NCE readers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) being the major infrastructure project that should be the number one priority for the new transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
It beat Stonehenge Tunnel, East West Rail and Hammersmith Bridge by some distance in NCE's LinkedIn poll, garnering almost four…
Construction of the tunnels for Auckland’s new rail link is forecast to be completed this month as New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern took a trip through the tunnels to check on progress.
Ardern’s visit marked an important milestone for City Rail Link (CRL), according to its chief executive Sean Sweeney…
Work on High Speed 2 (HS2)'s Chipping Warden green tunnel is set to resume next week after quality issues were found in the tunnel's precast segments.
Assurance tests have been carried out on the installed pre-cast sections of of the tunnel following the identification of the quality issues last month and…
Grand Paris Express project promoter Société du Grad Paris has announced that construction work on the new station at Châtillon-Montrouge has been completed after five years.
The new station will provide an interchange between Line 15 South and the existing Line 13 terminus at the station, as well as the T6…
Construction of the eastern section of the new Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) in Melbourne, Australia took a step closer to reality last week as the Victorian Government named a shortlist for the tunnelling work.
The announcement comes just weeks after Victoria’s Parliamentary Budget Office predicted that the cost for the whole…
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig London’s Silvertown Tunnel has begun its 1.4km journey.
The TBM has been launched by the Riverlinx CJV – a joint venture between Bam Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant. The TBM for the project is the largest diameter machine to be used in…
Adur and Worthing Council is actively considering plans for “the longest road tunnel in the UK” to help ease congestion on the A27.
The scheme was discussed by the council’s Joint Strategic Sub-Committee last night (6 September) and recommended for approval. It comes after Transport for the South East (TfSE) included…
Danish civil engineering monitoring specialist Worldsensing has launched an innovation that will allow monitors to be installed and activated as the tunnel lining is installed, improving safety and efficiency.
Currently, the tunnel excavation process has to be paused at intervals to allow monitors to be installed into the lining’s inner surface.…
Vejdirektoratet, the Danish Road Directorate, has chosen two companies to build a new road tunnel in Copenhagen.
Belgium company Besix is the lead contractor in a consortium formed with its Danish partner MT Højgaard Denmark. Together they will deliver the £296M (€346M) design & build contract. The "technically complex" contract includes…
The terms of Transport for London’s (TfL) £3.6bn funding deal with government have been released and come with conditions relating to Crossrail and Hammersmith Bridge.
Money ringfenced for major projects largely consists of completing jobs already started or largely finished; including the Northern Line Extension, Bank Station Capacity Upgrade and Barking…
New Civil Engineer Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer