Design checks carried out for the investigation into the fatal collapse of a bridge under construction in Florida, USA, have identified apparent flaws.
A design competition is set to launch next week for a commemorative bridge to improve access to the Irish National War Memorial Garden in Dublin.
The tender process has started for consultancy work for a planned 25km causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
The maintenance project, which will begin in December, involves the installation of a bespoke access platform to allow engineers to inspect the bridge hangers.
New Zealand’s Old Mangere Bridge is to be permanently closed later this month because of concerns about the risk to public safety.
The U$S1.42-billion contract includes 34km of access roads and viaducts as well as two interchanges.
Demolition is set to start on 15 December of the Italian bridge whose collapse in August killed 43 people.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has appointed two independent teams of designers to determine the best option for a 5km floating bridge.
An agreement has been signed for the development and finance of a road-rail bridge linking the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.
The 1.6km Willis Bridge linking the US states of Oklahoma and Texas is set to be replaced next year following the appointment of a contractor.
Repairs are set to get under way shortly to replace a main load-carrying member that was damaged last month when a crane hit the Sunshine Bridge in the US state of Louisiana.
Construction of a flagship bridge project in South African has had to be stopped because violent protests have been taking place.
A new bridge which was floated into place over a canal in Hengelo features three innovations which were specially designed for the project
A new footbridge over the River Thames connecting Taplow and Maidenhead has opened to the public.
The US city of Sacramento has appointed the lead designer for the replacement of the I Street Bridge and has unveiled some concepts.
An audit requested by senior US transport officials has concluded that the fatal collapse of a Florida footbridge was not connected to the way the grant funding application was made, though there were shortcomings in the documentation.
Luxembourg’s Ministry of Infrastructure has appointed the contracting team for a new bridge in Ettelbrück.
World Bank is to allocate US$425m to fund maintenance, upgrades and construction of rural bridges to help millions of people across Bangladesh.
The contractor has been announced for the the Lake Lothing Third Crossing lifting bridge in Lowestoft in eastern England.
New Zealand’s workplace safety authority is enforcing measures to ensure that lessons learnt from an accident on a bridge site are shared widely by the company held responsible.
