Tag Archives: Bridges

Bridge designers, constructors and maintenance professionals are urged to support a new ICE-backed partnership that aims to help prevent bridge collapses all over the world.

The search has begun for a contractor to work on the design and construction of a bridge linking Brazil and Bolivia.

A new river crossing in a crucial trade corridor between the US and Canada will be the longest cable stayed bridge on the continent and an economic boost for both nations.

As the construction sector strives to cut carbon emissions and reduce project costs, it has been increasingly looking to alternative materials for bridge construction.

How do we use data to make a step change towards better bridge performance?

James Moore (Your View, last month) and the Commons transport select committee reviewing “expensive” UK road and rail projects need to go back and read the full range of various contributions, reports, commentaries etcetera by diverse contributors to NCE, other periodicals and the press in the last 10 years or…

A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges.

The sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, where 72 people died, falls on 14 June. I make no apology for writing yet again on this subject. Those directly or closely involved are still without closure. Many thousands in other blocks are still “trapped” due to cladding issues. The industry’s…

Network Rail has announced successful completion of refurbishment work on the Severn and Carno viaduct near Caersws, Powys following a 16 day line closure on the Cambrian line that used innovative techniques to deliver the work. 

Calls for better safety measures to be implemented in public areas in Finland came after 27 people were injured yesterday when a temporary bridge in a shopping area collapsed in the city of Espoo.