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USGS report reflects on Hurricane Helene’s deadly landslide legacy

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

A new report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) reflects on the deadly landslide legacy of Hurricane Helene and the shift it has engendered in attitudes towards regional landslide risk. Helene made landfall in Florida on 26 September 2024 as a Category 4 hurricane and continued northward across the southern Appalachian region, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Council considers next steps after sand mine confirmed under Godstone street

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Surrey County Council is considering filling in or grouting the area around an underground sand mine tunnel that was discovered during investigations into a major ground collapse in Godstone earlier this year. The council earlier this month confirmed that the underground tunnel had been found 8m beneath Godstone High Street, where a large hole appeared in February this year. The hole formed when a water pipe on the high street burst, and it grew to at least 20m long, 5m wide and 5m deep.
Joseph Gallagher wins £50M trenchless construction contract on Hynet

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Joseph Gallagher has won a £50M contract to deliver trenchless construction works for Hynet North West’s carbon capture pipeline that will run from Cheshire to Wales. The civil engineering company was selected by primary contractor United Living to design and construct 53 trenchless crossings across the project’s pipeline route. These crossings will ensure safe pipeline installation beneath critical infrastructure and natural features.
‘Long awaited milestone’ for NUAR as data bill passed by UK Parliament

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is one step closer to being put on a statutory footing after the Data (Use and Access) Bill successfully passed through Parliament. Among other things, the bill will make it mandatory for owners of buried assets like water and electric companies to sign up to NUAR – a government project to digitally map buried pipes and cables.
Latest people moves from Fugro, ITA, Mainmark and others

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Fugro appoints a new group director for Europe and Africa, the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) announces a new president, and Mainmark welcomes a new chief executive officer in the latest people moves from across the sector. Amentum has appointed Arabel Vilas Serin as a principal geotechnical engineer. Vilas joins the company from BG&E, where she was a senior geotechnical engineer. In her new role, she will be based in Amentum’s London office and work on defence and nuclear projects.
HS2: Penultimate TBM completes Northolt tunnel drive under London

1 week ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) has broken through at Greenford, west London – making it the third of four machines to complete its drive on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Northolt tunnel. TBM Emily ended its 5.5km journey in Green Park Way, in Greenford, west London last Thursday (12 June). It is among four giant tunnelling machines that are being used to build HS2’s 13.5km long twin-bore Northolt tunnel between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common station.
Spending Review: Energy, infrastructure and transport investment welcomed

2 weeks ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

The £113bn of investments in energy, infrastructure and transport announced in this week’s Spending Review have been broadly welcomed by the ground engineering and wider construction sectors. In the UK Spending Review 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a package of investments which she said were aimed at fostering economic growth and advancing the country's clean energy transition.
HS2 whistleblower who lost his job after flagging cost risks awarded £319,000

2 weeks ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

HS2 Ltd has been ordered to pay £319,000 to a former employee who lost his job after he repeatedly warned that the company was underestimating the true costs of constructing the project. Risk management practitioner Stephen Cresswell’s contract was not renewed after he raised concerns that building the now-scrapped northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) was likely to be higher than project bosses had stated.
Ground broken on Dubai’s Blue metro line project

2 weeks ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

The official start of construction on Dubai’s new 30km long Blue metro line began this week with a groundbreaking ceremony at one of the future stations on the line. Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Monday (9 June) attended the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Blue line that will span 30km across the United Arab Emirates city. It will run underground for 15.5km and above ground for 14.5km.
Fugro selected for site investigations on remote Pacific island

2 weeks ago | geplus.co.uk | Thames Menteth

Fugro has been selected to carry out a nearshore site investigation on a remote US island in the central Pacific between Hawaii and Guam. Wake Island is an isolated coral atoll that serves as a key logistical and transport hub for the US Navy’s activities in the Indo-Pacific.