Author Archives: Sotiris Kanaris

The 202-year old Union Chain Bridge connecting Scotland and England has re-opened after 30 months of restoration works.

A €44.8M (£39.6M) contract for the design and construction of the first phase of the Rail Baltica’s Ülemiste terminal in Estonia’s capital city Tallinn was awarded to local contractors Merko Ehitus Eesti and KMG Infra.

The cost of a new road bridge to be built on the restored Northumberland rail line has risen from £11M estimated in 2021 to £30.6M, with inflation blamed for the cost hike.

A road in Kent has been closed since Monday, after a water main running under the road burst triggering the partial collapse of the carriageway and pavement.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched a revision to the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2080 carbon management standard, which now covers the whole built environment rather than just infrastructure and is also now free to use.

People travelling in vehicles with their smartphones could provide bridge owners with valuable, low cost data to monitor the structural health of their assets.

A road project in Perth has become a case study for future Scottish infrastructure projects due to its carbon-focused procurement approach.

The use of digital twins by infrastructure owners and operators to understand how assets work in a wider system is among the recommendations on enhancing UK infrastructure’s climate resilience included in a new ICE report.

The first tranche of the innovative T-shaped electricity pylons (T-pylons) installed by National Grid as part of the Hinkley Connection Project has been put into operation.

A significant milestone has been reached for the construction of a new bridge in Great Yarmouth, as both bascule leaves have been lifted to place.