Mark Hansford
Since joining NCE Been the first construction journalist into Iraq following the second Gulf War (and won IBP News Reporter of the Year as a result), was on the scene in tsunami-struck Sri Lanka, reported on a fatal bridge collapse in Portugal, covered a tunnel blaze in Baltimore, and exposed fundamental design failings in the Windsor's Jubilee River. My most moving experience to date was talking exclusively to acquitted Hatfield engineer Nick Jeffries over how he is putting his life back together after his five-year ordeal. Worst experience to date has to be getting lured into a night out in Scotland with the ICE graduates and students, waking up with a raging hangover with the grim reality dawning that I had missed my flight home. Never again. Areas of Interest Engineering disasters, design cock-ups and personal traumas are a staple of NCE, but fortunately are few and far between. Water and environment issues are my main area of responsibility.
Contact Info
- Tel: 020 3033 2821
- E-mail: mark.hansford@emap.com
Recent stories
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EnterpriseMouchel grabs latest Highways Agency maintenance deal
EnterpriseMouchel has pledged to make an “exemplar” of its work to maintain roads in southern England after winning the Highways Agency’s latest Asset Support Contract.
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Doha Metro contracts awarded - confirmed
French construction giant Vinci has landed a £1.3bn contract on the giant Doha Metro project, NCE can confirm.
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Lee Tunnel breaks records with slipform concrete pour
The longest continual slipform pour in the UK has been carried out by Cemex UK on one of the five shafts for Thames Water’s £635M Lee Tunnel project.
- Shortlist announced for British Construction Industry Awards 2013
- Carillion's payment terms branded 'grossly unfair'
- Scottish and Southern to take legal action over Glendoe hydro scheme
- Tender irregularities disrupt another Highways Agency maintenance deal
- More HS2 tunnelling mooted after consultation exercise
- Private finance speeds up French high speed rail
- Mott MacDonald hits global acquisition trail
