National Highways is a month into its work to remove the controversial concrete infill of Great Musgrave Bridge in Cumbria and has stated the project is making “steady progress”.
The 8.4m single span masonry arch bridge that used to carry traffic over the Eden Valley Railway was infilled by AmcoGiffen on…
Fife Council is set to consider a planning application from Network Rail to build a footbridge between between Kirkland and Mountfleurie over the under construction £116M Levenmouth Rail Link in Scotland.
The bridge will provide a safe crossing over the restored railway line which will reconnect Levenmouth to the rail network…
A consortium of contractors responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) has “risen” to the challenge, according to National Highways.
Contractors Amco Giffen, Balfour Beatty, Beaver Bridges, Bethell, Dyer & Butler and ECS have been conducting a maintenance and repair programme of 265 works over the…
Work to improve the resilience of a landslip prone section of the Severn Estuary line has begun today by contractor AmcoGiffen.
Contracted on behalf of Network Rail, AmcoGiffen will work on a 1.6km stretch of railway along the west bank of the River Severn from today, 31 July, until 18 August.…
Network Rail has appointed AmcoGiffen as its main contractor for the £5M rebuild of Troon station on the west coast of Scotland.
The station suffered a fire in July 2021 that saw its building on platform 1 destroyed. Network Rail has been working with stakeholders and the community to develop a…
National Highways is planning on closing a village road for 13 weeks as it will remove 1,600t of stone and concrete used to infill the historic Great Musgrave bridge in Cumbria.
The infilling of the 8.4m single span masonry arch bridge was carried out by Amco Giffen on behalf of National…
An “unusual” concrete viaduct built in 1901 has had a detailed maintenance programme completed by Balfour Beatty involving 240 separate repairs.
The six-arch, 106m high Aurs Burn viaduct in East Renfrewshire, that was once used as a rail bridge but is now a pedestrian and cycle route, needed extensive renovations, which…
Network Rail is now preparing to reconstruct a bridge across the River Leven in Scotland following the opening of a temporary bridge to carry traffic over a restored rail line.
The current Bawbee bridge structure will be demolished to make way for the new £116M Levenmouth rail link, which is being…
Work has begun to build the new Leven train station as part of the £116.6M Levenmouth Rail Link project.
Leven will be one of two new stations built on the route, alongside Cameron Bridge, reconnecting communities in Levenmouth to the rail network for the first time in over 50 years. Construction…
Bam Nuttall, Taylor Woodrow (Vinci) and Morgan Sindall Infrastructure are among the contractors that have been appointed to Network Rail’s £2bn Wales and Western region construction framework for Control Period 7 (2024-2029).
The full list of contracts awarded is: Wales and Western electrification and plant: AmcoGiffen Wales and Western buildings work…
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