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How the ground engineering sector can decarbonise through efficient concrete use
The construction industry should focus on reducing the use of new concrete before looking at lower carbon technologies, says Ramboll...
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Geo Con
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Network Rail seeks to fill Wales & Western region asset management framework
Network Rail Infrastructure has released a contract notice for a reactive and minor works framework for the Wales & Western region that...
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Geo Con
Mar 21, 20241 min read


Retaining walls: Lessons from Lyneham Banks
In-depth ground investigations have been crucial for the development of a piled retaining wall on the landslide damaged B4069 in...
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Geo Con
Mar 20, 20241 min read


Liverpool’s Mersey Tidal Power scheme takes next step forward
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has agreed to progress the development of the £3.5bn Mersey Tidal Power project and to...
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Geo Con
Mar 19, 20241 min read


Major operation underway to stabilise Shropshire railway embankment by Easter
Network Rail and J Murphy & Sons are working on the railway line in Telford, where a steep slope suffered a significant landslide earlier...
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Geo Con
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Ground Engineering’s April 2024 issue reports on innovative asset maintenance trials
Ground Engineering's April 2024 issue features reports on surveys carried out by a robot dog in a live trial on a motorway embankment,...
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Geo Con
Mar 15, 20241 min read


Geotech surveys completed on Seagreen offshore wind farm phase two
SSE Renewables’ plans to expand Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm have moved forward with the recent completion of geotechnical...
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Geo Con
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Coal Authority appoints contractors to £6.5M ground investigation framework
Strata Geotechnics, Soil Engineering Geoservices, Ian Farmer Associates, Rogers Geotechnical Services and Spencer Quantum have won places...
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Geo Con
Mar 13, 20241 min read


A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route upgrade given planning permission
National Highways’ £1.3bn scheme to upgrade a 29km stretch of the A66 between Cumbria and Yorkshire was last week given the go-ahead by...
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Geo Con
Mar 12, 20241 min read


HS2: Burton Green cut and cover tunnel gets planning approval
High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) “green tunnel” at Burton Green in Warwickshire has been granted planning permission by Solihull Metropolitan...
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Geo Con
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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