New Civil Engineer
Steve Turner

Railtrack takes control of track possessions

19-Sep-2002
RAILTRACK SAID this week that it will put a 120 strong in-house team in charge of organising track possessions, instead of expecting contractors to organise them.
Thameslink planning delays could cause CTRL chaos

19-Sep-2002
PLANS FOR the £800M upgrade of the cross London Thameslink commuter link face a further two year delay as changes to the original proposals pass through a further planning inquiry, industry sources said this week.
SRA plans to tighten grip on rail upgrades and operators

12-Sep-2002
TRAIN OPERATORS are set to lose control of rail upgrade projects to the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) under proposals published last week.
SRA to grab rail investment programme

5-Sep-2002
STRATEGIC RAIL Authority chairman Richard Bowker last week signalled his intention to take control of rail investment away from train operators.
WCML operators bite the bullet on long term track closures

5-Sep-2002
TRAIN OPERATORS have accepted as inevitable last week's announcement that sections of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) will be closed for four months for two years running.
Getting in shape

1-Sep-2002
Australia Stadium Australia
Trade track to Asia

1-Sep-2002
Australia Cross-country railway
Most East Sussex rail bridges fail safety test

8-Aug-2002
MOST RAILWAY overbridges in East Sussex need extensive safety improvements to prevent road vehicles and debris from crashing onto track, according to a report prepared by consultant Owen Williams.
UK tunnels escape EU safety net

25-Jul-2002
EUROPEAN EFFORTS to harmonise road tunnel safety could be undermined because draft legislation only includes tunnels on strategic long distance routes.
Essex lorry crash heightens road over rail concerns

4-Jul-2002
THE LATEST road vehicle to crash onto a railway line - this week in Essex - has highlighted a lack of action to tackle dangerous road over rail bridges.
Jarvis unaware of Railtrack plan to control track laying machine

27-Jun-2002
News
BAA threads new tunnel through Heathrow

20-Jun-2002
News
Construction on hold for Manchester Games

13-Jun-2002
CIVIL ENGINEERING projects on key transport routes in Manchester will start to close down this weekend to avoid the risk of traffic disruption at next month's Commonwealth Games.
Alpine village damaged by Swiss tunnelling project

1-May-2002
ONE OF EUROPE'S biggest tunnelling projects has caused extensive settlement damage to a Swiss Alpine village after excavations lowered local groundwater.
Motorists run biggest risk in British tunnels

25-Apr-2002
News
Alpine tunnel client pays for Swiss village damage

18-Apr-2002
NEWS
High speed contender

1-Apr-2002
Rail UK high speed link
Tracking support

1-Apr-2002
Rail Slab track trial
Funding doubts cloud launch of Railtrack successor

28-Mar-2002
CITY SOURCES this week expressed strong doubts about claims that the governmentbacked successor to Railtrack would have enough money to improve the network.
Track possession charges reward better planning

28-Mar-2002
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Winsor this week published proposals to reduce train delays by ensuring there is better planning on track possessions for maintenance and renewals work.
New Railtrack safety standard pulled for not being safe enough

21-Mar-2002
NEWS
Post-Ladbroke Grove track improvements go off the rails

21-Mar-2002
NEWS
Safety report set to slam Blackwall Tunnel

21-Mar-2002
NEWS
Big brake for safety

14-Mar-2002
RAIL: TPWS Fitting the train protection and warning system is the first major network initiative Railtrack has carried out of its size. Steve Turner finds out what is being done.
High speed contender

14-Mar-2002
RAIL: North-South link: Looking beyond the 10 year transport plan, a team lead by the Strategic Rail Authority is assessing the viability of a new north-south link, reports Steve Turner.
Inadequate overbridge barriers threaten Newcastle Metro safety

14-Mar-2002
NEWS
Rail terminal site 'entirely adequate' claims BAA

14-Mar-2002
NEWS
Tracking support

14-Mar-2002
RAIL: Slab track trial - A British developed concrete slab track system is on trial in Spain. Steve Turner went to find out more.
Home Office to relax rules for non EU civil engineers

7-Mar-2002
THE HOME Office is set to make it easier for civil engineers from outside the European Union to work in the UK, NCE can reveal.
Repeated audits not necessary say Railtrack suppliers

7-Mar-2002
RAILTRACK SUPPLIERS were this week demanding changes to the safety auditing policy that has led to some of them being audited more than 20 times a year.
Cross-Channel freight switch brings havoc to UK roads

1-Mar-2002
News
Cross-Channel freight switch brings havoc to UK roads

1-Mar-2002
News
Random drug and alcohol tests for track workers

28-Feb-2002
NEWS
West Coast rail contractors fear Bechtel backlash

21-Feb-2002
NEWS
Railtrack in row over temporary speed restrictions

14-Feb-2002
NEWS
Safety inspectors hindered by HMRI policy vacuum

14-Feb-2002
NEWS
Treasury sabotages WCML freight paths

14-Feb-2002
NEWS
Railtrack to take more control over track maintenance

7-Feb-2002
RAILTRACK WILL exert greater control over contractors carrying out track maintenance work, NCE was told this week.
Refugee crisis in Calais brings havoc to Kent's roads

7-Feb-2002
KENT'S PORTS and roads are being swamped by thousands of extra lorries a week because the refugee crisis at the French end of the Channel Tunnel is disrupting rail freight services, Kent County Council said this week.
Bridging the gap

24-Jan-2002
COVER STORY - Crash barriers: Do highways engineers think hard enough about the need to prevent cars from straying onto railway lines? Steve Turner looks at one of the engineering issues raised by last year's Selby train crash.
Jarvis and Arup to advise not for profit Railtrack bid

24-Jan-2002
NEWS
Tracking down engineers

24-Jan-2002
YOUR CAREER - Rail training: Railtrack has created a course to transform engineers from varying disciplines into track engineers in just six months. Steve Turner finds out how.
Private rail plans rely on key network improvements

17-Jan-2002
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS to attract billions of pounds of private finance into the railways will fail unless it can bring about key short term improvements to the rail network, banking sources warned this week.
SRA sets franchising ball rolling again

10-Jan-2002
NEWS
Rapid reopening for St Gotthard

1-Jan-2002
News
Non destructive systems can reduce risk of rail accidents

13-Dec-2001
ICE news :
Top Railtrack staff kept on to run new rail operations arm

13-Dec-2001
News :
Work to rule signalling staff add to rail chaos

13-Dec-2001
News :
Railtrack faces prosecution for failing to protect track workers

6-Dec-2001
NEWS
Rapid reopening for fire damaged St Gotthard tunnel

6-Dec-2001
NEWS
Poachers scupper Railtrack's staff expansion plans

22-Nov-2001
News
Scrapped track side safety plans unworkable, claims Railtrack

22-Nov-2001
News
Byers looks ready to consider private offers for Railtrack

15-Nov-2001
News
Flaws undermine Railtrack safety scheme

15-Nov-2001
News
Boosting plant life

1-Nov-2001
Abu Dhabi has become the garden city of the Gulf. But with this has a come a growing demand for water.
Tunnel was operating near full capacity

1-Nov-2001
NEWS
Twin towers performed well

1-Nov-2001
Structural engineers were amazed that the World Trade Center towers managed to stay up for so long, reports Steve Turner.
Delays hamper high speed rail in UK

25-Oct-2001
ICE news
Industry slates Byers' Railtrack rescue plan as unwieldy

25-Oct-2001
RAIL IN CRISIS
No decision on WCML phase two until next year

25-Oct-2001
NO DECISION will be made on whether to scrap the final £4.2bn phase of the £6.5bn West Coast Main Line (WCML) upgrade until next year, it emerged this week.
Byers forced into New Railtrack climbdown

18-Oct-2001
TRAIN OPERATORS this week forced the government to rethink plans to change to regulatory framework for the rail industry.
Keep off the grass

18-Oct-2001
ENGINEERING WATER
Virgin agreed to scrap WCML upgrade before Railtrack collapse

18-Oct-2001
RAIL IN CRISIS RAIL IN CRISIS
Rail rescue timetable unrealistic, says industry

11-Oct-2001
News : RAIL IN CRISIS
Rail targets will be met, says transport minister

4-Oct-2001
NEWS: Labour in Brighton
Track team eviction stresses new safety drive

4-Oct-2001
NEWS
Opened safety doors spread Kaprun fire

1-Oct-2001
News
Reject unsafe rail contractors says Cullen

27-Sep-2001
NEWS
Evacuation methods face major rethink

20-Sep-2001
News : Cover story
Twin towers performed well

20-Sep-2001
News : Cover story
Opened safety doors exacerbated Kaprun fire

13-Sep-2001
News
Planning the airport rush

13-Sep-2001
Rail Singapore Metro
Sharjah - the right brigade

13-Sep-2001
Rail Skill shortages
Faulty heater caused Kaprun tunnel fire, says inquiry

6-Sep-2001
News
Insurance companies may pursue engineers to meet claims

6-Sep-2001
News
Railtrack keeps zones to regain network control

6-Sep-2001
News
Eyeing the Gulf

1-Sep-2001
Middle East Prospects and projects
Cullen calls for Railtrack to check track workers

23-Aug-2001
NEWS
HSE demands guidance over road traffic danger to railways

23-Aug-2001
NEWS
Latest Railtrack shake up aims for closer links with train operators

9-Aug-2001
News
Railtrack must fix WCML bridges before new expresses can run

26-Jul-2001
RAILTRACK WILL have to carry out maintenance work on around 25 bridges on the West Coast Main Line before Virgin's new high speed trains can run.
Byers slammed for short-term rail plans

19-Jul-2001
NEWS
Morton blames government dithering for rail upgrade delays

12-Jul-2001
NEWS
Byers to grasp rail strategy from SRA

5-Jul-2001
NEWS
TPWS slows down work on SPADs

5-Jul-2001
NEWS
Cool performance

28-Jun-2001
SOUTH EAST ASIA: KUALA LUMPUR - After two years working around three live rail lines, contractors are close to completing Kuala Lumpur's Sentral Station. Steve Turner reports.
Coroner blasts track working regulations

28-Jun-2001
NEWS
Managers face court over Hatfield

28-Jun-2001
NEWS
Murray first to fall in Railtrack shake-up

21-Jun-2001
NEWS
Shoddy maintenance threatens Cullen recommendations

21-Jun-2001
NEWS
WCML upgrade faces axe over cost

14-Jun-2001
News
Concerns raised over WCML track laying machine

7-Jun-2001
DOUBTS HAVE emerged over the integrity of rail lines installed using the record breaking track laying machine operating on the West Coast Main Line.
Heathrow tunnelling prompts Piccadilly Line stability checks

7-Jun-2001
TUNNELLING WORK at Heathrow Airport has led to settlement of up to 6.5mm on the Piccadilly Line tunnel.
Railtrack land sale flies in face of 10 year plan

7-Jun-2001
RAILTRACK IS to develop land for housing in north London that critics insist must be preserved if the government's rail freight targets are to be met.
Railtrack to use US track grinding machine

7-Jun-2001
RAILTRACK WILL introduce a US track grinding machine to the rail network by the end of the year, it emerged this week.
Industry gets a lift

31-May-2001
Two rail-mounted megacranes are about to hit the UK rail network. Steve Turner reports.
Wild West Coast gets back up to speed

31-May-2001
Winter flooding and the aftermath of the Hatfield crash forced delays on the West Coast Route Modernisation but, says Steve Turner, the project is now back on target and forging ahead.
Railtrack may seek outside help to monitor safety work

17-May-2001
RAILTRACK IS to beef up the assessment of vital safety work to ensure it is done properly, chief engineer Andrew McNaughton announced last week.
Railtrack set to split track and property assets

17-May-2001
RAILTRACK IS expected to announce plans to split its track maintenance, renewals and project delivery operations from its property division in the next week.
Climate change blamed as landslip incidents treble

10-May-2001
RECORD RAINFALL last autumn has led to a massive increase in land slips across the transport network causing disruption to millions, NCE can reveal.
Hatfield crash rail was only checked from trackside

3-May-2001
CRITICAL SECTIONS of track at the site of the fatal Hatfield train crash were too dangerous for maintenance inspectors to inspect at close range, sources revealed this week.
How could it happen again?

26-Apr-2001
Failure to learn lessons from other stadium tragedies contributed to South Africa's worst ever sporting disaster earlier this month. Steve Turner reports.
TPWS more urgent than black boxes, says HSE

26-Apr-2001
COMPULSORY INSTALLATION of black box accident data recorders on all trains could be put back from 2002 to 2005 according to proposals published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) this week.
Mixed reception to 50% cut in rail freight charges

12-Apr-2001
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Winsor's decision to cut freight access charges by half has drawn a mixed response from the industry this week.
Passport plan aims to keep rail novices safe

12-Apr-2001
BALFOUR BEATTY Rail Maintenance is this month trialling a passport scheme to reduce accidents involving new starters on its rail sites.
Railtrack will not poach staff in recruiting drive

12-Apr-2001
RAILTRACK PLANS to recruit 250 engineers in a campaign starting this summer, but has assured its contractors that staff will not be poached.
Train experts question warning systems deadline

5-Apr-2001
THE RAIL industry will have to undergo a major culture change to have any chance of meeting the timetable set out for installing new train protection systems by 2008, experts warned this week.
Paving the way for change

29-Mar-2001
The Strategic Rail Authority this month released its long-awaited strategic agenda. Steve Turner looks at its proposals and asks SRA infrastructure director Peter Hansford what he hopes it will achieve.
Powering along on the West Coast line

29-Mar-2001
Renewal and upgrade of the overhead power line is one of the major contracts on the West Coast Main Line route modernisation. Steve Turner reports.
Winsor orders Railtrack to finish Hatfield repairs within two months

22-Mar-2001
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Winsor this week gave Railtrack two months to finish its post-Hatfield track repair and replacement programme or face huge compensation claims from train operators.
Morton calls on Railtrack to outsource major projects

15-Mar-2001
RAILTRACK SHOULD hand its major projects over to privately financed consortia, Strategic Rail Authority chairman Sir Alastair Morton said this week.
Railtrack admits safety plans are 'over ambitious'

15-Mar-2001
RAILTRACK THIS week admitted that its own timescale for introducing automatic warning systems for track workers is 'over ambitious'.
SRA reopens bidding for East Coast Main Line franchise

8-Mar-2001
THE STRATEGIC Rail Authority made a dramatic U-turn this week, reopening selection of a preferred bidder for the East Coast Main Line franchise.
'No regrets' says Winsor despite a year of upheavals

1-Mar-2001
In the 12 months since NCE last interviewed rail regulator Tom Winsor, the industry has gone through one of the most difficult periods in its history. Steve Turner asks him how he feels his regulatory role is helping to shape the country's railways.
Know your place, Winsor tells Railtrack

22-Feb-2001
RAILTRACK NEEDS to realise it is just a part of a larger industry and that it is the passenger who is 'king' not itself, Rail Regulator Tom Winsor told NCE this week.
Safety: what you think

22-Feb-2001
Next week deputy prime minister John Prescott will attend the construction safety summit. NCE polled its readers to help him find out what is wrong with construction's safety culture and how it could be improved. Here are the results.
Railtrack urged to drop old fashioned work safety systems

15-Feb-2001
RAILTRACK THIS week came under pressure to phase out its traditional flag and horn trackside warning systems as part of a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) crackdown on accidents involving railway workers.
Poor investor confidence is jeopardising Railtrack plans

8-Feb-2001
RAILTRACK IS at a financial crossroads and must revive flagging investor confidence to enable it to fund its investment programme, a senior merchant banker told a conference in London last week.
Adventures in the Alps

1-Feb-2001
Work on the Lotschberg tunnel in Switzerland is gathering pace. Steve Turner reports.
Mountain drive

1-Feb-2001
One British contractor has broken into the lucrative Swiss tunnnelling market. Steve Turner reports
Operators claim 89% of trains running normally

1-Feb-2001
THE ASSOCIATION of train operating companies (ATOC) this week released figures showing that 89% of passenger services were running normally with passenger numbers roughly the same as this time last year.
Hatfield: the final straw?

25-Jan-2001
Three months after the Hatfield crash many issues surrounding the operation of our railways need to be resolved. Steve Turner reports.
Railtrack looks to replace ultrasonic gauge testing

25-Jan-2001
RAILTRACK THIS week admitted that it was researching new technology to replace ultrasonic testing as its current equipment is unable to fully identify the gauge corner crack (GCC) problems now known to have led to last October's Hatfield crash.
CTRL will go ahead despite doubts over Railtrack's ability to buy

18-Jan-2001
LONDON & CONTINENTAL Railways said this week that it was pressing ahead with section two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link despite growing doubts about Railtrack's ability to buy it.
Fatal Hatfield rail may have already been broken

11-Jan-2001
INVESTIGATIONS INTO the Hatfield crash are expected to reveal that the broken rail which caused the fatal derailment may have been broken before the train passed over it.
Scottish authorities go to court over road tenders

11-Jan-2001
SCOTTISH LOCAL authorities are this week seeking a court ruling forcing the Scottish Executive to suspend the procurement of its four regional road maintenance contracts.
Morton calls for Railtrack division

14-Dec-2000
RAILTRACK'S OPERATIONS and maintenance activitities must be split from its major projects so that 'risk' finance can be more efficiently managed, shadow Strategic Rail Authority chairman Sir Alastair Morton said last week.
West Coast upgrade still on track, claims Fletcher

14-Dec-2000
RAILTRACK WEST Coast Route Modernisation general manager Tony Fletcher this week claimed that a successful end to the year had lifted spirits on the project despite widespread chaos descending on the UK's rail infrastructure.
Winsor slates Railtrack's belief it is 'the king'

14-Dec-2000
RAILTRACK MUST instigate a culture change throughout the company and stop believing it is 'the king', rail regulator Tom Winsor said this week.
Moving in the mountains

7-Dec-2000
One British contractor has broken into the lucrative Swiss tunnelling market with a £200M contract. Steve Turner reports.
Run down signalling industry threatens further rail chaos

7-Dec-2000
OBSOLETE SIGNALLING equipment could bring more disaster to Britain's railway network, NCE has learned.
Risk of rock falls hampers investigation of funicular tragedy

1-Dec-2000
INVESTIGATIONS INTO the funicular railway tunnel fire in Kaprun, Austria that killed 156 people last month have been hampered by the risk of rock falls.
Railtrack must 'seek skills abroad' to fulfil staffing promise

30-Nov-2000
RECRUITMENT CONSULTANTS have warned that Railtrack will have to look abroad if it is to keep a promise made to MPs last week that it will take on 'hundreds' of civil engineers.
Railtrack brings in technical expertise at senior level

23-Nov-2000
RAILTRACK THIS week put two civil engineers in new senior posts in response to criticism of a lack of technical expertise among its top management.
A wholly effective alliance

16-Nov-2000
Recent reports would have you believe that relationships between Railtrack and its contractors had collapsed. An alliance team at Proof House junction in Birmingham proved otherwise, says Steve Turner.
Kaprun blaze exposes tunnel safety failings

16-Nov-2000
OPERATORS OF the funicular railway tunnel in Austria where a fire killed 156 people at the weekend have admitted that they did not stage fire drills.
More rail closures in spring to complete rushed repairs

9-Nov-2000
CONTRACTORS THIS week warned Railtrack that they will need more track closures so they can replace second hand fastening clips installed during the rush to make the rail network safe.
More rail closures in spring to complete rushed repairs

9-Nov-2000
CONTRACTORS THIS week warned Railtrack that they will need more track closures so they can replace second hand fastening clips installed during the rush to make the rail network safe.
Lack of possession time delayed crash rail change

26-Oct-2000
RENEWAL CONTRACTOR Jarvis failed to replace the broken rail which caused last week's Hatfield train crash because Railtrack was unable to give it enough track possession time to carry out the work.
Regulator targets broken rails

26-Oct-2000
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Winsor this week gave Railtrack £150M to tackle broken rails on the network but only demanded that numbers fall by 20% over five years from 2001.
Handle with care

12-Oct-2000
Rail is still, as one analyst described it, a political football. Steve Turner assesses the current thinking.
Railtrack will avoid huge fines

12-Oct-2000
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Windsor has this week withdrawn the threat of a massive fine hanging over Railtrack if it fails to meet performance targets. Six monthly figures published this week already show a huge shortfall.
HSE consults on changing rail safety approvals

5-Oct-2000
CHANGES TO the UK's railway approvals system have been proposed by the Health & Safety Executive this week, one year after the Ladbroke Grove rail crash occurred on an unapproved stretch of the Great Western Line.
Rail health and safety inspectors to double

5-Oct-2000
NEW SAFETY case regulations unveiled by the Health & Safety Executive will double the number of railway health and safety inspectors needed over the next two years, it was claimed this week.
Skills shortages threaten rail boom

5-Oct-2000
THE BOOM in the rail industry could be brought to an abrupt halt if skill shortages are not tackled immediately, top industry figures warned this week.
Setting the pace

1-Oct-2000
Mechanisation has set records on the UK's most ambitious track replacement project. Steve Turner reports
HSE 'ill-equipped' to take on corporate manslaughter role

28-Sep-2000
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY experts this week urged the Government to scrap plans to put the Health & Safety Executive in charge of corporate manslaughter investigations following site deaths.
Rail's slow approvals cost 30 lives

28-Sep-2000
QUICKER APPROVALS procedures for track worker warning systems could have prevented more than 30 rail deaths over the last 15 years, a senior Railtrack safety official said this week.
Lengthy Railtrack approvals shut out new technology

21-Sep-2000
RAILTRACK SAFETY approval procedures are shutting new technology out of the UK market, suppliers claimed this week.
Railtrack set to miss performance targets once again

21-Sep-2000
RAILTRACK CHIEF executive Gerald Corbett this week warned that Railtrack was again set to miss its annual performance targets.
Straight talk and bold planning

21-Sep-2000
Improved organisation, communication and scheduling are what the Americans feel they have brought to the UK rail industry.
Picture this

14-Sep-2000
It is widely accepted that track inspections need to be speeded up. Steve Turner reports on how one contractor is developing the technology to do just that.
Setting the pace

14-Sep-2000
Mechanisation has set records on the UK's most ambitious track replacement project. Steve Turner reports.
HSE report shows surge in track buckles

7-Sep-2000
THE HEALTH & SAFETY Executive this week ordered Railtrack to explain an alarming increase in track buckles.
John Laing promises rail investment splash

24-Aug-2000
CONTRACTOR JOHN LAING this week signalled its intent to move further into train operating by vowing to bid for the Thames Trains and Wessex franchises when they are announced early next year.
Regulator slams Railtrack's broken rails record

10-Aug-2000
RAIL REGULATOR Tom Winsor this week slammed Railtrack over its broken rails record and said performance was so poor that it breached the network licence.
Government pledges £29bn of public money for rail industry

27-Jul-2000
DEPUTY PRIME Minister John Prescott this week pledged a £29bn cash boost for the railways and accepted that public investment was the only way to get the rail system the nation needs.
Debate casts doubt over Tube plans

6-Jul-2000
SERIOUS DOUBTS still hang over the proposed options to fund and operate London Underground, according to speakers at a debate last week on the best way forward for the Tube.
Lining cracks halt tunnel

1-Jul-2000
EDMUND NUTTALL last month had to halt tunnelling work for Southern Water after cracks appeared in the concrete lining of its 4km long tunnel in Portsmouth.
Local labour shortage threatens Irish boom

29-Jun-2000
IRELAND'S CONSTRUCTION boom could be brought to an abrupt halt if British firms do not act now to grab a slice of the bonanza, UK industry representatives were told this week.
SSRA seeks greater development role

15-Jun-2000
RAILTRACK'S CONTROL over development of the nation's rail infrastructure was dented this week after shadow Strategic Rail Authority chief executive Mike Grant revealed plans to take a more hands-on role in projects.
Filling the gaps

8-Jun-2000
Skills gaps are growing daily. Where will the engineers come from to fill them? Steve Turner reports.
Freight settles on historic rail line

8-Jun-2000
THE HISTORIC Settle to Carlisle railway line has been transformed from virtual disrepair into a busy freight line, members of the Railway Civil Engineers Association heard last week.
Lining cracks halt Nuttall tunnel

8-Jun-2000
CONTRACTOR NUTTALL this week had to stop work on a 4km tunnel it is building in Portsmouth after water started to flood through cracks in the lining.
Railtrack cost hike boosts access charge case

8-Jun-2000
MASSIVE DEPRECIATION costs hit profits announced by Railtrack last week, boosting the track operator's claims for higher track access charges.
Road fatalities on the increase

1-Jun-2000
GLOBAL TRAFFIC accidents cost a massive ú370bn ($559bn) each year, according to report published by the Transport Research Laboratory this week.
Fatal Canary Wharf crane plunge sparks jacking probe

25-May-2000
INVESTIGATORS WERE this week examining the jacking procedures for the Wolff tower crane whose cab toppled 135m to the ground killing three workmen at London's Canary Wharf.
Rail freight group seeks £5bn for improvements

18-May-2000
News
Road fatalities on the increase

11-May-2000
GLOBAL TRAFFIC accidents cost a massive £370bn each year, according to report published by the Transport Research Laboratory this week.

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New Civil Engineer
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