Increase spend on core assets by £600M, ORR tells Network Rail
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has said that Network Rail’s latest five-year plan for the railway in England and Wales must be “more...
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Jun 23, 20231 min read
Survey reveals 80% of women in ground engineering have issues with PPE
As the industry celebrates International Women in Engineering Day 2023, GE can reveal that 80% of women it has surveyed have been...
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Jun 22, 20231 min read
Geotechnical, design contracts awarded for mega Queensland pumped hydro scheme
Twin Hills Engineering and Drilling will carry out geotechnical investigation works and the GHD, Mott MacDonald and Stantec joint venture...
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Jun 21, 20231 min read
Implenia lands major civils contracts on Swiss transport projects
Swiss construction company Implenia has been awarded contracts to make improvements to a motorway junction in Zürich and to build a...
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Jun 21, 20231 min read
Snowy Hydro tunnelling could restart next month if environmental approvals granted
Boring on the main tunnel of the Snowy Hydro 2.0 hydropower project in Australia could restart at the end of July if the government...
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Jun 20, 20231 min read
HS2 Euston station to be made ‘more affordable’, says government
The UK government remains concerned about the increasing costs to complete the first phase of High Speed 2 (HS2), as it laid out plans to...
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Jun 20, 20231 min read
UK’s first operational deep geothermal plant turned on
The UK’s first deep geothermal heating plant in 37 years was switched on yesterday (19 June) at the Eden Project in Cornwall and is now...
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
Veidekke wins another Oslo metro extension tunnel contract
Norwegian construction group Veidekke will carry out tunnelling and foundations work on the Majorstuen to Skøyen section of the Fornebu...
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
Flood damaged West Highland Line expected to reopen today
Network Rail Scotland expected to fully reopen the West Highland Line this morning after its teams continued to work on repairs over the...
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Jun 16, 20231 min read
Bam Ritchies and WSP complete M5 geotechnical slope survey with rope access
A Bam Ritchies and WSP team has undertaken surveying above M5 Wynhol Viaduct in Somerset, as part of National Highways’ slope maintenance...
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