New Civil Engineer
Nina Lovelace

Residents rule

12-Jun-2003
Sewage treatment: Modgen
Councils win powers to curb sewage odour nuisance

5-Jun-2003
WATER COMPANIES could face a huge bill to cut foul smells from sewage treatment works (STWs) following a High Court ruling last week.
Crossrail link to Olympics will inflate costs - warning

5-Jun-2003
CONSTRUCTION OF London's £10bn east-west Crossrail link must not be tied to the capital's bid to host the 2012 Olympics, project backers said this week.
United utilities

22-May-2003
Scotland's water and wastewater assets are on target to receive £1.8bn investment over the next five years.
Block and tackle

15-May-2003
Rail WCML
War of words as rivals argue over east-west London rail link

8-May-2003
RIVALRY BETWEEN backers of competing proposals for London's multi-billion pound Crossrail underground rail link between east and west London spilled into open warfare last week.
In the driving seat

1-May-2003
Working lives: Rail
Moves to protect Tube shaft from CTRL tunnelling

1-May-2003
FEARS OF SETTLEMENT caused by Channel Tunnel Rail Link tunnelling work have prompted London Underground (LUL) to consider installing jacks under the escalator shaft at its Highbury & Islington station.
Tube shaft jacks allay CTRL settlement fears

17-Apr-2003
FEARS THAT tunnelling work for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) could cause settlement have prompted London Underground to consider installing jacks under the escalator shaft at its Highbury & Islington station.
Ground collapse fears halt second CTRL Stratford tunnel bore

10-Apr-2003
HEALTH AND safety officials last week halted construction of a section of Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) tunnel in east London, fearing work could trigger a second ground collapse in three months.
New Tube contractors to face Central Line trains repair bill

10-Apr-2003
PRIVATE CONTRACTORS brought in this week to upgrade London's Underground could already face a huge bill for repairing defective Central Line trains.
Crossrail at the crossroads

3-Apr-2003
Rail: Crossrail
Network Rail seeks £1bn a year efficiency saving

3-Apr-2003
NETWORK RAIL wants to cut £1bn a year off its operation and maintenance costs by 2006, the company said this week.
Community effort

1-Apr-2003
Rail TENs
CTRL team monitors spoil to avert more collapses

1-Apr-2003
CHANNEL TUNNEL Rail Link Rail engineers at Stratford, east London are stepping up analysis of spoil generated by TBMs following the recent ground collapse on the project.
Gateway to the north

1-Apr-2003
Rail
Turkey holds back Melen fees

1-Apr-2003
MOTT MACDONALD has scaled down design work on a major water supply project for the Turkish government because it has not been paid since November 2002.
Spoil analysis stepped up at CTRL ground failure site

27-Mar-2003
CHANNEL TUNNEL Rail Link (CTRL) engineers at Stratford, east London, are stepping up analysis of spoil generated by tunnel boring machines (TBMs) following last month's ground collapse.
Mott slows down as it waits for Turks to pay up

20-Mar-2003
MOTT MACDONALD has scaled down design work on a major water supply project for the Turkish government because it has not been paid since November.
Central Line engineering hours extended during closure

13-Mar-2003
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL) has extended engineering hours on the Central Line to make the most of the line's closure as a result of the Chancery Lane derailment in January.
Gateway to the north

13-Mar-2003
Rail: CTRL
CTRL still baffled by ground failure cause

6-Mar-2003
HIGH SOIL densities are hampering engineers' efforts to determine the exact cause of the ground failure above a section of Channel Tunnel Rail Link tunnel last month.
East London Line work starts without planning go-ahead

6-Mar-2003
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL) contractors could start demolition work for the £1bn East London Line extension within weeks even though they do not have planning permission.
Network Rail faces £16M safety bill following Great Heck

6-Mar-2003
LOCAL AUTHORITIES were this week queuing up for refunds from Network Rail for work done to cut the risk of road vehicles driving onto railway lines.
Shrinking continent

6-Mar-2003
Cover story: High speed rail
CTRL continues after collapse probe

1-Mar-2003
CHANNEL TUNNEL Rail Link (CTRL) engineers have resumed tunnelling beneath London Underground's (LUL) Central Line after fears of the work causing a Tube tunnel collapse subsided.
Longer DLR trains prompt viaduct strengthening

27-Feb-2003
TRANSPORT FOR London (TfL) is to carry out £110M of viaduct strengthening work along one of the Docklands Light Railway's (DLR) busiest routes.
Work with rail owners to avoid delays, trackside developers urged

27-Feb-2003
ICE news
Just the ticket

20-Feb-2003
King's Cross
Ground failure linked to well collapses

13-Feb-2003
COLLAPSE OF three uncharted wells is thought the most likely cause of the ground failure above a section of Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) tunnel last weekend, project sources said this week.
LUL fears for Central Line tunnels after CTRL ground collapse

13-Feb-2003
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL) was this week refusing to allow a Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) tunnelling machine to pass under its Central Line tunnels fearing it could destroy them.
Broad minded thinking

6-Feb-2003
Flooding & coastal Broadlands
Frozen Tube lines trigger fines for contractors

6-Feb-2003
PRIVATE CONTRACTORS responsible for maintaining three London Underground lines were faced with penalties of hundreds of thousands of pounds after icy weather severely disrupted services.
Government raps SRA over vague Thameslink 2000 plans

6-Feb-2003
'WOOLLY' PLANS for London's £1bn Thameslink 2000 rail link last week sparked a row between the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) and the deputy prime minister's office.
SRA only able to deliver half 10 year plan passenger target

6-Feb-2003
GOVERNMENT TARGETS for increasing the number of passengers on the rail network will not be met, the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) admitted last week.
Tube derailment prompts extra safety work

30-Jan-2003
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL) said this week that the contractors poised to upgrade the Central Line may be asked to carry out extra safety work following last weekend's derailment at Chancery Lane station.
Arup/Aecom proposal challenges government Crossrail plan

23-Jan-2003
GOVERNMENT BACKED proposals to develop London's Crossrail underground railway were this week challenged by a cheaper alternative plan developed by Arup and US consultant Aecom.
Year delay halts Thameslink

16-Jan-2003
PLANS FOR a £1bn upgrade of the cross London Thameslink commuter line were this week facing a 12 month delay.
First Tube deal signed as Amey chief quits

2-Jan-2003
TUBELINES FINALLY signed the £4.4bn public private partnership (PPP) contract to upgrade London Underground's (LUL) Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines on New Year's Eve.
Water firms face sewage smell bill

2-Jan-2003
WATER COMPANIES could face a multimillion pound programme of sewage treatment smell reduction, outlined in a government consultation document ahead of the Christmas break.
Personal liability threatens emergency dam inspectors

12-Dec-2002
ENGINEERS RESPONSIBLE for emergency dam inspections could be held personally liable for millions of pounds in damages claims if a structure they examine fails, a leading construction lawyer warned this week.
Tube cash deal covers legal challenge risk

12-Dec-2002
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS have agreed to skew payments for the first stage of the Tube's £16bn privately financed upgrade into its first few months, transport secretary Alistair Darling announced last week.
Tube tunnels flex to let CTRL drive below

5-Dec-2002
LONDON UNDERGROUND has carried out special works to its Central Line tunnels near Stratford so they can 'flex' as an 8.15m diameter section of Channel Tunnel Rail Link is bored eastward as little as 4m below it.
Tube upgrade finally set to go

5-Dec-2002
News analysis London Underground
'A modern day Brunel'

28-Nov-2002
Civil engineering manager of the year
BRE technology set to clean up Prestige slick

28-Nov-2002
ENGINEERS AT building research body BRE are set to provide solutions to clean the oil slick caused when the tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish coast last week.
Government backs amnesty over dam and reservoir leaks

20-Nov-2002
CATASTROPHIC FLOOD risk from sudden dam and reservoir failure could be significantly reduced if a new 'near miss' confidential reporting scheme proposed this week gets the go ahead.
UK to get first hydroelectric dam since 60's

20-Nov-2002
CONSTRUCTION OF Britain's first hydroelectric dam since the 1960s is due to start next spring in West Scotland.
Livingstone under pressure to drop legal threat over Tube

14-Nov-2002
LONDON MAYOR Ken Livingstone was this week under mounting pressure to abandon his threat of a final legal challenge to the £16bn privately financed London Underground upgrade.
Thames Water announces traffic friendly mains replacement scheme

14-Nov-2002
THAMES WATER is scrapping its piecemeal approach to mains replacement in favour of wholesale area-wide schemes aimed at reducing long term traffic disruption.
Darling challenges councils to deliver - or face cuts

7-Nov-2002
TRANSPORT SECRETARY Alistair Darling this week made his strongest statement yet that local authorities not delivering transport improvements on time would face funding cuts.
Darling puts pressure on local authorities

7-Nov-2002
Transport plan review
Darling slams engineers for muddled transport studies

7-Nov-2002
TRANSPORT SECRETARY Alistair Darling has slammed the civil engineers that worked up key government transport studies for coming up with muddled solutions.
Living sustainability

7-Nov-2002
Your career Sustainability
CTRL commuter services set to miss 2007 opening

24-Oct-2002
DELAYS TO the award of the franchise for commuter services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) will prevent new trains from being ready in time for the line's 2007 opening, it emerged this week.
Agree clear scope for rail work or projects will be shelved, says SRA

17-Oct-2002
SENIOR STRATEGIC Rail Authority (SRA) officials last week said the organisation would prevent future rail projects from going ahead unless everyone involved could agree on their scope.
Councils face funding cuts for transport under spend

10-Oct-2002
TRANSPORT SECRETARY Alistair Darling last week warned local authorities that he would cut their funding if they failed to deliver transport spending plans.
Tube PPP firms help out with strike talks

10-Oct-2002
PRIVATE CONSORTIA poised to take on the £16bn upgrade of London's Underground have been helping Tube managers in their efforts to end the current industrial disputes, which threaten to cripple the project.
Blackpool: a users guide

3-Oct-2002
Engineers were present amid the chaos that is the Labour Party conference in Blackpool. Nina Lovelace found out what they hoped to get out of it.
CTRL faces skills battle as French TGV gathers pace

1-Oct-2002
CONSTRUCTION OF France's high speed TGV railway line between Paris and Strasbourg could strip the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) of key track and signal staff, it has emerged .
Ready for the Big One

1-Oct-2002
Bridges San Francisco
Cleaner waste water means higher pollution, claim water companies

26-Sep-2002
POLLUTION FROM water treatment plants upgraded under European laws to improve river and coastal water quality is nullifying the environmental benefits the directives were designed to bring, water firms claimed this week.
EU law threat to UK ports

26-Sep-2002
MILLIONS OF pounds investment in UK ports could be cancelled as a result of forthcoming European Union water legislation, port developers warned NCE this week.
Ready for the Big One

26-Sep-2002
Bridges: San Francisco
Call for water companies to maintain SUDS

19-Sep-2002
WATER COMPANIES should be legally required to maintain all sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) which feed into sewers, according to a sustainability think tank report, published this week.
Delays hit east London CTRL tunnel

12-Sep-2002
TUNNELLING HAS fallen behind by three weeks on one of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) contracts in east London.
Water maintenance backlog will push up costs

12-Sep-2002
WATER COMPANIES will pay higher rates for maintenance work because they have fallen behind on their current five year work programme, water and wastewater body British Water said this week.
European farm subsidy exacerbates flooding

5-Sep-2002
A EUROPEAN subsidy that encourages farmers to grow more maize has increased river flooding, water companies claimed this week. It has also cost the water industry an extra £200M in pollution clean up costs, said water industry body Water UK.
Extended tunnel box will speed Eurostars

22-Aug-2002
CONTRACTORS working for Railtrack will carry out one of the biggest tunnel box jacking operations in the UK at Shortlands Junction near Bromley this weekend.
Ohio silver lining

22-Aug-2002
Ice NewsBridges Ohio
Hazardous waste landfill operators miss registration deadline

18-Jul-2002
TWO THIRDS of landfill operators this week failed to meet a European deadline under which they have to declare what type of waste they will accept.
Tube restructure hampers maintenance

18-Jul-2002
LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL) station staff are preventing maintenance engineers from carrying out vital Tube repairs as a result of restructuring ahead of the system's privately financed upgrade.
Seeing wood for the trees

11-Jul-2002
Cover story: Urban renewal
Locals can claim temporary works losses

27-Jun-2002
News
Livingstone takes Tube row back to the courts

20-Jun-2002
News
Low landfill tax hampers hazardous waste treatment

13-Jun-2002
HAZARDOUS WASTE producers have no incentive to develop better treatment and recycling facilities because landfill taxes are too low, a leading waste company told MPs this week.
Restricted entrance

13-Jun-2002
News feature Glastonbury fence
Smelly sewage sparks Liverpool litigation

6-Jun-2002
LIVERPOOL RESIDENTS are suing United Utilities (UU) for £50M for suffering caused by the smell from one of its flagship sewage treatment works.
Key role for laminated glass in blast protection

1-Jun-2002
Institution news
Developers warned over SUDS flooding risk

30-May-2002
News
Tube deal awaits EU competition ruling

16-May-2002
News
Britain's groundwater could be awash with raw sewage

9-May-2002
ONE MILLION cubic litres of sewage could be leaking into Britain's groundwater from sewers every day, according to research carried out at Portsmouth University.
Design guide to advise on climate change scenarios

2-May-2002
News
Engineers clash over Northampton tower concrete cancer claims

2-May-2002
News
Damaged props likely cause of Dubai dock flood disaster

1-May-2002
NEWS
Masters snobbery undervalues engineers

1-May-2002
NEWS
ICE points the way to blast research

25-Apr-2002
News
Key role for laminated glass in blast protection

25-Apr-2002
News Reported by Mark Hansford
Skills shortages could hinder goverment's NHS investment plan

25-Apr-2002
News
Residents ready to sue Thames Water over smelly sewage works

18-Apr-2002
NEWS
Taxpayer to foot the bill if new Tube signalling system fails warns Kiley

18-Apr-2002
NEWS
Victory for digging

18-Apr-2002
News analysis - Archaeology: Archaeologists had to persuade project managers on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to reschedule work near Folkestone after they stumbled unexpectedly on an Anglo-Saxon burial ground. Nina Lovelace reports.
Damaged props likely cause of Dubai dock flood disaster

11-Apr-2002
FAILURE OF props supporting a giant dock gate at Dubai dry dock was this week thought to be at the centre of investigations into a flood which claimed 27 lives two weeks ago.
Skills shortage exacerbated by mix of 'ignorance and snobbery'

11-Apr-2002
CONSULTANTS ARE creating their own skills shortages by shunning graduates without masters degrees, ICE regional liaison officers said this week.
New flood model will plot reservoir bursts

28-Mar-2002
WATER FIRMS' predictions of flooding from reservoir breaches could be wildly inaccurate because modelling technology is out of date, HR Wallingford warned this week.
A spoonful of sugar helps the nitrates go down

21-Mar-2002
NEWS
New technique works a treat

21-Mar-2002
SUSTAINABILITY: Sewage disposal - A small sewage treatment plant in Scotland heralds a new direction in dealing with wastewater, reports Nina Lovelace.
'Seamless team' kept CTRL scheme going

21-Mar-2002
ICE NEWS
Tube plans 'fundamentally flawed'

14-Mar-2002
ICE NEWS
Screw piles to be used on CTRL

7-Mar-2002
CHANNEL TUNNEL Rail Link (CTRL) engineers are to use more than 3,000 unorthodox screw piles on a 7km stretch of high speed rail line across east London marshland.
Weathering the storm

1-Mar-2002
Flooding Ems Storm Dam
Councils may be forced to pay compensation to flood victims

28-Feb-2002
NEWS
Atkins battles expenses backlog

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
Levy plan for floodplain developers

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
Profile - Johnny Ball

21-Feb-2002
YOUR CAREER: Former children's TV presenter Johnny Ball is now a 'science communicator' for engineering companies across the country. Nina Lovelace talked to him.
The Tube's unsung heroes

21-Feb-2002
NEWS FEATURE - LUL: Nina Lovelace reports on LUL's hard pressed maintenance teams.
Don't let waste disposal firms hide behind commercial confidentiality - Welsh Assembly

14-Feb-2002
NEWS
Social criteria a major factor in reaching Tube PPP decision

14-Feb-2002
NEWS: Hard to quantify social benefits tipped the balance in favour of a privately financed Tube upgrade last week.
Agency could face court action over Somerset flood defences

7-Feb-2002
FARMERS IN Somerset were this week considering whether to sue the Environment Agency for failing to maintain local flood defences and allowing their land to flood.
ICE to investigate effect of skills shortage on flood work

7-Feb-2002
CIVIL ENGINEER skills shortages could undermine efforts to develop 21st century flood defences and should be subject to an Institution of Civil Engineers investigation, a senior government engineer said this week.
Profile

7-Feb-2002
Binnie Black & Veatch gained a new managing director last year, fresh from the US. Nina Lovelace went to meet him.
Wessex outsources AMP3 work

31-Jan-2002
WESSEX WATER and consultant Montgomery Watson Harza (MWH) this week launched a joint venture company to manage the water firm's investment programme until 2005.
Agency acts on wake-up call

24-Jan-2002
Flooding & coastal management - Emergency flood planning still uses strategies drawn up to deal with war time air raids. But there are changes afoot. Nina Lovelace reports.
Tube contracts changed to limit Kiley's control over PPP

24-Jan-2002
NEWS
Weathering the storm

24-Jan-2002
Flooding & coastal management - Ems Storm Dam: Pumping concrete in pitch black, freezing water is not to be undertaken lightly, as German engineers working on the Ems Storm Dam discovered. Nina Lovelace reports.
Anglian Water set to outsource all operations

17-Jan-2002
ANGLIAN WATER said this week that it wants to transfer 3,500 of its staff to contractors and consultants so it can outsource all of its operations.
Sanitation needs a more 'holistic' approach

17-Jan-2002
ENGINEERS WERE encouraged to approach sanitation in developing countries in a more holistic way last month at a meeting of the Appropriate Development Panel (ADP) at the ICE.
Meacher removes Environment Agency stress champion

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
Tube groundwater cooling study gets the go ahead

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
Byers denies Treasury push for Tube spend delay

13-Dec-2001
News :
Kiley on Tube PPP : 'unsafe, uneconomic and a contractual nightmare'

13-Dec-2001
Cover story : Bob Kiley
Treasury orders Tube bidders to delay costly improvements

6-Dec-2001
NEWS
Wessex Water for sale following Enron collapse

6-Dec-2001
NEWS
ICE opens door to flood defence engineers

29-Nov-2001
News
Names & faces

15-Nov-2001
Taylor Woodrow's construction business has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Doug Weston CBE (F) as business development director. Weston joins from the Millennium Commission where he was responsible for its capital projects construction programme.
Give me London rail network, says Kiley

1-Nov-2001
NEWS
Names & faces

25-Oct-2001
Bridge designer John Riddle (M) has set up a new company with North Yorkshire steel fabricator Allerton Engineering.
PPP Tube deal threatens TfL's other plans

25-Oct-2001
TRANSPORT PROJECTS in London face cancellation because of government plans to part-privatise London's underground system, Transport for London (TfL) said this week.
Names & faces

18-Oct-2001
David Gibby (M) has joined Ringway Group as network management director based in Trowbridge.
Pulling together

18-Oct-2001
ENGINEERING WATER
Welsh Water model for new company

11-Oct-2001
News :
Software analyses how people behave during fire evacuation

4-Oct-2001
NEWS
Engineers act to avoid foundations collapse

20-Sep-2001
News : Cover story
Flooding and collapse endanger Subway

20-Sep-2001
News : Cover story
US engineers launch inquiry into twin towers collapse

20-Sep-2001
News : Cover story
Names & faces

13-Sep-2001
Binnie Black & Veatch has appointed David Nickols (M) as managing director designate.
Consultants clash over Tube

6-Sep-2001
News
LUL offensive promotes private Tube upgrade

23-Aug-2001
NEWS
Government Tube plans do not fit mayor's transport strategy

9-Aug-2001
News
Names & faces

9-Aug-2001
ICE news
Tube has 200 potential hazards say consultants

9-Aug-2001
News
Government Tube plan jeopardises integrated transport, claims TfL

26-Jul-2001
LONDON WILL not get an integrated public transport system if the government is allowed to push through its plan to part privatise the underground, Transport for London (TfL) lawyers argued in court this week.
London flats collapse puts planning process under spotlight

26-Jul-2001
COLLAPSE OF a three story block of flats during a failed refurbishment in north London has exposed serious flaws in the planning process, contractors said this week.
LUL slams Tube maintenance report

19-Jul-2001
NEWS
Planning row threatens six month delay to CTRL work

19-Jul-2001
NEWS
Millennium stone gathers moss as insurers call time

12-Jul-2001
NEWS
Poor information misled us, claim CTRL campaigners

12-Jul-2001
NEWS
Tube bid talks continue without Kiley

12-Jul-2001
NEWS
Flood defence? Do it yourself

5-Jul-2001
COVER STORY: FLOOD PROTECTION - Flood victims in Worcestershire are starting to take protection of their homes into their own hands. Nina Lovelace finds out how.
Names & faces

5-Jul-2001
YOUR CAREER
Quality marks to combat flood defence cowboys

5-Jul-2001
NEWS
Pressure mounts on Kiley to settle Tube plans

28-Jun-2001
NEWS
Mill Hill Close residents will be able stay on

14-Jun-2001
News
Skills crisis needs radical action to avert 'economic meltdown'

7-Jun-2001
THE NEXT government must urgently tackle skills shortages within construction or the industry faces 'economic meltdown', civil engineers standing for parliament warned this week.
Tory civil rejects UKIP fears on Europe

31-May-2001
BRITISH EFFORTS to export civil engineering expertise globally will be damaged if the UK fails to strengthen ties within the European Union (EU), a civil engineer standing for the Conservative Party in the general election said this week.
Water companies reject Brown's plans for more regulation

31-May-2001
WATER COMPANIES hit back this week at government plans to strengthen the water regulator's powers and further increase competition between utilities.
European 'inwardness' threatens UK, says civil UKIP candidate

24-May-2001
CLOSER TIES with the European Union could damage attempts by the UK's civil engineering industry to trade in other parts of the world, a civil engineer standing for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) said this week.
Contract flexibility won Tube upgrade, claims Tubelines

10-May-2001
MEETING LONDON Underground's contract flexibility demands helped consortia Tubelines to win the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly (JNP) line contract, chief executive Iain Coucher said last week.
Learning the ropes

10-May-2001
RedR's training is the best in the humanitarian aid world. Nina Lovelace reports on what you can be taught.
Kiley's plan offers fastest Tube improvements, says TfL

3-May-2001
LONDON TRANSPORT Commissioner Bob Kiley's plans to upgrade the Underground could bring quicker improvements than the Government's part privatisation plan, Transport for London (TfL) claimed this week.
Bidders confirm prices for LU upgrade

26-Apr-2001
BIDDERS FOR the £12bn upgrade of London's underground system were due to confirm their final bids today to London Underground (LUL), in the run-up to the expected naming of preferred bidders next Tuesday. In letters to LUL, bidders confirmed their final prices, procurement methods and dates for completion of contract negotiations for the three public private partnership contracts.
Carillion's non toxic pyres combat health fears

26-Apr-2001
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY pyres used to burn foot and mouth carcasses were being distributed across the country this week in a bid to cut down on atmospheric pollution risks.
Foot and mouth restrictions leave contractors facing bankruptcy

12-Apr-2001
CONTRACTORS UNABLE to access sites due to foot and mouth disease restrictions were left in the dark this week by contract experts unable to advise whether they will be liable for costs.
How to turn the tide?

12-Apr-2001
Autumn 2000 was one of the wettest on record, leading to repeated flooding across the country. The Environment Agency launched an investigation to look at management of the situation and at how such destruction can be avoided in the future. Nina Lovelace
Cold comfort farms

5-Apr-2001
The Army has taken on the grisly task of project managing the response to the foot and mouth crisis. Nina Lovelace went to Cumbria, one of the country's worst hit areas, to find out how they are coping.
US rail sleepers sought to keep foot and mouth pyres alight

5-Apr-2001
THOUSANDS OF railway sleepers may have to be imported from the US to help the huge programme of foot and mouth incineration in Cumbria.
Foot and mouth restrictions hit contractors

29-Mar-2001
CONTRACTORS THIS week expressed fears that they could be forced to pay for delays to projects held up by restrictions imposed on sites during the escalating foot and mouth crisis.
Perfect planning

29-Mar-2001
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link's only viaduct in Section One is nearing completion. Building it in the middle of Ashford in Kent, however has not been easy. Nina Lovelace reports.
Raw sewage pumped onto Portsmouth beach

29-Mar-2001
A PORTSMOUTH beach was out of bounds this week after it was flooded with raw sewage from a local pumping station.
MoD contractors to sell property

22-Mar-2001
CONTRACTORS BIDDING for £5.25bn of new regional Ministry of Defence building refurbishment contracts could also be expected to sell off surplus buildings and property, Defence Estates said last week.
Flood defence grants biased to the rich, claim experts

15-Mar-2001
FLOOD DEFENCES are more likely to be built in affluent areas of the UK under current government project assessment guidelines, flood defence experts said this week.
CTRL well within safety design codes

8-Mar-2001
ROAD BARRIERS protecting the 300km/h Eurostar trains on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) have been designed well beyond government design codes, London & Continental Railways (LCR) said this week.
The case for the defence

8-Mar-2001
An ICE commission is to review UK flood defences after many failed to stand up to the winter storms. Its chairman Professor George Fleming has firm ideas on what needs to change. Nina Lovelace reports.
Dam engineer gets the Hollywood treatment

1-Mar-2001
CIVIL ENGINEERING hits the silver screen tomorrow with the release of Proof of Life - starring Gladiator leading man Russell Crowe.
Local roads ineligible for emergency flood funds

1-Mar-2001
LOCAL AUTHORITIES warned this week that they are unable to repair flood damaged highways and bridges because the work is ineligible for emergency government cash.
Bidders to get £9M compensation if Tube privatisation axed

22-Feb-2001
BIDDERS FOR London's £12bn Tube upgrade will share £57M in compensation if the Government scraps the project 'for political reasons', the Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions (DETR) said this week.
Copper poisoning triggers borehole probe

22-Feb-2001
INVESTIGATIONS WERE continuing this week into why a private borehole supplying water to a settlement of elderly and disabled people in Cheshire was contaminated with 15 times the safe amount of copper.
Kiley delays choice on preferred Tube bidders

15-Feb-2001
BIDDERS FOR London's £12bn Tube upgrade were preparing to downsize their project teams this week because of an expected two month delay in the choice of preferred bidders.
Yorkshire residents at risk as councils veto flood spend hike

15-Feb-2001
LARGE AREAS of Yorkshire continue to be at risk from flooding because local councils refuse to pay for essential flood defence repairs, the Environment Agency said this week.
Tube bidders enraged by changing contract terms

8-Feb-2001
BIDDERS FOR London's £12bn Tube upgrade this week expressed anger and frustration at news that the Government had authorised London Transport commissioner Bob Kylie to change contract terms.
Funding flaw puts flood defence work at risk

1-Feb-2001
MILLIONS OF pounds of essential flood defence work could be postponed this year because flaws in the funding regime have left local authorities short of cash, councils said this week.
First civils contracts let on CTRL section two

25-Jan-2001
LONDON & CONTINENTAL Railways' claim that section two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) will continue without Railtrack funding were strengthened last week as the first two contracts were awarded.
Sheep dip chemicals could treat wastewater

25-Jan-2001
WATER COMPANIES could start using chemicals usually found in sheep dip to treat wastewater, researchers at WS Atkins told NCE this week.
Government and Kiley seek compromise on Tube

18-Jan-2001
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS were expected to meet with London's Transport Commissioner Bob Kiley this week to head off a threatened legal challenge to the privately funded upgrade of the Tube.
A private function

11-Jan-2001
This week London's Transport Commissioner Bob Kiley starts work. His first job is to tackle concerns he shares with his boss London Mayor Ken Livingstone about the £8bn privately financed upgrade of the Underground. Nina Lovelace reports.
HSE audits Tube safety before contracts are let

14-Dec-2000
THE HEALTH & Safety Executive this week sent an inspection team into London Underground to begin a safety review as the company prepares for part privatisation.
A model approach

7-Dec-2000
The Environment Agency may have its hands full now but it has come a long way in the last two years, says Nina Lovelace.
Government gives Kiley limited Tube details to head off legal fight

30-Nov-2000
THE GOVERNMENT this week tried to head off the row over the privately financed Tube upgrade by handing limited information about bids to London Transport Commissioner Bob Kiley.
Ofwat spending limits hamper flood control, say water firms

16-Nov-2000
WATER COMPANIES this week warned they will be powerless to stop repeats of this month's flooding until the end of the decade because of spending constraints imposed by the water regulator.
See how the land lies

16-Nov-2000
Construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section One has just passed the halfway point. Nina Lovelace took to the air to check on progress along the 74km route and stopped off at the new Medway bridge for a closer look.
Atkins looks down under to plug skills gap

9-Nov-2000
SHORTAGES OF transport engineers have forced WS Atkins to launch a major recruitment drive in Australia and New Zealand.
Atkins looks down under to plug skills gap

9-Nov-2000
SHORTAGES OF transport engineers have forced WS Atkins to launch a major recruitment drive in Australia and New Zealand.
Water companies warn of shortages in 20 years

26-Oct-2000
BRITAIN FACES serious water shortages in 20 years' time unless the Environment Agency agrees to the construction of more reservoirs and sinking of new boreholes, water companies warned this week.
Water firms want legal basis for fluoride use

12-Oct-2000
WATER COMPANIES this week called for changes in legislation governing the fluoridation of water supplies, following publication of a Government-backed report supporting its use.
Leaking sewers heading for pollution disaster says report

5-Oct-2000
A QUARTER of trunk main sewers in England and Wales are leaking badly or on the verge of collapse and could soon become a threat to drinking water supplies, sewerage experts told NCE this week.
'Boil water' notice lifted as Irish cryptosporidium crisis ends

28-Sep-2000
NORTHERN IRELAND'S Water Service lifted a 'boil water' notice from 90,000 people last week after finally bringing a cryptosporidium outbreak in Belfast's water supply under control.
Running water the green way

28-Sep-2000
Over the next five years water spending will focus on environmental improvements rather than capital maintenance. Nina Lovelace explains why.
Millennium stone misses arrival deadline

21-Sep-2000
THE MILLENNIUM Stone will miss its 22 September target date for arriving at Stonehenge as it has still failed to cross the Bristol Channel, it emerged last week.
Sexist employers give men danger jobs

21-Sep-2000
EMPLOYERS ARE more likely to send men than women on potentially dangerous site work , according to new research from the Water Engineering & Development Centre at Loughborough University.
Water industry prepares for change

10-Aug-2000
Water regulator Ian Byatt retired last week leaving his successor Philip Fletcher surrounded by tense speculation about the future of privatisation. Nina Lovelace explains what is happening.
Names & faces

20-Jul-2000
Geoff Copley (M) has joined Oscar Faber to lead the transport planning business stream. Based in the Reigate office, he will have particular responsibility for developing transport planning business within London and the south east.
Water maintenance budgets out by up to 15% says Ofwat

20-Jul-2000
WATER COMPANIES could be miscalculating their maintenance budgets by as much as 15%, regulator Ofwat claimed this week.
Names & faces

6-Jul-2000
Graham Plant (F) formerly head of engineering for Hong Kong International Airport, has established Graham Plant Consulting to provide major project and engineering management services.
Ofwat 'seriously underestimates' investment needs

29-Jun-2000
SEWERS WITH 100 year design lives are being expected to last up to 1,200 years, a report on the predicted capital maintenance requirements for existing assets points out this week.
Cars sink from view

22-Jun-2000
The project to divert the A303 underneath Stonehenge is moving towards a critical phase. Nina Lovelace looks at some of the major challenges ahead before the proposed start date of 2005.
Pay: Are graduates worth £18K?

22-Jun-2000
Salaries for graduate civil engineers are the biggest concern for those entering the industry. Now ICE president George Fleming has attempted to set a benchmark.
Wessex to franchise water supply

22-Jun-2000
WESSEX WATER is planning to award outside contractors long term franchises for running its water treatment and supply networks.
Civils & Pipelines

4-May-2000
Nina Lovelace previews some of the new products on show at the event.
Tension on the high wire

20-Apr-2000
Bridges; Millennium Footbridge
Millennium Stone needs bigger push

13-Apr-2000
News
New port for old

6-Apr-2000
The Philippines is looking for funds and expertise to help it realise a massive, 25year rolling ports and harbour improvement scheme, writes Nina Lovelace.
Names & faces

30-Mar-2000
White Young Green has appointed Peter Muldoon (M) as associate director (rail) at the Dublin office. He was previously with Birse Construction. Terry Donaldson (A) is business manager (rail training).
Names & faces

23-Mar-2000
WS Atkins has appointed Ben Harding as director of its rail business.
Paternoster puzzle solved

16-Mar-2000
Demolition: Paternoster Square: Nina Lovelace reports from London's Square Mile, where redevelopment of Paternoster Square is making progress.
Members over the moon with water lecture

2-Mar-2000
ICE news
Colour coding maps noise

24-Feb-2000
NEWS
Broken flight Restoration work on the Kennet & Avon Canal has now reached the historic Caen Hill locks.

17-Feb-2000
Inland waterways; Caen Hill Nina Lovelace reports from Britain's first east-west link.
North Lanarkshire Council to rent tower cladding

10-Feb-2000
News

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