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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 12h

Work on the London tunnels section of High Speed 2 (HS2) has been paused after an incident during crane disassembly that HS2 Ltd described as "serious", though no workers were physically injured

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Safety review halts work on HS2 London tunnels following crane disassembly incident | New Civil Engineer

The incident occurred on Monday, 29 September at the Green Park Way ventilation shaft in west London while a gantry crane was being taken apart. A beam

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 15h

Infrastructure contractors are warning of a “two‑speed” civil engineering sector in the UK after a trade survey found growth in workloads has slowed to its weakest rate since Covid‑19

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Contractors urge government to maintain delivery momentum amid weakest workload growth since Covid | New Civil Engineer

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Ceca) said its latest Workload Trends Survey showed only a marginal rise in activity across the industry,

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 16h

Arsenal FC’s plan to expand its Emirates Stadium in North London would be a “complex logistical challenge” according to a construction and planning lawyer

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‘Complex’ considerations for Arsenal in pursuing stadium expansion plan | New Civil Engineer

The Premier League club started playing in its 60,000 capacity stadium in 2006 after moving from the nearby Highbury Stadium to satisfy the growing demand

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 18h

Winners have been announced for the British Construction & Infrastructure Awards (BCIA) 2025, with projects across the UK and beyond recognised for design, delivery and social impact in what organisers and judges said was one of the awards’ most competitive years

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Winners named at British Construction & Infrastructure Awards 2025 | New Civil Engineer

Nearly 250 entries from more than 100 organisations were judged across 24 categories. The awards, run by New Civil Engineer and the Institution of Civil

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 21h

The authorities in Saudi Arabia have been accused of using power and water cuts to forcibly displace people from al-Muwaila village to make way for the Oxagon megaproject, which is part of Neom

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Saudi authorities accused of attempted displacement of community impacted by Neom port | New Civil Engineer

Al-Muwaila is a village in the south of Tabuk province on the Red Sea coast, and Saudi-focused human rights group ALQST has claimed that its residents are

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Birmingham City Council has launched the procurement for a £400M framework to provide technical and professional services for highways and infrastructure projects

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Birmingham City Council launches procurement for £400M highways professional services framework | New Civil Engineer

The Transportation and Infrastructure Professional Services Framework, published this week, will run for up to eight years if more than one supplier is

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Work on one of HS2’s longest shallow “green tunnels” took a visible step forward this week after a short realignment of the A361 was completed above the structure near Chipping Warden in West Northamptonshire

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HS2 | Realignment of A361 over Chipping Warden green tunnel completed | New Civil Engineer

The cut-and-cover tunnel, which will extend for about 2.5km, is being constructed by Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EKFB) inside an excavated cutting and

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has taken a significant step forward in reviving the Cynon Gateway North scheme, signalling a renewed commitment to enhancing transport infrastructure in the Cynon Valley

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Market engaged on £50M contractor opportunity for revived Welsh road scheme in Cynon Valley | New Civil Engineer

The council recently published a Preliminary Market Engagement notice inviting main contractors to express interest in delivering this pivotal project,

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Transport for Greater Manchester has notified the market that it intends to procure a contractor for £20M of accessibility upgrades at Moorside, Hattersley, Broadbottom and Hall I’ Th’ Wood stations

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£20M opportunity to deliver accessibility upgrades at four Greater Manchester stations | New Civil Engineer

The stations are four of 11 nominated by TfGM for the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) Control Period 7 (CP7) Access for All programme. Access for All

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

There has been a “definite shift” in the productivity of the HS2 project during the last year of programme reset and it is targeting completion of civils works in four years, according to HS2 Ltd construction delivery director Alan Morris

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‘It’s working’: HS2 reset sees productivity uptick and targets civils completion in 4 years | New Civil Engineer

The programme to build the UK’s new high-speed rail line has repeatedly seen timescales slip and budgets blown in recent years, leading to the appointment

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Work on the London tunnels section of High Speed 2 (HS2) has been paused after an incident during crane disassembly that HS2 Ltd described as "serious", though no workers were physically injured

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Safety review halts work on HS2 London tunnels following crane disassembly incident | New Civil Engineer

The incident occurred on Monday, 29 September at the Green Park Way ventilation shaft in west London while a gantry crane was being taken apart. A beam

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Affinity Water has appointed a group of contractors to deliver its capital enhancement and capital maintenance programmes across the next two regulatory periods

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Affinity Water contract Barhale, Galliford Try and others to £900M capital enhancement framework | New Civil Engineer

The framework partners for the capital enhancement schemes are Barhale, J Browne and Galliford Try, and for capital maintenance schemes are Barhale, J

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Work to upgrade the A5036 Park Lane junction in Merseyside will begin next month as part of a £7M scheme to improve pedestrian, cycle and traffic arrangements at a busy local crossroads

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National Highways to begin £7M scheme to make junction in Merseyside safer for active travel | New Civil Engineer

National Highways said work will start on 8 November and continue into the spring, replacing the temporary signal-controlled crossing that has stood since

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Yorkshire Green, National Grid’s project to upgrade and reinforce the electricity network as part of the Great Grid Upgrade (GGU) in Yorkshire, is edging ahead

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Yorkshire’s £400M electricity upgrade advances with delivery of final super grid transformer | New Civil Engineer

Delivery of the last of four 200t super grid transformers (SGTs) for the Yorkshire Green Monk Fryston substation on Sunday 12 October represents a key

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Infrastructure contractors are warning of a “two‑speed” civil engineering sector in the UK after a trade survey found growth in workloads has slowed to its weakest rate since Covid‑19

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Contractors urge government to maintain delivery momentum amid weakest workload growth since Covid | New Civil Engineer

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Ceca) said its latest Workload Trends Survey showed only a marginal rise in activity across the industry,

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

Op-ed: New tunnel, new standard: Silvertown project showcases innovation in surface protection

✒️ MC-Bauchemie global product line manager concrete repair & surface protection Apurv Kesarkar
✒️ MC-Bauchemie head of international marketing & communication Saki M. Moysidis

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New tunnel, new standard: Silvertown project showcases innovation in surface protection | New Civil Engineer

Originally approved in 2018, construction of the tunnel began in March 2021. In September 2023, following the completion of tunnelling works, Riverlinx

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

Arsenal FC’s plan to expand its Emirates Stadium in North London would be a “complex logistical challenge” according to a construction and planning lawyer

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‘Complex’ considerations for Arsenal in pursuing stadium expansion plan | New Civil Engineer

The Premier League club started playing in its 60,000 capacity stadium in 2006 after moving from the nearby Highbury Stadium to satisfy the growing demand

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has revealed that its decommissioning of the Joint European Torus (JET) has unveiled vital insights into how future fusion reactors will be developed

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JET decommissioning is providing vital insight into development of future fusion reactors | New Civil Engineer

JET is a tokamak-type fusion reactor located at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, in Oxfordshire, and since December 2023 has been undergoing

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

A scaled‑back scheme to upgrade Kidsgrove train station has been recommended for formal approval as the council prepares to commit a portion of town deal funding to the project

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Kidsgrove station upgrade approved in scaled-back form after mining issues uncovered | New Civil Engineer

Newcastle‑under‑Lyme Borough Council, which is the accountable body for £16.9M of Kidsgrove Town Deal money, is due to consider whether to progress a

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

An independent group of experts has provisionally overturned much of the extra funding five English water companies sought after Ofwat’s 2024 price review, rejecting almost 80% of the increases the firms requested

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CMA provisional ruling sees 5 objecting water companies receive 21% of desired bill increases | New Civil Engineer

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel – appointed to conduct redeterminations for Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, South East Water,

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has begun a test pile programme as part of the rebuilding of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

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Baltimore Key Bridge Rebuild test pile programme underway | New Civil Engineer

Six 2.43m diameter, American‑made steel piles, each between 67m and 71.5m long, arrived in Baltimore by barge in late September. Through to November,

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

A Hull-based bridge engineering firm has completed factory acceptance testing of a bespoke stay cable access system destined for the Pattullo Bridge replacement project in British Columbia, Canada

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Spencer Group completes testing of bespoke access system for major new Canadian bridge | New Civil Engineer

Spencer Bridge Engineering said its in‑house design team built the semi‑permanent system to allow maintenance crews to inspect the stay cables on the new

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

National Highways is set to begin a £5.9M drainage and safety scheme on the M5 in Somerset later this month, aimed at reducing flooding and the risk of wet-weather closures near junction 26 for Wellington

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£5.9M drainage and safety scheme on M5 in Somerset to commence | New Civil Engineer

The work, which starts on Monday 20 October and is due to finish by the end of February 2026, will include de-silting ditches, camera surveys and roofing

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

Winners have been announced for the British Construction & Infrastructure Awards (BCIA) 2025, with projects across the UK and beyond recognised for design, delivery and social impact in what organisers and judges said was one of the awards’ most competitive years

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Winners named at British Construction & Infrastructure Awards 2025 | New Civil Engineer

Nearly 250 entries from more than 100 organisations were judged across 24 categories. The awards, run by New Civil Engineer and the Institution of Civil

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 4d

Many congratulations Southsea Coastal Scheme - Frontage 4 & 5, winner in the Sir John Armitt Prize - #BCIAwards #winner #constructionawards