Railway engineers are working to repair a historic sliding swing bridge that takes trains over the Stainforth & Keadby Canal in the village of Keadby near Scunthorpe.
Network Rail has finished strengthening the Grade II-listed Barnes Bridge in south-west London.
The new government isn’t the only major body making moves this month as we’ve seen high level appointments at the likes of Network Rail, Mace, Costain, Stantec and many more.
Network Rail has appointed 15 suppliers to its £1.4bn Southern Region minor works, buildings and civils partnership framework, utilising a new model described as a first for the rail sector.
Erecting a “mega tent” over a constrained work site above Paddington station has enabled Balfour Beatty to carry out renewal on a 112-year-old bridge in industrial-like conditions, a senior engineer on the project has told NCE.
The 36km Kettering to Wigston railway line has been electrified with 25,000V by Network Rail and its contractor SPL Powerlines as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.
The South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA) successfully renewed a full length of track through the Severn Tunnel in one 16-day possession in what the partnership has called a “rail industry first”. .
The publication of National Infrastructure Commission Design Group’s Project Level Design Principles could signify a change in the way infrastructure benefits communities.
Structural repairs to wrought ironwork, grit blasting and repainting, waterproofing of the road deck and resurfacing on the High Level Bridge on Tyneside have been completed by Network Rail’s contractor AmcoGiffen in a £5.2M restoration programme.
Magnetic rope testing (MRT), a technology usually used in the oil and gas sector, was used to find faults in the ropes on the Kingsferry Bridge in Kent.
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