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Dam collapses amid monsoon floods Subscription Required

30-Jul-2010 | By Press Association

A newly-constructed dam collapsed during three days of flooding in Pakistan which left more than two hundred people dead, it has emerged.

Record water levels test Three Gorges Dam Subscription Required

28-Jul-2010 | By Press Association

Record-high water levels are putting the capacity of China’s massive Three Gorges Dam to the test after heavy rains raged on across the country, compounding flooding problems that already left more than 1,200 people dead or missing.

Tropical storm forces gulf clean up fleet to port Subscription Required

23-Jul-2010 | By Press Association

BP engineers said they would leave the leaky cap fixed to its crippled Gulf of Mexico well head closed as key ships stationed over the site were ordered to evacuate today as Tropical Storm Bonnie loomed.

BP oil leak could be plugged within two weeks Subscription Required

21-Jul-2010 | By Press Association

The BP oil leak could be permanently plugged within a fortnight, US experts said today.

NCE Exclusives

Blast firms fined £10M Subscription Required

22 July 2010 | By Gemma Goldfingle

Firms responsible for the safety breaches that caused the 2005 Buncefield oil depot explosion and resulting groundwater pollution were fined almost £10M at St Albans Crown Court last week.

Venice MOSE flood barrier

Venice flood barrier risks questions raised Subscription Required

16-Jul-2010 | Updated: 21-Jul-2010 | By Jo Stimpson

A leading oceanographer has raised concerns that Venice’s €4.6bn (£3.8bn) flood barrier project could put public health and the environment at risk.

L'Aquila

Italian geologists accused over L'Aquila quake deaths Subscription Required

01 July 2010 | By Declan Lynch

Seven Italian geologists, scientists and public officials have been charged with manslaughter following last April’s devastating earthquake that killed 299 people in the town of L’Aquila.

Features & analysis

Geothermal power station

Ground Control Subscription Required

22 July 2010 | By Ed Owen

In France and Germany geothermal power is relatively widespread, yet in the UK there remains just one power plant under development. But new technologies could soon make this energy source more attractive.

airbus

In the land of giants Subscription Required

30-Jun-2010 | By Gemma Goldfingle

Before the huge Airbus A380 jets could become operational at Gatwick Airport, a vast bund has had to be built to shield the taxiway the planes will use from local residents. Gemma Goldfingle reports.

Paul Morrell, chief construction adviser

Morrell - the first interview Subscription Required

25-Nov-2009 | By Ed Owen

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.

Crossrail

Farringdon Crossrail

Delivering Crossrail: Major project report Subscription Required

24 September 2009

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.

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