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HS2 has revealed a series of improvements to the design for Birmingham Curzon Street station, including additional cycle parking, better accessibility, rain gardens with seating, and a more passenger-friendly layout.

Accessibility a key feature of latest designs for Birmingham Curzon Street Station Consent for the station was secured in 2020 from Birmingham City Council and Mace Dragados Joint Ven...

Graham Building has launched ConstructHER, a programme to encourage female high school pupils across Glasgow to pursue a career in engineering and construction.

Graham launches Glasgow schools programme to attract female students into sector Supported by Developing the Young Workforce and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, the ConstructHER progra...

Design changes to Thames Water’s proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) drought resilience scheme have been published following consultation feedback.

Thames Water reveals further revision to proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme Thames Water has announced today that it will make further changes to its drought resilience project...

Campaign groups have been successful in bringing legal action against the previous government's granting of planning permission for a deep coal mining scheme in Cumbria.

Plans for £165M deep coal mine in Cumbria quashed in High Court The first new deep coal mine in the UK in 30 years, the Whitehaven scheme was intended to be an unde...

A report commissioned by the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, and created by Arup, has called on the government to commit to a Midlands-North West Rail Link (MNWRL)

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Mayors and civil engineers call for conventional rail link in place of HS2 Phase 2 The review, titled Opportunity through connectivity: catalysing growth through a Midlands-Northwest ...

Upgrades to a key section of the M621 motorway in Leeds have been completed as part of a £50M, two-year improvement project under main contractor Keltbray

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M621 in Leeds £50M improvement scheme progresses towards completion Upgrades to a key section of the M621 motorway in Leeds have been completed as part of a £50M, two-y...

A single publicly owned body responsible for the strategic design of Great Britain’s gas and electricity networks will be launched on 1 October

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Publicly owned National Energy System Operator to launch on 1 October The news follows the UK Government having agreed with National Grid to bring its National Grid Elect...

Padiham Flood Risk Management Scheme is to be developed after the Environment Agency and Burnley Borough Council announced a funding gap was closed and planning approval was achieved

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Funds and planning permission secured for £37M Burnley flood defence scheme The project includes the installation of flood defence walls, a flood embankment, parapet strengthen...

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📜 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published the first ever nuclear heritage vision and strategy

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Inaugural nuclear heritage strategy to support decommissioning planning and new nuclear builds The NDA is the organisation responsible for decommissioning the UK’s legacy nuclear sites, sites and...

The Lower Thames Crossing must be given development consent by 4 October to relieve congestion at the Dartford Crossing, according to a letter coordinated by Logistics UK and signed by dozens of businesses

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Businesses call for Lower Thames Crossing to be consented by 4 October The letter was addressed to the transport secretary Louise Haigh and copied to the chancellor Rachel...

The Environment Agency has formed a new taskforce to “turbocharge” the delivery of flood defences and the overall preparedness of the UK to the threat of flooding

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New Environment Agency taskforce formed to ‘turbo charge’ flood preparedness and defence delivery The first meeting of the Floods Resilience Taskforce was hosted by secretary of state for environmen...

Implementation of the Procurement Act 2023 has been delayed until February 2025 to allow time for the government to draft a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS)

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Government delays implementation of Procurement Act 2023 to February 2025 The Procurement Act 2023 seeks to overhaul public procurement law in the UK by simplifying processes...

A Jacobs Mott MacDonald joint venture has been appointed by Thames Water to help develop proposals for new infrastructure to mitigate drought risk in London

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Jacobs and Mott MacDonald appointed by Thames Water to London drought alleviation project The proposals are referred to as the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project. TDRA would ...

Civil engineering and related industries have welcomed the election of new select committee chairs at the start of the new parliament

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Select committee chairs bring ‘firm understanding’ of infrastructure and key sectors to roles Select committees perform a critical role in parliament, scrutinising the work of central government...

🛤️ Network Rail is undertaking repair work on the 180-year-old Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex to help maintain the “iconic and critical railway structure”

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Long-term plan to future-proof Brighton-London rail route gets underway with 2,600 ‘bespoke’ bricks The Grade II listed viaduct was built between 1839 and 1842 using 11M bricks, opening to trains in 1...

An environmental expert has welcomed plans by EDF Energy for a relocated saltmarsh to be created near Hinkley Point C, but raised concerns about the power station’s destruction of fish populations.

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Hinkley Point C saltmarsh relocation welcomed, but fish deterrence questioned Hinkley Point C will require vast volumes of water to cool its nuclear reactors. Tunnels for water i...

Construction of the new £18.3M Balgray station in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland has been given the green light.

It will be constructed by Story Contracting

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£18.3M Balgray station in East Renfrewshire given go ahead The station, which be on the Neilston line near Balgray reservoir, will be constructed by Story Cont...

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced that it is working with engineers from Jacobs Solutions Inc. on plans to safely reopen Bradford Interchange bus station by January 2025

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Plans being drawn up to safely reopen Bradford Interchange bus station by January The bus station has been closed since January this year due to its ailing structural health as it is...

North Somerset Council has appointed Galliford Try as contractor for the £89.2M Banwell Bypass, replacing Alun Griffiths who exited the scheme earlier this year

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Galliford Try replaces Alun Griffiths as contractor on £90M Banwell Bypass in Somerset The road project will see the construction of a 3.3km single carriageway between the A371 and A368 t...

The British Geological Survey has launched hazard mapping tools showing the risk of earthquakes in the UK’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to support offshore energy developments

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Offshore earthquake risk map to support energy developments in UK waters launched The hazard maps, which are now available to the public, are created using a model that characterises...

HS2 Ltd cannot guarantee there will be level boarding for conventional rail and Elizabeth line services at its £1.67bn Old Oak Common station in west London, which accessibility campaigners have deemed “scandalous”

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HS2 unable to confirm level boarding accessibility at £1.6bn Old Oak Common station Level boarding is an accessibility requirement that ensures that the height of train floors is the s...

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Kier Group PLC has been appointed by Heathrow Airport to deliver an eight-year scheme to mitigate noise impacts on neighbourhoods surrounding the airport

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Heathrow appoints Kier for works to reduce noise impacts on surrounding neighbourhoods The Quieter Neighbourhood Support (QNS) scheme is an major programme of works that Heathrow Airport...

Architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has revealed that it is putting together revised plans for the redevelopment of Liverpool Street station will be “substantially different” to the controversial scheme previously submitted

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Architect to submit ‘substantially different’ design for £1.5bn Liverpool Street redevelopment NCE sister title Architects’ Journal reported that for the last few months the Swiss-based firm has ...

The Institution of Civil Engineers has sent out a warning to decision makers to ensure that lessons are learned from the struggles of HS2 as the country embarks on other major infrastructure projects

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ICE warns that Britain can’t afford more infrastructure failure after HS2 cancellation The cancellation of HS2’s northern leg – learning lessons is released by the ICE as we approach the ...

A campaign to restore an abandoned railway line in Devon that was promised £150M government investment by the cancelled Restoring Your Railway fund has stated it only needs 1% of this, £1.5M, to complete the business case and pave the way for work to begin

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Campaign to reopen abandoned Tavistock Line seeking £1.5M to complete business case Devon County Council submitted a business case to the government’s Restoring Your Railways Fund to r...

Manchester United has partnered with Trafford Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to drive growth and regeneration in the Trafford Wharfside area as part of its £2bn new stadium development

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Manchester Utd new stadium development plans advance with local authority partnerships In July it was revealed that the football club’s Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force had recommende...

A 60% increase in the number of jobs in nuclear in the UK in just 10 years has driven the sector to a record-breaking 86,908 jobs, according to the Nuclear Industry Association

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New nuclear projects drive record-breaking 87,000 jobs in sector The number represents a 9,000-increase compared to the total in 2023 and NIA attributed the growth t...

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has urged the government to make a number of “now or never” decisions related to the UK rail network in the upcoming Autumn Budget

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RIA urges government to make ‘now or never’ decision on rail electrification in Autumn Budget New chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves will deliver the 2024 Autumn Budget on 30 October, the...