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Finishing the Job: 70 Years in the Making 🎉 A major infrastructure project, first started in the 1950s, has finally reached completion. Decades of planning, construction, and commitment have brought... Full article here: zurl.co/EHlAF @TCIndex #ProjectCompletion

'Affordable' @HS2ltd Crewe to Euston plan submitted to Treasury HS2 at a crossroads as industry warns Government risks failing to capture full economic benefits with existing plan. The plan to resco... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/zmhAy (@ConstructionEnq) #hs2

Gatwick Expansion Moves Closer as Transport Secretary Signals Approval Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has indicated she is “minded to approve” Gatwick Airport’s £2.2bn expansion plans, subject to the dev... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/iKzny (@BDCMagazine

Gatwick's Second Runway Gets Backing ✈️ The UK government is set to approve @Gatwick_Airport's £2.2bn second runway plan, boosting capacity and creating 14,000 jobs. The expansion c... Full article here: zurl.co/xoRXZ Source: @BBCNews #GatwickExpansion #UKAviation

HS2 Euston Tunnel Work Paused 🚧 HS2’s Euston tunnel construction has been put on hold due to rising costs and funding uncertainties. @SkanskaGroup @CostainGroup @STRABAG_PL @MaceGroup @Dragados USA, Inc. are among... Full article here: zurl.co/0o3Wv @ConstructionEnq

Environment Agency flood risk strategy director on how improved risk assessment data is a wake-up call These improvements are embodied in the Environment Agency’s upgrades, introduced in December, to its Natio... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/J3Oy5 (@ncedigital

Green light for four local road schemes. The @transportgovuk has signed off its contributions to road improvements schemes in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire will... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/k6iTL (@TCIndex) #roadscheme #departmentfortransport

Government pledges £2.65bn investment in UK flood defences over next two years The UK government has announced a £2.65bn investment package aimed at bolstering flood defences across the country in response to... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/px0Kh (@ncedigital

Ferrovial JV wins £230m Grain-Tilbury tunnel. @nationalgriduk has awarded a Spanish-Austrian joint venture a £230m tunnelling contract. @ferrovial and @BeMo_Tunnelling will work in joint ve... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/ijiPr (@ncedigital) #ferrovial #tunnel

Northern Line Extension could offer model for infrastructure The mechanism that helped fund the new Northern Line extension could unlock billions of pounds in new transport projects, according to @_BusinessLDN and @wsp... Check the full story 👉 zurl.co/9kZcD @TCIndex

How @one Alliance's model and lessons learned could improve delivery of its £2.6bn AMP8 portfolio In December, @AnglianWater received the Final Determination from @Ofwat, in response to its £11bn invest... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/gCpHY (@ncedigital) #AMP8

What do the UK’s carbon capture and storage plans mean for the civil engineering sector? As the UK’s carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) plans move from intention to reality, we look at what it means for... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/6m5uA (@ncedigital

Brenner Base TBM enters 'highly fractured' fault zone. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) working on the northernmost active construction lot of the Brenner Base Tunnel project has entered a “highly fractured”... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/6OWeF (@ConstructionEnq

Groundworks specialist Kaybridge faces liquidation. A deemed consent notice in The Gazette this week confirmed that Redmans Insolvency Services is set to be appointed once confirmed by credi... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/QfYdr (@ConstructionEnq) #groundworks

Jackson signs £19m @sizewellc access roads deal. Early works well underway as industry waits for full go-ahead in Government Spring spending statement. The latest contract award... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/YaRZU (@ConstructionEnq) #sizewellc #civilengineer

£22m Leicester station revamp rethink after one bid. The city council, @networkrail and @EastMidRailway are now expected to rebid the project which secured nearly £18m in levelling up funding early this y... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/cLUYu (@ConstructionEnq

New chief commits to fix @HS2ltd crisis. The man who finally brought home Crossrail has vowed to do the same for HS2 and is planning “a fundamental reset” of the mega project. Costs have escalate... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/3bx67 (@TCIndex) #hs2 #crossrail

Duo of @NetZeroTeesside projects greenlit with £4bn construction to start mid-2025. Norwegian energy company @Equinor announced that it, along with its project partners, had expedited financial close on the No... Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/infr121224 (@ncedigital

Navigating the challenges of constructing an alpine coaster 🎢 Construction of Scotland’s first alpine rollercoaster saw engineers overcome issues relating to topography, environment and weather, a @PickEverard.. Check out the full story 👉 zurl.co/INFRA101224 (@ncedigital