New Civil Engineer (NCE)

16/07/2026

For years, climate resilience has been treated as an optional additional cost rather than being fundamental to delivering long term performance, writes Mott MacDonald global practice leader for climate change Madeleine Rawlins

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15/07/2026

HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700m Burton Green tunnel, in the West Midlands

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The 16m-wide twin-box-shaped tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth. The internal wall separates trains

15/07/2026

Infrastructure solutions company Costain has been awarded a three-year extension to its existing managed service provider (MSP) contract with United Utilities

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The framework covers the management and delivery of a high volume of capital maintenance projects supporting water, wastewater and bioresource operations

15/07/2026

National Highways has named the contractor that will build the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC)

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The 16.4m diameter machine, to be manufactured in Germany by Herrenknecht, is due to be delivered to site in segments by sea in 2028. At 120m long and

15/07/2026

Autonomous marine robots, including Boaty McBoatface, will be deployed from the RRS Sir David Attenborough during an international research expedition to Greenland aimed at improving understanding of how rapidly melting glaciers could affect Atlantic Ocean circulation

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The six-week expedition forms part of the five-year Giant (Greenland Ice sheet to AtlaNtic Tipping points) project, led by British Antarctic Survey (Bas)

14/07/2026

A proposal has been put forward for a 22km road tunnel under the Peak District to remove heavy traffic from the national park and help reopen a disused TransPennine rail link

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Trans‑Pennine Connect, a scheme put forward by infrastructure advisers Future Works, would build a dual‑carriageway road tunnel beneath the Pennines and

14/07/2026

The North Bridge at Junction 6 of the M42 has been closed to all traffic after National Highways found repeated breaches of a 7.5t weight limit

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The bridge, near Birmingham Airport, was found to have “damage to the concrete and some corrosion of the steel reinforcement” after routine inspections by

14/07/2026

A worker at the Sellafield nuclear site “died suddenly” during the week commencing 6 July. The cause of death has not yet been made public, however, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) told NCE that there is no indication it was work-related

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The cause of death has not yet been made public, however, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) told NCE that there is no indication it was

14/07/2026

An updated “higher confidence model” for identifying the thickness of superficial deposits above Great Britain’s bedrock has been released by the British Geological Society (BGS), which it said provides “important data” for civil engineers

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The Superficial Deposit Thickness Model (SDTM) includes an elevation model of “geological rockhead” – the surface of the underlying bedrock – for the

14/07/2026

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has extended the value of its Minor Works & River Asset Maintenance Framework from £9.5M to £13M through a contract modification notice

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It covers small-scale and non-complex civil engineering works to construct new and maintain, repair and improve existing assets, such as flood risk