Features

  • Bordeaux Tours high speed

    High speed rail - on time, en France

    A Vinci-led consortium is in the final stages of constructing France’s new 302km Tours-Bordeaux high-speed link ahead of a 50 year concession to operate and maintain the line. Antony Oliver hears why this is the model for the future.
    8 years 5 months ago
  • Louis Armstrong airport

    Pushing the boundaries

    Development of airport infrastructure that can support growth, accommodate technology change and meet tight environmental criteria is vital if the industry is going to meet soaring demand forecasts. By Bernadette Ballantyne.
    8 years 6 months ago
  • Birmingham New Street passengers

    Epic Birmingham New Street 'shows economic power of infrastructure'

    Birmingham New Street’s stunning new look station was completed today with the opening of the Grand Central shopping complex, a project cited by the Chancellor this week as an example of how infrastructure can help reshape local economies.
    8 years 6 months ago
  • The new station from the top of the Rotunda

    Birmingham New Street in numbers

    Here are the project’s vital statistics.
    8 years 6 months ago
  • Station Masterpiece: Birmingham's rebuilt New Street Station

    Technical excellence, flexibility and a collaborative approach were all crucial requirements explains the Atkins’ design team who engineered the award winning Birmingham New Street Station which opens this weekend. Like any epic journey, turning Birmingham’s...
    8 years 6 months ago
  • Davendra Dabasia Mace

    Interview - Davendra Dabasia: Keeping it simple to drive delivery

    Whether he is directing work to deliver London’s 2012 Olympic legacy, driving residential development deals or building Mace’s growing rail portfolio, director Davendra Dabasia’s strategy is clear – don’t make it too complicated.
    8 years 11 months ago
  • Busan-Geoje immersed tube float out by Strukton Immersion Systems.

    Robot spiders help place immersed tubes at Busan Geoje

    In deep waters off South Korea, undersea workers got help positioning immersed tube sections from robotic aids.
    8 years 11 months ago
  • Clacton sea defence

    World’s first sea defence designed in BIM

    A coastal defence project in Clacton has pioneered the use of BIM in a new field, proving that the technology is worth pursuing in every area of infrastructure design.
    8 years 11 months ago
  • Greg Bentley

    Totex approach to asset management key to driving performance

    Bentley Systems chief executive Greg Bentley to set out new totex thinking at British Water conference tomorrow.
    8 years 11 months ago
  • Pop up Singapore hangar built in just eight hours

    Mott MacDonald modelled a prefabricated stressed steel arch solution in BIM to assure integrity and cut work at height.
    8 years 11 months ago

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