The uses of drones are many and varied, and now one county council in the UK is making use of this technology to cut the cost of bridge inspections and to make the process safer for its staff. West Sussex…
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Civil engineers around the world will soon have a comprehensive resource for knowledge sharing when the Knowledge Hub is launched later this month by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). A collaborative project between ICE and the Major Projects Association…
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Freyssinet was awarded the prestigious Lord Cullen Trophy for Safety Performance at the annual Scottish Chamber of Safety Awards, held at the Scotland Works, Health & Safety Scotland Exhibition in Glasgow on 3 May. The trophy, given in recognition of…
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With a snap general election having been put in place for June, one motoring organisation is calling on the government to protect investment in the UK’s road network. The RAC has outlined a series of motoring priorities that it would…
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As part of the Institute of Civil Engineer’s (ICE’s) Bridges to Schools scheme, pupils from around the UK are being called upon to create their own working bridges completely from scratch. The scheme was launched in the middle of last…
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The idea of constructing a garden bridge over the River Thames might seem like a brilliant one, but spiralling costs and difficulty in obtaining funding to maintain the finished river crossing could see the project scuppered. According to a review…
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Approaching bridge repairs sensitively is particularly important when dealing with older, historical bridges. These may or may not be open to the public, but will still hold a value that goes beyond their structure. When approaching an historical bridge repair,…
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The construction sector in the UK appeared to slow down growth-wise in March, the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ index has revealed, driven by a weaker increase in residential building activity. A marginal increase in new work was registered…
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The A160 Port of Immingham Improvement Scheme won the Centenary Award for projects £5 million and over at the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Civil Engineering Awards on 3 March 2017. The annual ICE awards recognise the region’s most outstanding civil…
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Berwick-upon-Tweed’s Old Bridge is set to close to traffic for two weeks in April while essential investigations are undertaken to determine what work needs to be carried out to preserve the historic structure. Northumberland County Council announced that the bridge…
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