Repairs to a canal embankment that collapsed in December are expected to take most of this year and cost the Canal and River Trust millions of pounds, the charity has said, as investigations into the breach continue. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

Work has begun on a major coastal defence scheme to protect the railway that runs through Folkestone Warren in Kent, with thousands of tonnes of limestone being laid to prevent erosion and stabilise the cliffs. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The British Tunnelling Society (BTS) has published a best practice design guide for Sprayed Concrete Linings in Soft Ground. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

A Webuild-led consortium has won a £572M (€660M) contract for the design and construction of civil works on the new metro line 10 in Naples, Italy. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

Public energy company Queensland Hydro has secured regulatory approval to undertake exploratory works on its proposed Borumba pumped hydro project in eastern Australia. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The UK government’s recent overhaul of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has drawn broad industry support, although some critics have questioned whether the reforms go far enough. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The Hong Kong government has been using NEC contracts on its construction and infrastructure projects for more than a decade. Among the most recent NEC projects is the delivery of a major three-year ground investigation scheme. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The dramatic collapse of an historical culvert beneath a South Wales housing estate last year demanded rapid stabilisation works and a complex £4M repair. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

An engineering report has recommended soil nailing as the most effective way to stabilise a subsiding section of Swanage’s seafront, with project costs expected to be at least £4.5M. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavating the mineral transport system tunnel (MTS) on the polyhalite project in North Yorkshire has reached 30km in a “major milestone”. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering