Project Insights
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Network Rail will renew 1.2km of Lincolnshire track this month. Nine engineering trains and road-rail vehicles will support the £1.5m possession.
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Network Rail has completed £7.1m of East Coast upgrade works. Track, points, drainage and overhead-line renewals were delivered across three engineering weekends.
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Stepnell has now completed the first Hazeley Enterprise Park units. The Hampshire scheme combines contaminated land remediation with new industrial space, offices, solar generation, EV charging and tenant-specific building services.
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Network Rail will begin Liverpool’s tunnel upgrade programme this Sunday. The £3.5m works strengthen and waterproof four tunnels while modernising third rail power control during a 26-day railway closure.
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Huddersfield rail works have completed a major 16-day programme phase. More than 2km of new track was installed alongside drainage, station, electrification and signalling work.
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Edinburgh’s historic Palm Houses have reopened after five-year restoration work. Thousands of replacement glass panes and extensive ironwork repairs have renewed the A-listed structures.
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Glasgow has approved North Laurieston’s regeneration masterplan after public consultation. The framework covers vacant land, heritage buildings, streets and connections across the south-bank district.
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Hinkley Point C has completed its 620-metre fish return tunnel. The boring machine reached the Bristol Channel seabed five months after leaving dry land.
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HS2 has completed the 320-metre Westbury viaduct near Brackley, Northamptonshire. The double composite structure combines reinforced concrete and steel to reduce material use across the River Great Ouse floodplain.
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Environment Agency secures planning approval for £25m Greatham flood scheme. Construction is due to begin in early 2027, combining new defences with major estuary habitat restoration.