Belinda Smart

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

Airports are living entities, constantly adapting to the growing demands of the aviation industry and the increasing flow of passengers. They never stop, and this continuous change presents both challenges and opportunities in how we design and construct airport infrastructure. The scale, complexity, and speed of airport expansion require innovative approaches to construction and design. In a few months, Pascall+Watson Architects will be celebrating its 70th anniversary.

3 weeks ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

A collaborative ‘near net zero’ road resurfacing trial in Yorkshire is being seen as proof of concept for similar schemes across the UK. Last autumn, a road resurfacing scheme could be seen progressing along a section of the A64 in North Yorkshire. What might have seemed a standard project was in fact achieving something remarkable, successfully trialling a “near net zero” resurfacing scheme; the first of its kind on the UK’s strategic road network.

1 month ago | newcivilengineer.com | Belinda Smart

Detailed analysis of the barriers and opportunities to reuse steel in bridge design has been laid out in a “groundbreaking” new report. Expedition Engineering has published Steel Reuse in Bridges, which examines the reuse of structural steel in bridge design and construction. Led by Expedition Engineering project director Clotilde Robin and principal researcher Hazel Needham, it provides insights into overcoming barriers to implementing circular economy principles in infrastructure projects.