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Náttúrulegar lausnir gegn flóðum og þurrkum á vatnasviðum

Rannsókn frá breskum stjórnvöldum bendir til að náttúrulegar lausnir (NbS) geti aukið seiglu gegn flóðum og þurrkum ef þær eru innleiddar á heildstæðan hátt á vatnasviðum. Skýrslan, sem ber heitið „Nature-based flood and drought resilience“, var gefi

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Nýsköpun í járnbrautum: DfT úthlutar milljónum í tækniþróun

Breska samgönguráðuneytið (DfT) hefur hleypt af stokkunum nýrri umferð í milljóna punda samkeppni sinni, First-of-a-Kind (FOAK), sem ætlað er að efla tækniþróun í járnbrautakerfi landsins. Alls verða 4,8 milljónir punda veittar í styrki til verkefna

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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backing £102M offshore ocean-powered AI data centre

New Civil Engineer (UK): US renewable energy and ocean technology company Panthalassa has secured $140M (£102M) in Series B funding to accelerate the development of autonomous offshore computing systems powered by ocean wa

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Transparency in infrastructure needs a business case and this is how to make it

New Civil Engineer (UK): Governments are losing vast amounts of money on infrastructure every year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that, on average, one-third of countries’ infrastructure spending is waste

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Construction named among ‘high-risk’ sectors for modern slavery

New Civil Engineer (UK): The UK construction industry has been listed alongside vape shops, barbers and car washes as a “high-risk” sector, in a new report on modern slavery. The post Construction named among ‘high-risk’ s

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Engineers survey 30m-high roof of London Stadium

New Civil Engineer (UK): Rope-access-trained infrastructure inspectors have been working at height, surveying the 30m-high roof at the London Stadium, on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The post Engineers survey 30m-high roo

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Balfour Beatty Vinci to begin work on new HS2 viaduct

New Civil Engineer (UK): Balfour Beatty Vinci will close Saltley Viaduct, in Birmingham, to vehicles and pedestrians on Sunday 10 May, ahead of a four-stage demolition programme. The post Balfour Beatty Vinci to begin work

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Webinar: The pending data handover challenge

New Civil Engineer (UK): The proliferation of digital tools used on projects has helped improve many aspects of delivery, but it also presents challenges when bringing this data together for project decisions and eventual

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Four contractors selected for £200M Birmingham transport and infrastructure framework

New Civil Engineer (UK): AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald and Pell Frischmann Consultants have been selected by Birmingham City Council as suppliers for the Transportation and Infrastructure Professional Services Frame

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Jackson Civil Engineering secures £14M Hampshire coastal flood and erosion contract

New Civil Engineer (UK): Suffolk-based Jackson Civil Engineering has been named the construction contractor for the delivery of a flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) scheme at Langstone in Havant, south Hamps

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Construction is overdue a culture shift on error and it must begin with training

New Civil Engineer (UK): The stakes couldn’t be higher for firms working in the infrastructure sector. Pressure is on from the government to deliver an ambitious £718bn pipeline which includes major social schemes like the

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‘Not something happening tomorrow’: PAC questions DfT over NPR timelines

New Civil Engineer (UK): A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting has raised questions over the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) planned timelines for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR). The post ‘Not something happening to