High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, Bam) has completed a two year project to construct a new overbridge traversing the A41 and realign 2.6km of road in Buckinghamshire.
The first electric trains have completed test runs along the recently electrified section of railway between York and Church Fenton as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
The Shetland Islands have been connected to the Great British electricity grid for the first time as the 260km HVDC offshore Shetland Link has been powered up.
Construction works for the Aberaeron coastal flood defence scheme in Wales are ramping up, despite logistical challenges and extensive environmental protection requirements.
High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EFKB) has successfully installed the 3,700t deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire after an eight-month slide operation.
Problems in completing Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena pushed Bam’s UK construction division to a £20M loss, but its civils division has seen a healthy uptick in performance.
Arup has been chosen to lead a multidisciplinary team that will work on the next stage of designs for upgrading Stratford station and the surrounding area in London.
The construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) has seen recent success with the completion of two important beam lifts for a road bridge in Buckinghamshire and a bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Kenilworth.
A £6M claim made by Tilbury Douglas against Arup for defective tunnel designs in a project to convert a former railway yard in Edinburgh into a commercial development has been thrown out by the court.
A programme of mine mitigation works at Huddersfield station has been completed by Bam and Network Rail as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
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