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Holtec wins £30m grant from UK government to advance small modular nuclear reactor
Energy technology company Holtec has won £30 million in grant funding from the UK government to take its small modular nuclear reactor concept through the first steps to assessing its suitability for construction.
Italy to withdraw from China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Italy to step away from world’s largest infrastructure scheme
Strabag in ‘world record’ for longest single bored tunnel drive
Austrian contractor Strabag’s UK arm has claimed a world record for the longest single tunnel boring machine (TBM) drive, for a tunnel under the North York Moors.
Crane lifts crane: Big Carl bears the load
Installing a polar crane in the Hinkley Point C first reactor building was one of the project’s heaviest lifts for Sarens’ 5,000 tonner
Moldova secures €300 million in Euro funding
European banks to jointly aid major road rehabilitation project
The construction teams working to hold back a volcano
After an 800 year hiatus, volcanos have started erupting on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Construction teams are working round the clock to build protective barriers in order to save the country’s main power plant from being overcome by lava.
PP O’Connor takes down Fiddlers Ferry cooling towers
VIDEO: Massive implosion fells 115-metre-tall structures
Eiffage aims to stay ahead in energy transition race with acquisition of Dutch firm
French construction giant Eiffage has bought a Dutch company specialising in security installations, IT networks and industrial automation.
Video: Engineering takeaways from a record-breaking suspension bridge
Resit Yildiz is a director of projects at Limak, one of Turkey’s largest contractors.
Ferrovial sells entire stake in Heathrow Airport
Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial has announced the sale of its 25% stake in Heathrow Airport in the UK to buyers Ardian and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Poland approves second large nuclear plant project
Construction is expected to start in 2026
Ayesa secures contract to replace iconic Italian bridge
Spanish and Italian engineering firms beat 18 applicants to deliver 1.2km crossing
Skanska partners on €111 million Norwegian road project
Swedish contractor aims for ambitious 50% CO2 reduction on A6 project
Construction ‘first’ for Antarctic research station
Eight construction team members will be stationed at Rothera for seven months during Antarctica’s winter season
Eiffage drives off with €234m Norway low-carbon motorway contract
French contracting giant Eiffage has won a €234 million contract to build a new section of the E18-E39 motorway in Kristiansand, Norway. Eiffage will undertake the work through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil and has secured the design-build contract from Statens Vegvesen, a company owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport.
Demand for weight-loss drugs spurs Novo Nordisk to invest €2.1bn in French production site
Danish drug company Novo Nordisk is to invest 16 billion Danish kroner (€2.1 billion) to expand its production facilities in Chartres, France amid high demand for its weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Mayor of London rejects plans for Las Vegas-style MSG Sphere
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has rejected plans to build a huge illuminated Sphere similar to the one that opened in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Ayesa secures major Polish high-speed rail contract
Engineering services specialist takes supervisory role on CPK megaproject
Jacobs wins €2.3 billion decarbonisation project in Germany
Engineering services giant to lead construction management work at Thyssenkrupp Steel
Armoured excavator deployed for remediation works at World War II army munitions site
Largest known contaminated site with chemical warfare agents in Europe to take six years to clean up
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