Effectively embedded collaboration results in better design decisions says Balfour Beatty's Steve Tarr.
Collaboration is a much debated topic in many areas of industry, but in the engineering and construction sector where stakeholders can have conflicting priorities, success can be elusive. Balfour Beatty transport, energy and power major projects chief…
National Highways has named Skanska as its preferred bidder for the £450M Kent Roads contract for its Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme.
The contract includes 6km of new road, construction of one of Europe’s largest green bridges and a new public park in Gravesham. Skanska beat Costain, Kier Eiffage JV (comprising…
National Highways has refuted climate groups’ accusations of “greenwashing” after it revealed plans to build its £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) using hydrogen power.
National Highways has designated the new 23km road, which will feature the country’s longest road tunnel, as a carbon neutral construction “pathfinder” project. This means that all procurement for…
National Highways has revealed its low carbon hydrogen power strategy for its £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project, which it believes will be “a step change in the industry”.
National Highways has designated LTC as a “pathfinder” project for carbon neutral roads construction and a senior leader on the project has…
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) recent draft revision to its National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) has been labelled as “lip service” to environmental issues by the Woodland Trust.
The charity believes planned changes to the government’s transport policy which are proposed to bring it in line with recent decarbonisation and…
A supplier of low carbon hydrogen is being sought by National Highways to provide roughly 6,200t of the energy source over five years for the delivery of the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).
LTC, to which the government has already committed £800M including almost £300M on the development consent order application…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has not yet calculated the cost and time savings to back up the decision to delay major road schemes including Lower Thames Crossing by several years a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by NCE has revealed.
In a written ministerial statement on 9 March, transport secretary…
Matt Palmer, the executive director of Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), has been appointed an industry sponsor looking after net zero and biodiversity for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).
Palmer is one of four sponsors announced today by the CLC to lead delivery of its long-term priorities set last autumn - building…
The government has announced that major road schemes including the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will be delayed by several years as a result of “challenging economic headwinds”.
The revelation from the Department for Transport (DfT) about the "rephasing" of the roads scheme came simultaneously with its confirmation of delays to…
This video is from NCE's Tunnelling Festival 2022. National Highways Lower Thames Crossing tunnels project director Sinisa Galac outlines how the road scheme aims to be the greenest road ever built in the UK through its design, delivery and operation. It is also the first major UK infrastructure project…
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