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Balfour Beatty has exceeded environmentally responsible construction targets on the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (Team2100) framework, one of the nation’s biggest flood defence initiatives

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99.6% landfill diversion on major London tidal defence heralds ‘blueprint’ for comparable projects | New Civil Engineer

Team2100 demanded compliance with environmental accountability standards issued by the Environment Agency, with each tonne of waste, material delivery,

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Birmingham City Council has launched the procurement for a £400M framework to provide technical and professional services for highways and infrastructure projects

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Birmingham City Council launches procurement for £400M highways professional services framework | New Civil Engineer

The Transportation and Infrastructure Professional Services Framework, published this week, will run for up to eight years if more than one supplier is

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 21h

Civil engineering costs are set to rise sharply over the next five years, driven largely by higher labour bills, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has forecast

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Civil engineering costs forecast to rise significantly in next 5 years | New Civil Engineer

BCIS predicts civil engineering costs will climb by 16% to the second quarter of 2030, while tender prices for civil engineering contracts are expected to

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 21h

Work on one of HS2’s longest shallow “green tunnels” took a visible step forward this week after a short realignment of the A361 was completed above the structure near Chipping Warden in West Northamptonshire

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HS2 | Realignment of A361 over Chipping Warden green tunnel completed | New Civil Engineer

The cut-and-cover tunnel, which will extend for about 2.5km, is being constructed by Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EKFB) inside an excavated cutting and

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 22h

Costain has been appointed by Nuclear Restoration Services to carry out a major decommissioning package at the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales

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Costain wins £70M contract to reduce height of Trawsfynydd reactor buildings | New Civil Engineer

The contractor’s in-house engineering team will lead works to partially demolish and stabilise the inactive nuclear site’s two reactor buildings over a

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 22h

Thames Water is working on a £5.1M programme to replace nearly 4km of water main around Biggin Hill in South London

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Thames Water underway on £5.1M pipe replacement scheme in Biggin Hill | New Civil Engineer

Work on the project to tackle long-running leaks and failures in the local supply network started in May and is expected to take up to two years to

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 23h

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has taken a significant step forward in reviving the Cynon Gateway North scheme, signalling a renewed commitment to enhancing transport infrastructure in the Cynon Valley

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Market engaged on £50M contractor opportunity for revived Welsh road scheme in Cynon Valley | New Civil Engineer

The council recently published a Preliminary Market Engagement notice inviting main contractors to express interest in delivering this pivotal project,

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Hinkley Point C has delivered an update on construction progress, providing engineering details about Unit 1’s pump house, Unit 2’s reactor building and the extensive fish protection measures

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Hinkley Point C | Construction progress with civils on largest building to be completed this year | New Civil Engineer

Hinkley Point C delivery director Simon Parsons provided a walkthrough tour of several of the key buildings at the site in Somerset, in a video posted

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Op-ed: A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear?

✒️ Bennett Institute for Innovation & Acceleration's Paul Dorfman
✒️ Stanford University's Mark Z. Jacobson
✒️ @stanfordenergy.bsky.social's Amory Lovins
✒️ University of Greenwich Public Services International Research Unit's Stephen Thomas

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A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer

The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

A new UK initiative is seeking to standardise how local authorities digitise energy and environmental masterplans, aiming to simplify infrastructure planning as councils balance growth and net zero commitments

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Initiative to standardise how local authorities digitise energy and environmental masterplans | New Civil Engineer

The National Energy and Environmental Data Specification (Needs) has been commissioned by England’s five Local Net Zero Hubs and funded by the Department

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Construction crews have completed the first concrete pour for turbine foundations at Sanquhar II Wind Farm, a milestone for the £400M expansion that will double the size of the existing site in south‑west Scotland

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Jones Bros begins concrete work on £400M windfarm expansion in West Scotland | New Civil Engineer

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, the principal contractor on the 44‑turbine development led by CWP Energy, carried out the pour using two on‑site concrete

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Transport for Greater Manchester has notified the market that it intends to procure a contractor for £20M of accessibility upgrades at Moorside, Hattersley, Broadbottom and Hall I’ Th’ Wood stations

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£20M opportunity to deliver accessibility upgrades at four Greater Manchester stations | New Civil Engineer

The stations are four of 11 nominated by TfGM for the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) Control Period 7 (CP7) Access for All programme. Access for All

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

The Menai Suspension Bridge has closed to cars and motorcycles after bridge maintainers raised concerns about enforcement and newly discovered structural issues, the Welsh Government has said

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Menai Suspension Bridge closed again due to issues with bolts on beams | New Civil Engineer

UK Highways A55, which is responsible for the bridge’s upkeep, reported that investigations carried out as part of the current phase of works had revealed

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

Bam UK & Ireland and the Eden Project have announced a three‑year partnership aimed at embedding nature recovery into construction projects and the wider built environment

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Bam teams with Eden Project to embed nature recovery into construction projects | New Civil Engineer

The collaboration – a first for both organisations – sets out to combine the construction expertise of Bam with the Eden Project’s knowledge of ecology

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 1d

There has been a “definite shift” in the productivity of the HS2 project during the last year of programme reset and it is targeting completion of civils works in four years, according to HS2 Ltd construction delivery director Alan Morris

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‘It’s working’: HS2 reset sees productivity uptick and targets civils completion in 4 years | New Civil Engineer

The programme to build the UK’s new high-speed rail line has repeatedly seen timescales slip and budgets blown in recent years, leading to the appointment

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

The Ministry of Defence is procuring for a single supplier under its Defence Water Services Programme

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Ministry of Defence seeks supplier for water and wastewater services in £2.6bn contract | New Civil Engineer

The DWSP agreement will see the supplier provide an uninterrupted water supply, a 24/7 helpdesk for relevant stakeholders and water abstraction license

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Plans for a new railway station at Henbury have taken a formal step forward after councillors approved a hybrid planning application this week, as local authorities push ahead with a wider programme of rail-led development across the West of England

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New Henbury station planning approved in wake of West Innovation Arc new town boost | New Civil Engineer

The Henbury proposals form part of a larger West of England effort to expand rail capacity and support new housing. The region’s so‑called West Innovation

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

Amentum is hoping to use lessons learned from supply chain management at Hinkley Point C to make Sizewell C even more efficient, according to its senior vice president for operations Loren Jones

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Interview: Amentum on optimism for Sizewell C and role in the nuclear fuel supply chain | New Civil Engineer

While Hinkley Point C is overbudget and late, Jones told NCE that its work as the sole project and programme partner for the delivery of Sizewell C is

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 2d

A new tool utilising satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) aims to reduce costs and improve viability of rail electrification, one of the minds behind the project has told NCE

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Satellite imagery and AI to be used to optimise and lower cost of rail electrification | New Civil Engineer

Rail electrification specialist Furrer+Frey has developed an AI tool that can analyse railway line data and present thousands of options for

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

The Department for Transport has issued a tender notice seeking a Delivery Agent to manage the disposal of surplus land and properties stemming from the cancelled HS2 Phase 2 project

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DfT launches £8.5M tender to dispose of HS2 surplus land between Birmingham and Leeds | New Civil Engineer

The portfolio in question comprises land and properties previously acquired for the now-defunct HS2 Phase 2 development, which would have connected

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

A local authority partnership is advocating for East West Rail (EWR) to be extended beyond its current Oxford to Cambridge scope to include destinations in Norfolk, Suffolk and North Essex

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Case made to extend East West Rail to Norfolk, Suffolk and North Essex | New Civil Engineer

Transport East - the sub-national Transport Body for Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock - has put forward the proposal as part of its

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

The government has approved a multi-million-pound upgrade to the A46 around Newark that aims to ease congestion and improve road safety on a major east–west trade route

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Planning permission granted for £686M A46 Newark Bypass scheme | New Civil Engineer

Update: This story originally said the cost of the scheme was £500M but an April 2024 funding statement from National Highways pins it at £686.4M.

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

Gatwick Airport’s development consent order (DCO) application for its new runway required a 16,000-page land assembly reference book to get the greenlight, Dalcour Maclaren, the land adviser on the application, told NCE

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Behind the 16,000 page land assembly document required for Gatwick’s second runway DCO | New Civil Engineer

Dalcour Maclaren was the consultancy brought in to advise on land matters for the major infrastructure consenting and its director Mike Ferens told NCE

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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 3d

Heathrow Airport has outlined how it would construct a new section of the M25 – including a tunnel and bridges – to accommodate its proposed third runway while maintaining traffic flow during the works

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Heathrow explains how it would upgrade M25 without traffic disruption during £49bn expansion | New Civil Engineer

The airport says the new stretch of motorway would be built offline, on land roughly 130m to the west of the current carriageway. By constructing the

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The government has named UK six nuclear sites currently being decommissioned where there is interest in establishing new nuclear developments

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Government names six decommissioning sites being considered for new nuclear | New Civil Engineer

Ambitions for new nuclear developments have soared in recent years, with construction well underway at Hinkley Point C while Sizewell C recently achieving

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