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AECOM has won the Future Projects Transport category at the World Architecture News (WAN) 2016 awards for its design of the worldโs first undersea pedestrian tunnel in Is...
Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured a contract with the Welsh Government to deliver design services for the new third crossing of the Menai Strait. Unde...
Lincoln County and Nicholls/Kovich Engineers specified an optimized girder shape, known as a โSuper-Girder.โ As part of the Lincoln County Bridge Replacement Program, Old...
Elon Musk who brought us the Tesla electric car, solar powered house tiles, the SpaceX rocket programme and the hyperloop high speed train has set up a tunnelling venture...
โโโโโPhD student Thomas Westergaard Jensen is makingย bridges collapse. Butย there is a point to the destructive behaviour; to test the load-bearing capacity. The prelimina...
Parsons is pleased to announce that the Sir Ambrose Shea Lift Bridge replacementโdesigned by Parsonsโhas received the 2017 Transportation Award of Merit from the Consulti...
Parsons is pleased to announce that the McKinley Village Way Underpass in Sacramento, CA, has been honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Sacramento S...
On Wednesday 12 April 2017, Transport Secretary Chris Graylingย announced the preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing thatย will create more than 6,000 jobs and boo...
The Mersey Gateway Bridge project has released this stunningย drone footage showing the progress of the construction. Filmed in march 2017, the drones footageย shows both t...
The bids for the Metro Tunnel and five new stations are in, as work ramps up on the biggest public transport project in Victoriaโs history. Acting Premier Jacinta Allan t...
The Tรถnning Water and Shipping Authority ensures safety on the North Sea waterways along the western coast of northern Germany. This also includes maintaining the navigat...
The Stad sea is the most exposed and most dangerous stretch along the Norwegian coast. It has very problematic wave conditions and it is the area with by far the most and...
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link also known as the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link, will be Indiaโs longest road bridge and will connect the port city and its southern...
International bridge and construction services specialist Mabey is expanding its presence in Australia by entering the temporary bridges market. For its first commission,...
Femern A/S, client for the 18km long immersed tube tunnel across the Fehmarnbelt, has today signed contracts with Ramboll-Arup -TEC JV for the supply of technical client...
Itโs Monday morning and youโre stuck in traffic again, shoulders tensed as you realize youโre late for work–yet the minutes drag on. Some days you get to thinking a...
Ipswich is set to see two new river crossings designed by Foster + Partners, together with the comprehensive refurbishment of an existing lock, enhancing connectivity in...
Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) and the Alstom-led Expolink consortium have selected Thales to provide the systems for the metro that will serve the W...
Contractor SGM-Bridge (Stroygazmontazh Group) is constructing the 20km Kerch Strait Link connecting Crimea to the Krasnodar region on the Russian mainland. Work commenced...
The Norwegian Coastal Administration is planning the worldโs first full-scale ship tunnel to allow vessels to travel through a mountain rather than navigate the treachero...
The worldโs first modular glass-fibre reinforced plastic bridge has been installed over a railway line in Oxford. Arup, with Mabey becoming the first licensed distributio...
The worldโs first modular glass-fibre, reinforced polymer bridge has been launched by Arup and Mabey, with Mabey becoming the first licensed distribution partner. The pos...
Thanks to the Asian Development Bank, Uzbekistan is upgrading its Soviet-era railway network, replacing old, diesel locomotives with modern electric trains. The new railw...
Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has installed a new bridge over the River Stour in Bournemouth, England,ย on behalf of Wessex Water. The Compact 2...
A temporary bridge built over the River Spey in Scotlandย will support construction of the new SSE Melgarve Substation. Leading bridge and engineering services specialist...
Hyperloop One, the global leader in developing the worldโs first operational Hyperloop has released never before seen images of its development site (โDevLoopโ) in the Ne...
By Martin Andrews –ย Military Sales Manager, Mabey Bridge Limited The renowned Bailey Bridge celebrates its 75th birthday this year. Invented by civil servant Donald...
The Annual Conference and Exhibition for the Bridge construction industry, Bridges 2017 – returns on the 16th March at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, United Kingdom....
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided aย Euro 38 million loan to Szczecin and ลwinoujลcie Seaports Authority for investments improving the seaportsโ nautical acc...
Global trends such as urbanisation and the population growth are important triggers for innovations in the construction industry. We need to develop greater efficiency in...
The community of Rugusa, Rwanda, is celebrating the opening of a brand newย 60 metreย footbridgeย completed by COWI engineers,ย a local construction team andย the NGOย Bridges...
Thomas Armstrong Aggregates invests in sturdy design and reliable technology from Sennebogen Gravel extraction with Sennebogen 655 duty cycle crane. In 2016, AGD Equipmen...
Laing OโRourke and BGCย win US$320m (AU$417m) Western Australia Highway Project Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a contract for the NorthLink central section to th...
A consortium of Turkish and South Korean firms has emerged as the frontrunner to build a 3.6km suspension bridge over the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey that will become on...
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that the government is investing record amounts into improving roads across the United Kingdom, and that the schemesย are...
Famous for tall buildings and packed streets, Hong Kongย has come up with a creative solution to their overcrowding by going underground. Hong Kong’s Information Ser...
COWIย the Denmark based engineering firm announced that former COWI subsidiaries, Flint & Neill and Donaldson Associates have rebranded as COWI in line with current st...
Construction work began at the Port of Tema in Ghana in January 2017 on a new US$1.5 billion container terminal near the capital of Accra. The terminal will directly crea...
In the Netherlands, a Dutch start-up called MX3D plans toย 3D print the firstย steel bridge. The bridge will span over an Amsterdam canal by using robots with 3d print head...
Scotland announce bidding for replacement of Expansion Joints on Forth Road Bridge Transport Scotland is advertising for a suitable contractor to take on a ยฃ9 million pro...
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