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Shortlist announced for Glasgow viaduct

A shortlist of BMV (Balfour Beatty, Morgan Est and Vinci joint venture), Carillion, Morrison Construction and Roadbridge/Sisk has been selected (...)

Design team appointed for Hyderabad Metro

Maytas Metro has appointed Systra and Parsons Brinckerhoff to carry out the engineering design and project management of the Hyderabad (...)

Design team announced for New Jersey Transit bridge

A joint venture of Jacobs Engineering Group, Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems and HNTB Corporation has won a contract from New Jersey (...)

Surrey fits warning system on bashed bridge

Surrey County Council in southern England has added an automated warning system in a bid to stop tall vehcles from striking or becoming wedged (...)

Calatrava bridge opens in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Light Rail Train Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is being inaugurated (...)

Metro endorses Columbia River plans

Plans for a new bridge over the Columbia River have been backed by the Metro regional government, which serves the Portland area of Oregon in the (...)

Two die in Swedish construction collapse

Two people were killed yesterday and three injured when part of a Swedish rail bridge being built by Skanska (...)

Tendering to start this year for Tagus bridge

Portugal's government has confirmed its approval of a third crossing of the Tagus and plans to launch an international tender in (...)

Giant crane positions new London rail bridge

A bridge was lifted into place over the weekend to form a key part of the new East London line. A 1,200t mobile crane - the UK's biggest - lifted (...)

Indian railway bridge completed

Construction of a 2.1km crossing of the Mahanadi River was completed this week with the placing of the final steel (...)

Contract let for multi-purpose bridge

New Zealand railway infrastructure Ontrack has awards a contract to HEB Smithbridge to build a road and rail bridge at Arahura. The new structure (...)

Balfour Beatty wins US$145 million restoration contract

Network Rail has awarded Balfour Beatty a contract to complete the remaining restoration and painting of the Forth Bridge. The contract is set (...)