Author Archives: Thomas Johnson

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has achieved a world-first by using a fully autonomous robot to inspect the inside of a fusion energy facility. 

The Met Office has detailed solutions it is employing to collaborate with UK firms involved in the energy transition and decarbonisation of the grid. 

The formal planning process for the River Mersey tidal Scheme has begun with the submission of a scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate. 

The Transport Action Network (TAN) has demanded the Department for Transport (DfT) cancel £15bn worth of upcoming road schemes tabled by the previous Conservative government, including the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing. 

Costain has trialed a new system that provides quality and safety assurance data and information for tunnels while they are being constructed or fitted out by automated robots.

Network Rail is to begin upgrading existing overhead lines just south of Bedford this weekend as part of the £1.2bn Midland Main Line Upgrade. 

Funding for the rebuild of Casement Park in Northern Ireland has been pulled amid fears the stadium can’t be built in time for Euro 2028.

The Environment Agency has formed a new taskforce to “turbocharge” the delivery of flood defences and the overall preparedness of the UK to the threat of flooding. 

A Jacobs Mott MacDonald joint venture has been appointed by Thames Water to help develop proposals for new infrastructure to mitigate drought risk in London.

Kier has been appointed by Heathrow to deliver an eight-year scheme to mitigate noise impacts on neighbourhoods surrounding the airport.