of diesel prompted construction materials company Marshalls to rethink its manufacturing and delivery strategy.

22-Jul-1999
Higher fuel prices and M25 congestion were the motivating factors behind Marshalls recent decision to spread its network of concrete block factories into the depths of south east England.
Prescott drops Egan funding

22-Jul-1999
DEPUTY PRIME Minister John Prescott this week told the construction industry that he was no longer prepared to meet all of the £1M annual cost of spreading the message of the Egan report.
Ringing the changes

15-Jul-1999
Sir Neville Simms' new company Carillion starts trading at the end of July.He explains his strategy to Jackie Whitelaw.
Clients told 'put up or shut up' over Egan reforms

17-Jun-1999
CLIENTS WHO should be leading the Egan revolution to create a more efficient construction industry are resisting change, the project's leading player claimed this week.
Only trying to help!

17-Jun-1999
Clients seem to be dragging their feet over efforts to reform the industry.
Agency installs CCTVs to ease eclipse traffic chaos

31-May-1999
ROAD CONGESTION hot-spots en route to Devon and Cornwall are being wired up with CCTV so engineers can reduce traffic jams as motorists rush to see the eclipse on 11 August.
Profile Sir Philip Beck Chairman of Railtrack

13-May-1999
ANALYSIS
Hadrian's Wall

6-May-1999
Hadrian's Wall, snaking 117km from the Tyne to the Solway Firth, is one of the wonders of the ancient world and one of the most spectacular reminders to modern society of the Roman occupation of Britain.
As director responsible for Railtrack's multi billion pound investment programme, the buck stops with Simon Murray.

22-Apr-1999
As director responsible for Railtrack's multi billion pound investment programme, the buck stops with Simon Murray. His success, or not, in delivering West Coast Route Modernisation, Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Thameslink and - if it comes off - the London Underground subsurface line integration into the Railtrack network, will have a direct impact on Railtrack's future.
Murray favours smaller firms as partners

22-Apr-1999
LARGE CONSTRUCTION companies make worse partners than smaller rivals because of their poor senior management, Railtrack director of major projects Simon Murray claimed this week.
Happy builders are key to flawless jobs

25-Mar-1999
THE SNAG-FREE building will remain a pipe dream while construction's labour force is underskilled, underpaid and underappreciated, a structural and building board meeting concluded.
M4i stops starts info share

25-Mar-1999
COMPANIES WORKING on almost 50 demonstration projects will have to start sharing information about what they are doing right and what is going wrong under the first big test of the Egan report next month.
BAA gambles by drawing up T5 work schedule

18-Mar-1999
AIRPORT OPERATOR BAA this week set a start date for work on its proposed Heathrow Terminal 5 project, despite being more than two years away from a decision on whether it can be built.
Mott fights damages ruling

18-Mar-1999
MOTT MACDONALD is fighting an £18.5M damages award following a dispute over a brownfield site clean up in 1989.
Bovis loses out to Mace in BAA's framework review

4-Feb-1999
MACE HAS replaced Bovis as one of the three best construction managers, according to the UK's most demanding client.
Trunk road network set for wholesale privatisation

14-Jan-1999
THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY is developing plans for wholesale privatisation of the UK's trunk road network.
BAA incentive drive to end consultants' hourly pay

7-Jan-1999
HOURLY-RATE PAYMENTS to consultants are to be axed by airport operator BAA in favour of a new reward system based on 'value-added contribution' - once it works out what to measure.
Acting on trust British Waterways has transformed many kilometres of dirty ditches into a revitalised canal network, appreciated by millions. Now the organisation wants to be allowed to carry on its w

26-Nov-1998
British Waterways has an urgent maintenance backlog of 90M. A two year investigation into the state of the 3,200km network of 200 year old canals to create an asset management plan for the organisation revealed the extent of the extra investment needed to keep the nation's canal heritage safe. And what is more, says operations director Stewart Sim,'there is a further 230M of infrastructure improvements needed to bring the network properly up to scratch'.
BRITISH WATERWAYS

12-Nov-1998
Acting on trust British Waterways has transformed many kilometres of dirty ditches into a revitalised canal network, appreciated by millions. Now the organisation wants to be allowed to carry on its work preserving this magical heritage as a charitable tr
Heathrow Express set to impress

22-Jan-1998
HEATHROW EXPRESS launched its first airport train service from Paddington Station on Monday - albeit only in its temporary, partially opened form.
Congested Oxford clears city centre

15-Jan-1998
OXFORD CITY Council has revealed radical congestion-busting plans to ban through traffic from its city centre.

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