Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has selected Graham as its preferred bidder for the £61.8M next phase of upgrade to the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground.

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The excavation of 88km of underground tunnels needed for the HS2 route from London to Birmingham is now more than halfway completed.

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Reports that Saudi Arabia authorised use of lethal force against civilians standing in the way of its linear city The Line have been met by silence from civil engineering firms involved in the project

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Shetland Islands Council has warned SSEN Transmission to ensure its contractors are “aware of the unique nature of the environment in which they are working and are suitably prepared” after a significant peat slip tore through a work site

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Network Rail has announced 15 firms that make up a partnership to “streamline” delivery of £3.5bn of infrastructure works in the Eastern region during the five years of Control Period 7, 2024-2029

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As the Channel Tunnel celebrates its 30th anniversary, the infrastructure director has detailed what goes into navigating the operational challenges associated with the 50km tunnel between France and England

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National Highways and other highways authorities in England have no permits in place for managing the pollutants which are washed off their roads, according to a scathing report from Stormwater Shepherds and the CIWEM

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The first 73,000t, 217m long concrete element has been cast for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link tunnel between Denmark and Germany, the world's longest immersed tube tunnel

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Engineers working on Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped hydroelectricity scheme have excavated about a third of the surge shaft, which will be 250m when complete.

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Financial and strategic feasibility studies are reportedly being conducted for a £6bn high-speed rail tunnel to run across the Strait of Gibraltar connecting Spain and Morocco, with the aim of having it operating by 2030

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💬 Northumbrian Water has announced its 33 partners to deliver its £3.6bn capital investment programme during the eighth asset management period (AMP8), which runs from 2025 to 2030.

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The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) has broken through on the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit (LRT) extension in Toronto, Canada, completing its 6km drive.

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India’s first vertical-lift sea bridge, which is being constructed to replace the iconic Pamban Bridge, will open to rail traffic by the end of the year, government officials have said.

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Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has selected @GrahamGroupUK as its preferred bidder for the £61.8M next phase of upgrade to the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground.

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A Laing O'Rourke and John Holland joint venture has been awarded Sydney Metro's Southwest Metro conversion and station works package.

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A £2.4bn (€2.8bn) “invisible energy highway” interconnector to link the UK’s grid with Germany is moving into the next stage of construction with foundation works now underway on a new UK converter station.

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The excavation of 88km of underground tunnels needed for the High Speed 2 (HS2) route from London to Birmingham is now more than halfway completed.

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The Grade II listed cast iron Kingsweston bridge has been craned back into place over the Kings Weston Road in Bristol, 1m higher than its previous position.

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Op-ed: 6 challenges of the energy transition

✒️ Mott MacDonald energy transformation specialist Rosa Rotko

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