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The government is advising more than 100 schools to close high risk buildings before the start of the new term as it updates its guidance on structures built with a "weaker" form of concrete and follows on from concerns about the use of the material in hospitals.

A sudden roof collapse…

Extensive repairs to the Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy are set to go ahead from 4 September despite disruption caused by an extreme weather related rockfall in the area.

According to media outlets including Italy’s press agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) Valle d'Aosta Governor Renzo Testolin confirmed on…

The Rhineland branch of Germany’s motorway network operator Autobahn has awarded a €358M (£307M) contract to a consortium led by Eiffage’s German subsidiary SEH for the construction of a new bridge across the Rhine in Leverkusen, Germany.

The other consortium partners are Max Boegl, Plauen Stahl Technologie, Zwickauer Sonderstahlbau and Hochtief…

Norwegian authorities are considering the installation of a temporary bridge to replace the Randklev railway bridge that was washed away by Storm Hans earlier this month.

On 14 August, Storm Hans caused the middle section of the 172.5m long Randklev Bridge on the Dovre line, which connects Oslo to Trondheim, to…

HB Tunnelling has completed the construction of a 252m long tunnel that will form a section of a new trunk water main in Glasgow.

The tunnel, which has an internal diameter of 1.5m, was constructed between Broomloan road and the north side of Bellahouston Park in the suburb of Ibrox, south…

UK research and development (R&D) is about to suffer a major setback. The government has shared an outline of new draft legislation on the proposed merging of the two existing R&D schemes and, while in principle the idea is sound, the industry has some major concerns.

For context, there are currently…

Lionel Messi will soon have a new arena in which to wow as Inter Miami has seen construction work started on its $1bn (£820M) Miami Freedom Park, which includes a 25,000 seat stadium.

The new complex for the Major League Soccer team, part owned by David Beckham, has been designed by…

Water company United Utilities has alerted contractors that it has started procurement for its £6bn “build only” delivery runway for asset management period 8 (AMP8), which runs from 2025 to 2030, and AMP9, which starts in 2030 and runs through to 2035.

Launch of the procurement confirms the previous statement given…

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has released a consultation asking Bristol and Bath residents for their views on constructing a new A4 relief road on a disused railway track.

The A4 Bath to Bristol corridor scheme would see through traffic removed from Brislington village by building a relief road…

The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.

Urban populations are growing while climate change means both droughts, as well as sudden intense rainfall events, are on the rise. However, existing urban infrastructure in the UK has not caught up with the water management challenges presented by these scenarios.…