The team building the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark expects to start installing the tunnel this spring. Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer

Thames Water and its contractor Costain have begun clay compaction trials to inform future designs of embankments at the proposed Abingdon reservoir in Oxfordshire. Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer

Northern Ireland-based AM Consulting Engineers has acquired UK civil and structural engineering firm Bridges Pound, doubling the group’s workforce to 40 and strengthening its technical capability across geotechnical, civil and structural engineering. 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

A technical paper on overcoming geotechnical challenges in horizontal directional drilling with lessons from the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

Researchers and businesses are exploring biocementation as a sustainable alternative to traditional cement and chemical ground improvement methods. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

Francois Basselot has been promoted to the role of managing director for Egis in UK and Ireland as the company integrates its teams in the two countries. The move forms part of the global engineering consultancy and operations firm’s ambition to significantly expand its operations across the UK and Ireland as priority markets. A central part of these plans is combining the strengths of its teams as they work to meet the two countries’ critical infrastructure needs. Francois h

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