Development of the detailed design of Scotland’s Cross Tay Link Road and changes to the planned construction methods have already reduced the project's carbon output by more than 35,000 tonnes.
The first of three bridges to combine flax fibres with a bio-resin has been completed in the Netherlands.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held next week for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in California, USA.
The draft environmental impact statement has been published for the proposed rehabilitation or replacement of the General Sullivan Bridge.
When it comes to minimising carbon emissions in bridge engineering, there are some widely-held misconceptions that urgently need dispelling, especially in the context of cost. Bd&e speaks with David Collings.
Having worked at several leading design and engineering consultancies in her 10-year career, Luxembourg-born structural engineer Lee Franck has recently stepped into the world of entrepreneurship to help champion sustainable and collaborative approaches to construction. Khalifa Bokhammas learns more
The development of a specimen design can help stakeholder engagement on major projects such as high-speed rail lines. Martin Knight and Héctor Beade-Pereda explain how
A landscaped bridge is among the planned measures for creation of a 'green corridor' as part of the HS2 high-speed railway in the UK.
BAM has taken over from Struckton as the majority shareholder in a project to develop a floating bridge incorporating a tidal power plant.
More than 32,000m3 of materials from the former Tappan Zee Bridge in New York are to be recycled as artificial reefs.
Plans to expand the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) in the eastern USA received environmental approval this week, allowing the project to move forward.
Plans for a bridge in the Borneo rainforest have been scrapped following campaigning by conservationists.
An environmental impact study for a 1,780m bridge over the River Uruguay is to be presented to the public this month.
Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is set to start work on the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a project to replace the I-84 Hartford Viaduct.
Some 450,000 mussels are being relocated to enable construction of the new Interstate 74 bridge linking the US states of Iowa and Illinois over the Mississippi River.
The governors of the US states of Indiana and Kentucky have signed a memorandum of agreement to launch the I-69 Ohio River Crossing project.
Fugro has won a US$12.9 million contract to study the profiles of wind, waves and currents at the sites of three major crossings planned for Norwegian fjords.
US federal approval has been given for a project to build a 3.9km bridge in North Carolina.
Mabey Hire has introduced a complete environmental monitoring system that can deliver live sensor data and alerts from the construction site.
