Belinda Smart

1 week ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

Richard Whitehead’s experience to date arguably gives him a singular perspective on the issues facing the infrastructure sector in the UK as well as overseas. He took up his role as Aecom Europe and India regional chief executive in mid-February, having spent 12 years at the company across disciplines including infrastructure, planning and design, most recently leading its global buildings and places business.

2 weeks ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

The current ground investigation programme for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful landslide mitigation scheme in Scotland has reached its midway point as first reported by GE. Rest and Be Thankful is a section of the A83 trunk road 65km north west of Glasgow, which provides a critical transport connection to communities and businesses in Argyll and Bute. It is highly landslip-prone, with incidences including seven landslips occurring during the period of heavy rainfall in September and October 2023.

3 weeks ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

The finalists in the 2025 New Civil Engineer Graduate & Apprentice Awards have been selected after meticulous assessment from a panel of industry judges. The judges, who represent associations, contractors and consultants across the industry, have worked intensively over recent weeks to review the entries and create this year’s shortlist.

1 month ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

Letters have been released to ministers raising concerns about Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Part 3 of the Bill focuses on ‘Development and Nature Recovery.’ It introduces a new system for developers to address the environmental impacts of their projects, including a Nature Restoration Fund and Environmental Delivery Plans. This aims to streamline environmental mitigation and potentially allow developers to discharge certain obligations by contributing to a centralised fund.

1 month ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

The Crown Estate has cautioned that continuing to keep the UK’s sector at the forefront of offshore wind globally requires strategic solutions to “multiple new challenges”. Offshore wind delivery is taking place “within a complex energy system, an increasingly busy seabed and against a backdrop of ongoing global volatility disrupting energy markets and supply chains,” The Crown Estate said, as it marked 25 years since the first offshore wind turbines were installed in the UK this week.