11+ hour, 16+ min ago   (781+ words) 14 Sep, 2026 By Richard Graybrook Airport expansion is about far more than accommodating more passengers. It is an opportunity to build the modern, efficient, resilient, and low-carbon aviation hubs that the UK needs for future growth. The UK is entering a…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (34+ words) New Civil Engineer Buntingford Railway & Local History Society More than 100 people demonstrated against National Highways’ proposal to infill a historic railway bridge in Hertfordshire. Walker Dendle Technical Recruitment...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (519+ words) 08 Sep, 2026 By Tom Pashby Parliament will be able to give ministers the ability to designate certain infrastructure projects as being of critical national importance in order to speed up their delivery. Yesterday (7 September), the Treasury said new chancellor John Healey…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (719+ words) 08 Sep, 2026 By Tom Pashby Fifty-nine cities in Britain (83%) are highly vulnerable to urban heat, according to analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS), the Met Office and 4 Earth Intelligence. The organisations have developed a Heat Vulnerability Index to rank how the growing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (583+ words) 02 Sep, 2026 By Lee Kenny Construction of the new Saltley Viaduct moved a step closer over the August Bank Holiday weekend after HS2 engineers successfully installed the first section of the new bridge over the Birmingham to Derby railway lines. The original…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (377+ words) 02 Sep, 2026 By Lee Kenny West Midlands Metro has opened a new Operational Control Centre (OCC) at its Wednesbury depot ahead of the launch of the Metro extension between Wednesbury and Dudley town centre later this year. The new control centre…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (617+ words) 01 Sep, 2026 By Belinda Smart Work has started on critical improvements to The Thelwall Viaduct, which carries the M6 across the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. Starting today, 1 September, National Highways, which described the crossing as ‘iconic’, will be replacing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (806+ words) 01 Sep, 2026 By Belinda Smart Analysis linked to the decommissioning of Scotland's first commercial wind farm has outlined how wind sector decommissioning can be aligned with material reuse and the circular economy. Hagshaw Hill Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire opened in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (506+ words) 28 Aug, 2026 By Tom Pashby Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, which are all owned by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), have been hit by a cyber attack in which customers’ personal data has been compromised. The hackers accessed approximately 8.7M customers’ data…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) 26 Aug, 2026 By Lee Kenny Railway systems and infrastructure contractor VolkerRail has successfully completed an engineering programme delivered during a 22-day closure of the route into central London, enabling Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations to reopen. Delivered as part of…...