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Engineers looking to win work on Heathrow’s £14bn expansion scheme must demonstrate that they can design for offsite assembly, New Civil Engineer can reveal.

Rival Heathrow expansion scheme Heathrow Hub is preparing a legal challenge should parliament approve plans for a third runway.

Gatwick Airport is ramping up efforts to increase its capacity with plans to spend £1.1bn over the next five years.

Not expanding an already crowded Heathrow casts Britain as “inward-facing” and “having limited ambition”, infrastructure leaders have warned MPs ahead of the expansion vote.

Complications with the M25, delays caused by legal challenges and an “undeliverable” construction logistics strategy could all stop Heathrow’s third runway opening by 2026, according to Costain’s review.

Heathrow’s expansion plan has been officaily backed by government.

Engineers have ruled that a temporary gate at Manchester Airport  is ‘‘structurally secure’’, after it was evacuated earlier this week when cracks appeared.

Manchester Airport and Laing O’Rouke are investigating the cause of cracks to a temporary gate that was constructed as part of the airport’s £1bn expansion.

Heathrow Hub has launched a formal complaint against the current expansion plans at the London airport.

A further €268M has been put into the ongoing Copenhagen Airport expansion.