New Civil Engineer
Jon Masters
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Skirting around the issue: Cobham Services
24 May 2012
The first ever temporary diversion of the M25 is being removed by contractors building its newest service station. -
Maintenance quality fears as Agency changes contracts
28 July 2011
Contractors fear motorways and trunk roads will deteriorate because the Highways Agency has decided to award maintenance contracts on a fixed price, lump sum basis. -
Closing the circle
27-Jul-2011
Work is progressing to extend the East London Line to Clapham - including new permanent way along a short but important link in Transport for London’s Overground metro network. Jon Masters reports. -
Highway maintenance: Night time is the right time
3 June 2010
New rules for maintaining the UK’s road network has turned day into night for many of the teams involved. Jon Masters reports. -
A glass act
16-Sep-2004
Lincoln Cathedral - Lincoln Cathedral's magnificent Dean's Eye Window is being pieced back together following a painstaking restoration and conservation operation.Jon Masters reports. -
Doing the up and under
21-Aug-2003
Bridges: Docklands lift bridge -
Long distance learning
6-Mar-2003
Careers: Courses -
Grow your own skill
12-Sep-2002
Courses -
Vital innovation never far from controversy
4-Jul-2002
ICE news -
Measure of success?
20-Jun-2002
Roads Trunk road maintenance -
Ventured and gained
17-Jan-2002
Highways M6 Toll -
Barbados lift for plastics
1-Oct-2001
Bridges Composite materials -
Safety reaches peak condition
27-Sep-2001
HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT - SAFETY: Accident reduction trials in Derbyshire are demonstrating the merits of a route management approach to safety, says Jon Masters. -
Single minded approach
27-Sep-2001
HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT - MAINTENANCE: Highway term maintenance has taken a new turn with the start this month of the first managing agent contract. Jon Masters charts the progress of the Highways Agency's new procurement plans. -
Buy in now, don't pay later
21-Jun-2001
ROADS: PROCUREMENT - A new Highways Agency approach to procuring highway projects is being tried out on the A500 project in Stoke. Jon Masters reports. -
How to bypass delays
21-Jun-2001
ROADS: PROCUREMENT -
Road works working
21-Jun-2001
ROADS: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - Removal of cones from a busy stretch of the A12 in Essex has marked the successful end of a major maintenance project and a complex programme of traffic management. -
Squeezing it all in
21-Jun-2001
ROADS: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT -
Light at the end of the tunnel
31-May-2001
Birse Rail has turned the problematic Severn Tunnel refurbishment scheme into a success by developing a strategy which is likely to form the basis of Railtrack's future maintenance plans. Jon Masters reports. -
Ready to start spending
30-Nov-2000
Release of public funds plus substantial private investment is putting a smile back on the face of Scottish civil engineering. Jon Masters, Claire Symes and Mike Walter begin NCE’s special feature by reviewing prospects north of the border. -
Change for the better
1-Nov-2000
Bangkok's Rama VIII bridge is reaching a crucial stage but objectors are now satisfied it will fit with its surroundings. Jon Masters reports -
Construction face lift People friendly training is becoming the vogue in construction. The need for skills such as communication and team building has been recognised, not least to improve the industr
2-Mar-2000
Courses: Learning to value people -
Overlays get easier
27-Jan-2000
Highways; Software; ECL is about to launch a highway maintenance design tool aimed at filling a gap in the civil engineering software market. Jon Masters reports. -
Setting the standard
27-Jan-2000
Highways; Product approval; If you have heard of HAPAS - the Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme - and wondered what it is and why it has been set up, read on. Jon Masters provides the definitive guide. -
Consultant variations
19-Nov-1998
Delivery of the first road contracts to be procured through the Private Finance Initiative has given consultants a new role and a new outlook on highway construction, says Jon Masters. -
Quality time
19-Nov-1998
Two road improvement schemes in Devon and Dorset are being built as part of a single design, build, finance and operate concession using procedures developed through sound experience.
