This video was recorded at NCE's Rail and Transit conference 2023. Transport for London (TfL) head of asset investment Kevin McNally discusses how the capital's transport operator manages its assets in the face of climate change. He discusses the processes and reviews that TfL is currently undertaking to ensure that the…
Tarmac Kier JV will carry out a refurbishment programme on London’s Blackwall Tunnel southbound next year that will include highway works, cladding replacements and electrical works.
The Blackwall Tunnel consists of two road tunnels carrying the A102 under the Thames between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Greenwich. The original…
This session was recorded at New Civil Engineer's UK Roads conference 2023. In this panel discussion, National Highways head of asset management Janvi Shah, Ramboll director of major crossings Mike Needham, Surrey County Council assistant director of highways Amanda Richard, Transport for London head of asset strategy Garry Sterritt…
Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have been fined a total of £14M at London’s Central Criminal Court for the fatal Sandilands tram crash in Croydon in 2016.
TfL was fined £10M and TOL was fined £4M. TfL owns and maintains the infrastructure used by the Croydon tram…
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed options for a bicycle shuttle bus through the Silvertown Tunnel, which is now almost completely excavated as the tunnel boring machine (TBM) enters its final stretch.
The Silvertown Tunnel is a new twin-bore road tunnel currently under construction beneath the River Thames between Silvertown and…
Transport for London (TfL) will need £475M from central government to meet its 2024-25 capital delivery programme, prompting renewed calls from the London mayor and TfL commissioner for a long-term funding deal.
Sadiq Khan and Andy Lord, speaking in a plenary meeting at the London Assembly on Thursday 6 July, stated…
The Blackwall Tunnel southbound crossing will close for the third time in 2023 this weekend so engineers can divert utilities for upcoming work relating to the Silvertown Tunnel project.
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that from midnight on 8 July to 5am on 10 July, the southbound tunnel from Poplar…
In the month in which we celebrated International Women in Engineering Day, several female appointments were made in senior roles around the sector.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during June follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Andy Lord takes on TfL role…
Transport for London (TfL) has spent over £7.5M on developing the Bakerloo line extension to date, even as the project remains officially mothballed.
Despite London mayor Sadiq Khan having said the Bakerloo extension is “completely out of reach” in 2021 and former TfL commissioner Andy Byford saying it is “not on…
Transport for London (TfL) has submitted a strategic outline case (SOC) to the government, outlining proposals to extend the DLR from Gallions Reach, north of the Thames, to Thamesmead, south of the Thames.
The plans are part of the Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside Public Transport Programme, which has been developed to…
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