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Geo Con
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Ground improvement: Cross passage freezing in the Silvertown Tunnel
Engineers working on the Silvertown Tunnel in East London have used ground freezing to excavate several cross passages for the twin bore...
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Geo Con
Dec 5, 20231 min read
National Grid goes to market with £12.8bn HVDC civils framework
National Grid is looking to establish a high voltage direct current (HVDC) major works and civils framework that will enable the...
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Geo Con
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Emergency work begins to stabilise ‘precarious’ railway cutting in Surrey
Network Rail is carrying out urgent repairs to stabilise a railway cutting in Surrey after significant cracks up to 1m deep appeared in...
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Geo Con
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Lower Thames Crossing boss says UK megaprojects face delays due to planning hurdles
While the tunnelling contract for the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing is soon to be awarded, the project’s executive director has said that UK...
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Geo Con
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Revised ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering published
Emerald Publishing has released a new edition of the ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering, which includes the latest guidance documents...
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Geo Con
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Dubai’s Metro Blue Line project given go-ahead
The ruler of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has approved a new 30km long metro line in Dubai that will be partly tunnelled and will...
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Geo Con
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Work begins on underpass for Bristol Temple Meads rail station’s new £23M entrance
Bam Nuttall has begun construction on an underpass for the Eastern Entrance to Bristol Temple Meads station. Click here for full article...
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Geo Con
Nov 23, 20231 min read
Geothermal Engineering to produce ‘zero carbon’ lithium in Cornwall
Geothermal Engineering has announced plans to produce large amounts of the UK’s first “zero carbon” lithium from geothermal wells in...
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Geo Con
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Geotechnical surveys completed for Scottish floating offshore wind farm
Fugro and Ocean Infinity have finished geotechnical investigations on the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast of...
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Geo Con
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Emergency sheet piling completed at Aycliffe landslide site on East Coast Main Line
Network Rail and contractor Construction Marine have installed piles to stabilise an embankment at Aycliffe following a landslide earlier...
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