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This year’s hot dry summer in England has reignited conversations on establishing new sources of drinking water to avoid supply issues. Water companies have included desalination in their long-term plans, but will they make that investment? The post What is standing in the way of desalination plant investment? appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
Devon MP Richard Foord is calling on the government to invest in the “long-neglected” Exeter to London Waterloo line after its second year closing due to heatwaves affecting the track bed. The post ‘Long-neglected’ London-Devon rail route needs investment in face of successive heat related closures appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
Highland Council will tell a committee today, 20 August, there is no chance of funding work to reopen Balnaan Bridge to vehicles after a structural report set out three options but none are affordable. The post Highlands Council says it cannot afford any remediation options to reopen road bridge to traffic appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
Property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed as one of six suppliers on Anglian Water’s new multi-million-pound Client-Side Commercial Assurance Services framework. The post Gleeds named on Anglian Water’s commercial assurance framework appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
The UK government has its sights firmly set on achieving clean power by 2030, with a goal for clean sources producing at least 95% of electricity generation by the end of the decade. The post Is industry confidence the real key to successfully overhauling the grid and achieving clean power by 2030? appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
AtkinsRéalis has secured places on six of the seven lots of Transport for London’s (TfL's) new Professional Services Framework (PSF3). The post AtkinsRéalis wins places on six of seven lots for TfL’s professional services framework appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
The Transport Committee has published it’s written evidence relating to the scrutiny of the Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) where a number of bodies have questioned the government’s lack of guaranteeing the delivery of much needed infrastructure. The post Heathrow expansion policy statement scrutinised for not assuring delivery of rail links appeared first on New Civil…
For more than a decade, plans to transform one of southern England’s busiest motorway junctions have evolved from a relatively straightforward capacity improvement to one of National Highways’ most technically and environmentally complex schemes. The post M3 capacity improvement scheme turns into one of National Highways’ most complex appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
Wilem Frischmann - the engineer behind Centre Point, one of London’s first skyscrapers - and a number of other recognisable structures - has died, aged 95. The post Tributes paid to pioneering engineer Wilem Frischmann, who ‘helped reshape London’s skyline’ appeared first on New Civil Engineer .
The preliminary report into last week's train derailment in Lewes has not establish whether the hot conditions contributed to the accident, with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (Raib) continuing to examine the role of weather conditions and other factors. The post Lewes derailment: Initial Raib report does not establish if hot weather was a factor appeared first on New Civil Engineer .