Offsite at scale: inside HS2’s prefab factories
The precast factories for HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct and the Chiltern Tunnel are responsible for some of the most ambitious prefabrication works ever attempted in the UK. Joshua Stein reports
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16 May 2022 Comments Off on Offsite at scale: inside HS2’s prefab factories
The precast factories for HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct and the Chiltern Tunnel are responsible for some of the most ambitious prefabrication works ever attempted in the UK. Joshua Stein reports
07 Mar 2022 Comments Off on The woman who built diversity into Network Rail’s culture
Loraine Martins, director of diversity and inclusion at one of the industry’s biggest clients, has spent more than a decade turning round the rail body's reputation on inclusivity. As she prepares to leave Network Rail, she tells Ian Weinfass about the progress she’s made and why there’s still a lot…
25 Jan 2022 Comments Off on Saving a megaproject: is there still hope for HS2’s eastern leg?
Given that history is littered with spiked infrastructure schemes that are later revived, Greg Pitcher examines whether the recent government announcement to cancel the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds really means it is all over
20 Jan 2022 2 Comments
The Leeds leg of HS2 may have been pulled but, in west London, construction is powering ahead. Paul Thompson reports on the techniques employed at the megaproject to aid delivery of two major schemes in one
14 Dec 2021 Comments Off on 10 projects to watch in 2022
Material costs and labour issues hit the sector in 2021 but, despite this, certain areas of the industry are booming. While some jobs have been slowed down by politics, others have been kickstarted by the right political decisions. Here are 10 projects that the industry will be watching in the…
01 Nov 2021 Comments Off on High salaries, solo delivery: Ferrovial UK reveals its future plans
Ferrovial Construction UK is like a “family organisation” according to managing director Karl Goose. It might seem hard to believe, given the company, formerly Ferrovial Agroman, is part of multi-national conglomerate Ferrovial, the Spanish behemoth that owns some of the world’s largest airports, including Heathrow, and employs more than 18,500…
27 Oct 2021 Comments Off on Autumn Budget 2021: industry reaction – ‘something of a soggy soufflé’
Reaction has swiftly followed chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget announcement – Construction News takes a look at how the industry is responding. Refresh to update.
31 Aug 2021 Comments Off on Revealed: what the client behind the £750m Commonwealth Games regeneration is looking for
There is less than a year to go until the starting guns are fired at the Commonwealth Games, but the related building work will be a marathon effort, not a sprint. Mark Smulian speaks to Birmingham City Council on what it is delivering, and what it expects from its contractors
16 Jun 2021 1 Comment
Exclusive: a joint initiative between industry and government is developing ways to make transport projects safer, greener and more efficient. Ian Weinfass reports
28 May 2021 Comments Off on Tidal power: construction’s financial and environmental opportunity
Stuart Murphy is the founder of tidal power research firm TPGen24 As Construction News reported in March, the Welsh Government has revived its interest in tidal energy solutions. The call for involvement towards establishing a consortium to explore the resource in more depth closed a few weeks ago, and this…