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Green light for final key structures to bring HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd into Birmingham 🚅🟢 The construction of two new viaducts to bring HS2 into Birmingham has been approved by local councils, marking a significant milestone for the project. These represent two of the eight ‘key design elements’ (KDEs) on the West Midlands leg of HS2. All eight KDEs are structures which are identified as being significant because of their size, proximity to communities, or location within sensitive areas. The first is the River Blythe Viaduct, which has received planning approval from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. A 475-metre low-lying structure just south of the new HS2 Interchange Station in Solihull, it’s designed to skim the flat, agricultural landscape as it crosses the River Blythe, the floodplain and Meriden Road near Hampton in Arden. Continue reading... https://lnkd.in/eTmqX8iu Birmingham City Council, Weston Williamson + Partners, Balfour Beatty plc #construction #design #HS2 #travel #manufacturing #engineering #businessnews #businessintelligence

🗞️ News: Galliford Try wins Scottish school work Galliford Try will unveil a year-end trading update next month after the firm this morning said it had won a £69m school scheme in Scotland. The listed contractor will unveil its year-end update on 11 July for the 12 months ending 30 June. Last month, the firm said it was targeting an industry-beating 4% margin by 2030 and expected turnover to jump by £800m to £2.2bn under its 2030 growth strategy. Source: Building Magazine #BuildingServices #BuildingDesign #BuildingEngineering #CIBSE #BuildingServicesRecruitment #MEP #MEPEngineering #MEPEngineer #Rics #PropertyDesign #architecture #Construction #Urban #Design #Engineering #BuildingPerformance #fire #Sustainability #VT #VerticalTransportation #Fire #FireEngineering #RealEstate #HouseBuilding #London #MEPDesign #CIOB #Property #TheBuildingServicesPodcast #BuildingPodcast #BuildingServicesBlog

Galliford Try adds £87m-worth of London work https://lnkd.in/ep6uF4GK Galliford Try has won a pair of building contracts in London, adding £87m to its order book. Read Full Article: The Construction Index #Construction #UKConstruction #Building #Infrastructure #Engineering #ProjectManagement #ConstructionNews #InnovationInConstruction #SustainableConstruction #MegaProjects

A Stalled Landmark: Newcastle’s Swing Bridge 🌉 Struggles to Swing Back to Life As a Newcastle resident, it’s disappointing to see one of our industrial revolution landmarks, the Swing Bridge, stuck in place. This Grade II listed structure, which once symbolised Victorian engineering brilliance, hasn’t been able to swing open for five years. 🔹 Built in 1876, the Swing Bridge is a testament to Newcastle's industrial heritage. 🔹 Mechanical issues have left it immobile since 2019. 🔹 Despite hopes to restore it for its 150th anniversary in 2026, progress has been slow. The challenges are significant—complex engineering requirements and funding constraints—but the Port of Tyne is working with stakeholders to find a solution. As MP Chi Onwurah noted, "We need to make sure it is swinging again in time for its anniversary." This bridge is more than just a crossing; it’s a symbol of our city’s innovative spirit and history. Let’s hope efforts to restore it gain momentum, preserving this piece of Newcastle’s legacy for future generations. Source: BBC News #Newcastle #Heritage #SwingBridge #Engineering

Construction News: Morgan Sindall Construction has begun construction of Mill Yard, a new mixed-use campus in Cambridge that is regenerating old railway land. http://dlvr.it/THMZPV #east #MorganSindall #Railpen #Socius

In today's #IndustryNews: 🚨The January 2025 issue of New Steel Construction is now out! The first all-digital issue features exciting projects, including Harcourt Square in Dublin with 31,000 sqm of office space, The Ribbon on Oxford Street, and steel expansions at Leeds City Academy. In Ipswich, a new block of 30 affordable flats is underway, and Sittingbourne's steel single-span bridge is improving a junction for future traffic growth. 🌉 Plus, you can read all about how Angle Ring, alongside other members of BCSA - British Constructional Steelwork Association, recently met in Brierley Hill to address key industry challenges. Read the full digital issue today! https://lnkd.in/eJwAbPw5 #SteelConstruction #CommercialProjects #AffordableHousing #ConstructionInnovation #Eurocodes #DigitalEdition #NSC2025 #AngleRing #News Steel Construction Institute

We are now on site at St Edmund Hall, the £35m, 127-bed #Passivhaus student accommodation in Oxford, delivering an energy-optimised scheme and marking a step forward in our expansion within the education sector. Led by Director Aaron McCarthy, we have already progressed the project from an inherited BSRIA Stage 4i to Stage 5, assuming design responsibility, refining spatial coordination, and providing additional value engineering to increase cost efficiencies. Collaborating with Dowds Group, SDC Builders Ltd and their design team Wright & Wright Architects and Price & Myers, we will soon be installing upgraded M&E services and a sustainable framework throughout the development Read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dGW3yUNg #passivhaus #PassivhausTrust #Oxford #sustainbleengineereing #University  Image credit: Wright & Wright Architects

Scientists and engineers from Swansea University, the University of Exeter and the University of Bath are looking to cut emissions from the built environment by exploring a different approach to constructing tall buildings. The LOCAST (Low-Carbon Structures) project has received £1.2m in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The team said that while tall buildings use urban space efficiently, constructing them has a high carbon cost compared to the same floor space spread across several shorter buildings. “We’re at a point where heating and lighting are so efficient that most of the lifetime climate emissions from any new building come from making the concrete, steel and glass that go into it,” Professor Ian Walker, an environmental psychologist from Swansea University, who co-authored the funding bid, said in a statement. “Using less of these materials in tall buildings would put a big dent in the emissions from the built environment. But to do this, we need to understand how making tall buildings more lightweight would affect the people inside them.” Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/enSBKj3i #theengineer #LOCAST #lowcarbon #construction #civil #engineering

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With the raising London Circuit project entering its final stages, construction will start on light rail to Commonwealth Park in February 2025. With Canberra expected to grow to more than 780,000 people by 2060 it's important we build this transport infrastructure to avoid the future traffic gridlock so many other cities face. The extension of light rail will support the delivery of more housing, new public spaces and better commercial precincts in our city centre. By 2028, workers, residents and visitors to the city centre will be able to more easily connect to more locations, including City West, New Acton, Commonwealth Park and Lake Burley Griffin, using three new light rail stops 🚋 As work gets underway on and around London Circuit, Commonwealth Avenue and Parkes Way, sections of London Circuit west will be closed to motorists and cyclists between Northbourne Avenue and Edinburgh Avenue. Find out how these changes impact you at: https://lnkd.in/gyEPMK8S