Technology
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Bridgemont has submitted plans to retrofit One Embankment Place extensively. The Charing Cross scheme would retain around 90% of the structure and floorplate while replacing gas plant and targeting sharply lower operational energy demand.
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Farrans will build new skylinks across London Stansted Airport terminals. Offsite assembly and overnight transport will reduce disruption while enabling the airport’s wider £1.1bn terminal transformation.
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SER reports lower diesel use from its hydrogen retrofit trial. The nine-month evaluation covered two heavy machines under monitored operating conditions.
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Natural Power will investigate two Scottish wind farms’ ground conditions. The work will inform turbine foundations, access routes, drainage, earthworks, and detailed design at Ourack and Quantans Hill.
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Southern Cranes adds two Liebherr all-terrain cranes to its fleet. The 150-tonne and 300-tonne units extend lifting capacity, reach, and mobilisation options across London and southern England.
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Direct trains have returned through Chipping Sodbury after resilience works. Network Rail renewed tunnel track, repaired drainage and lining, and strengthened railway cuttings with 2,000 soil nails.
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Financial close advances Manchester’s £530m Fallowfield accommodation redevelopment towards construction. The 3,300-room programme combines Passivhaus certification, modern methods of construction, and a 50-year delivery and operating partnership.
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New RTPI guidance separates current drone use from scaled operations. It addresses inspection and enforcement benefits alongside privacy, noise, infrastructure, regulation, and public acceptance.
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Liebherr’s new test bench compresses structural validation into controlled cycles. One hour of accelerated operation can represent approximately 17 hours of excavation work.
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Romania will modernise 560 kilometres of ageing railway signalling infrastructure. Siemens leads a consortium covering stations, level crossings, control centres, and more than 2,000 signals.