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Carillion completes Loughor Viaduct slide

Carillion completes Loughor Viaduct slide

Carillion has completed the replacement of Loughor Viaduct near Swansea in Wales, as part of a wider US$73 million scheme to double the capacity of (...)
Bridge slide begins at Nottingham Station

Bridge slide begins at Nottingham Station

A sliding operation began last night to install a new steel bridge that will carry trams over the main rail station in the English city of (...)
Mont Saint-Michel bridge takes shape

Mont Saint-Michel bridge takes shape

Eiffage’s construction of a new bridge at Mont Saint-Michel in France is on course for completion by July. The bridge is being built in (...)
Mammoet installs linkspan at Grimsby Port

Mammoet installs linkspan at Grimsby Port

The Port of Grimsby on England’s east coast has taken delivery of a linkspan bridge that will form part of the port’s US$41m (...)

Sellwood Bridge main span readied for 'the big move'

A week-long closure of the Sellwood Bridge in the US state of Oregon begins today to allow preparations for an operation that will move the (...)
Omega Morgan plans relocation of 335m-long bridge

Omega Morgan plans relocation of 335m-long bridge

Lifting and moving specialist Omega Morgan is to move the 335m-long Sellwood Bridge into a new position in an operation scheduled for 19 January. (...)

Contractors fined over death on US bridge site

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration has cited two Wisconsin contractors with a total of 10 safety (...)
Corgo Viaduct takes shape

Corgo Viaduct takes shape

Cranes being used to build Portugal’s Corgo Viaduct are nearing their final height as construction of the tallest piers of the (...)

Beijing Wowjoint to expand gantry production

Launching gantry manufacturer Beijing Wowjoint is setting up new manufacturing and research operations in Zhenjiang City New District, China. The (...)

Gantry drops segment at Port Mann Bridge

A precast concrete segment has fallen into the river following a construction gantry failure at Canada’s Port Mann Bridge. The (...)
Newmarket Viaduct readies for

Newmarket Viaduct readies for 'the stitch’

The NZ Transport Agency has completed a significant milestone on the Newmarket Viaduct replacement project by lifting the final segment of the (...)
Portuguese viaducts take shape

Portuguese viaducts take shape

One of Portugal’s largest viaducts is taking shape as part of the extension of the A4 highway.   The 29.8km extension from Amarante (...)
Milestone reached at Newmarket Viaduct

Milestone reached at Newmarket Viaduct

Workers using diamond-wire saws have cut away the final concrete segments of the old southbound lanes on the Newmarket Viaduct replacement project (...)
Cumbrian bridge lifted into place

Cumbrian bridge lifted into place

The 96t, 60.2m-long long bowstring arch span for a new cycle and pedestrian bridge has been lifted into place over the River Derwent in Cumbria (...)
Newmarket viaduct enters new phase

Newmarket viaduct enters new phase

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has installed the first five of 234 concrete bridge sections for the new northbound section of the (...)

Wowjoint wins US$8 million in launching carrier contracts

Heavy-duty lifting and carrying machinery company Wowjoint Holdings has signed US$8 million in new contracts for construction of China's (...)
Utah completes record-breaking bridge move in a single night

Utah completes record-breaking bridge move in a single night

A record-breaking operation has been carried out to move Utah's new Sam White Bridge into position in a single night. At 108m, it is believed to (...)
Taunton

Taunton's new bridge gets big lift with giant crane

Crowds gathered yesterday in the English town of Taunton in Somerset to watch a 250t arch bridge being lifted into place in less than an hour by (...)
Crane lifts new motorway bridge into place

Crane lifts new motorway bridge into place

The main span of a new US$6 million pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 motorway in Devon was successfully lifted into place by mobile crane (...)

London Olympics team positions latest bridge

Skanska has installed a new bridge that will link the London Olympics park with local communities in Hackney and Waltham Forest. A crane was used (...)