by News | Dec 26, 2022 | India
After years of planning wrangles, construction of the Silvertown Tunnel in east London is finally underway. By the time Christmas arrives, contractor Riverlinx’s project manager Ivor Thomas hopes that the Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine (TBM) currently driving the...
by News | Dec 24, 2022 | India
Record breaking transport tunnels are being constructed or are in the planning stage. NCE looks at the contributing factors to the industry’s ability to push boundaries. In late November, National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing reached a key milestone when the...
by News | Dec 23, 2022 | India
The Department for Transport (DfT) has granted a transport and works act order (TWAO) to Network Rail for the construction of its brand new Cambridge South railway station. The station will be next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, an area highlighted as having...
by News | Dec 22, 2022 | India
The Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the management of the government’s £24bn five-year road investment strategy (RIS) for 2020 to 2025, known as RIS2. In particular, the cross-party group of MPs is attempting to understand why cost increases...
by News | Dec 21, 2022 | India
Airport expansions have been firmly on the back burner in recent years, with climate considerations and the pandemic-driven fall in passenger numbers creating rising uncertainty. However projects including capacity increases at London City, Manston and Southampton...
by News | Dec 20, 2022 | India
HS2’s four main contractors have asked for more money or time on the project 3,000 times since works started in September 2020. An internal review document by HS2 Ltd deputy chair Sir Jon Thompson leaked in October revealed that the cost of the mega project is heading...
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