Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civils contracts covering the construction of five rail stations and their associated viaducts.
Briefings are being held this week for the local community and potential subcontractors ahead of the start of construction of a new rail bridge across Australia’s Avon River.
The Canadian government has said that it is prepared to acquire the Quebec Bridge from its current owner to ensure that restoration of the rusting 100-year-old road, rail and pedestrian crossing is carried out.
Canadian rail operator CN has formed a partnership for the rapid reconstruction of a key rail bridge that was destroyed by fire in May.
The US state of Massachusetts has approved a five-year, US$18.3 billion capital investment plan for road and bridge projects, airports, rail and transit.
A monitoring contract has been awarded for 14 major bridges that form part of a new high-speed railway in central Greece.
Spanish railway operator Adif Alta Velocidad has awarded the construction contract for a section of the Murcia - Almería high-speed route that includes three major viaducts.
The construction phase has now begun of a US$4.9 billion project to build a 3.6km elevated ‘people mover’ at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the USA.
A partnership between Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University and rail industry body RSSB plans to develop a robotic system to facilitate closer inspection of the arches of railway bridges.
High-speed rail design takes a step forward with dynamic new methods for vehicle-track-structure-interaction analysis on curved bridge structures. Maria Fedorova, Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, and Joshua Tauberer explain
Short video showing the recently closed steel truss arch of the Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui in Yunnan Province, southwest China.
The bridge’s concrete piers and steel structure had been repaired last year after an earlier collapse in 2016 due to flooding.
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
The first surveying contract is now under way and contractors have been shortlisted for a new rail bridge over the Avon River in Victoria, Australia.
Chinese crews have placed the final beam of their section of a new rail bridge connecting China and Russia.
A major cable-stayed bridge is included in new concept designs that have been released this week for a planned light rail transit line in Edmonton, Canada.
Live trains began running along southeast Melbourne’s new viaducts in mid-June following the successful removal of nine level crossings. José María Sánchez de Muniáin reports
The Swedish government has revealed its ten-year infrastructure investment plan, which includes major invostment in high-speed railways.
The Australian state of Victoria has started the tender process for the US$72 million Avon River Bridge in Stratford.
A contract has been awarded for the provision of project management assistance on a 27km metro line in the Greater Toulouse region.
