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1 day ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
Foundation works to support new gantries for electronic signs on the A38 approaches to the Saltash Tunnel in Cornwall have been completed as part of National Highways’ £25M tunnel modernisation programme. Specialist contractor Van Elle carried out the piling on behalf of Taylor Woodrow, the principal civil engineering contractor for the A38 Saltash Tunnel technology upgrade scheme.
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1 day ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
Bristol City Council’s £11.9M project to reinforce high-risk river walls along the New Cut of the River Avon is advancing with long-term repairs. Permanent repairs as part of the second phase of the New Cut river walls stabilisation project began last month. This follows the completion of the first phase of long-term repair works, which began in December 2024.
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1 week ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
Network Rail has completed a two-phase programme of repairs on a slope near Three Bridges on the Brighton Main Line that suffered a significant landslide in late January 2025. The programme to stabilise a 30m section of the embankment between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport came to an end on Friday last week (2 May). Network Rail and its project team have been working on the site since the landslide was discovered by a train driver within the “up slow cess” at Tinsley Green on 27 January.
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1 week ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
The election to appoint three new members to the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) executive committee is now under way. Voting is open to all BGA members and will close at 5pm on 30 May 2025. The 2025 executive committee election is being administered by Civica Election Services (CES) on behalf of the BGA. Eligible members should have received an email from CES containing a secure link to cast their vote electronically.
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2 weeks ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
Network Rail and Volker Fitzpatrick have stabilised a section of railway cutting between Swanwick and Fareham in Hampshire. Train services between Southampton and Portsmouth resumed last week (21 April), following a nine-day closure for essential maintenance work, aimed at improving the reliability and safety of the railway line.
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2 weeks ago | 
newcivilengineer.com | Nia Kajastie
Enabling works on the Lower Thames Crossing scheme could begin in autumn of this year, delegates heard at the Ground Engineering Piling and Foundations conference. The technical director of Bouygues-Murphy joint venture (JV) which is in charge of the 4.2km tunnel at the heart of the major road scheme also discussed the ground challenges, NCE sister title Ground Engineering reported.
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3 weeks ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
The Register of Ground Engineering Professionals is striving to enhance its impact and value for members in an evolving sector. GE talks to its new chair and vice chair. The Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (Rogep) continues to grow, and with the competency of engineers back in the spotlight with the Building Safety Act, its role within the industry could become increasingly important.
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3 weeks ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
Enabling works on the £10bn Lower Thames Crossing scheme – a 4.2km twin bore road tunnel under the river between Kent and Essex – could begin in October of this year, delegates heard the GE Piling and Foundations conference. The long-awaited development consent order (DCO) for National Highways' Lower Thames Crossing project arrived on 25 March, after several years of delays. However, this time it came two months earlier than the project teams expected.
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3 weeks ago | 
newcivilengineer.com | Nia Kajastie
The completion date of the Aurs Road improvement project in East Renfrewshire, Scotland has been pushed back again due to complex ground conditions. NCE sister title Ground Engineering reported that the £22.7M upgrade to the Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, is now expected to be completed by spring 2026. Contractor Graham originally began construction in January 2024, and the project was supposed to take a year to finish.
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3 weeks ago | 
geplus.co.uk | Nia Kajastie
The UK is projected to invest £700–900 billion in infrastructure, but faces challenges in supply chain capacity and planning reforms, writes GE's editor Nia Kajastie. The UK could witness a large wave of infrastructure investment in the next five years, driven by the push for economic growth, the race to net zero and years of underinvestment in assets.
