Sustainability

Watch now: Balfour Beatty’s Heathrow T2B opens

Balfour Beatty Heathrow T2 opens

Balfour Beatty’s director of aviation John Keaveney speaks to Construction News about his team’s work on Heathrow’s Terminal 2 complex, which opened today.

Video and images: Crossrail makes tunnelling breakthroughs

Crossrail TBM Elizabeth breaks through into Whitechapel Station box Jan 2014 3

Crossrail has achieved a fortnight of construction milestones with three tunnel boring machine breakthroughs and the completion of western train tunnels.

King’s Cross Square readies for official opening

Stanton Williams architects and J Murphy completing outdoor space works at Kings Cross Swuare

With King’s Cross Square due to open to the public today, Construction News went behind the scenes to capture the final stages of the project.

In pictures: Tottenham Court Road Crossrail upgrade

Crossrail Tottenham Court Road Northern Line escalator box2

Massive geotechnics and intricate logistics have ensured one of Crossrail’s most complicated schemes keeps the project team on its toes.

UK’s largest crane arrives at London Gateway

Huge cranes arriving at London port by water

The largest cranes ever to arrive in the UK have berthed at London Gateway, bringing to an end a voyage that began in China two months ago.

In pictures: Battersea power station past, present and future

Battersea Power Station redeveloment Jan 13 2

As Battersea power station’s developers launched pre-sales of apartments today, Construction News was taken on a tour of the iconic London landmark that will form the centrepiece of the Nine Elms redevelopment.

In pictures: Crossrail sites from the air

Crossrail  Canary Wharf new station aerial

Crossrail has released a set of pictures documenting the progress of their sites around the London network. Hover over for location details.