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First-of-its-kind public Nevada data center halted over review concerns

Approval for a planned 167 MW data center near Boulder City, Nevada, has been temporarily halted after a federal appeals board found that the environmental review used to authorize the project was lik...

GBP16m Barbican package highlights complexity of structural retrofit

A GBP16m demolition and structures package is being prepared for the Barbican Renewal Programme in London, placing structural sequencing, temporary works and careful intervention at the centre of the...

GBP800m South Wales civils framework prepares for bidding

Contractors will soon be able to bid for places on a new GBP800m civil engineering framework being established by five Welsh councils, covering construction, maintenance and specialist infrastructu...

Disappearing permafrost forces Alaska communities to rethink rebuilding

In parts of western Alaska, the ground is no longer behaving like ground. In the coastal village of Kwigillingok, along the Bering Sea, some areas now feel soft, wet and unstable — a local symptom...

Louisiana spaceport plan would reshape coastal launch infrastructure

A new USD100bn spaceport has been announced for coastal Louisiana, with plans to create what could become the largest rocket launch facility on Earth. The proposed 125,000 acre site at Pecan Island in...

Dubai airport expansion adds 31-mile automated people mover system

Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport expansion is moving into another major infrastructure phase, with a contract awarded for a 31-mile automated people mover system that will connect terminals an...

HS2 launches final viaduct on the approach to Curzon Street Station

Engineers on High Speed 2 (HS2), Britain's new high-speed railway, have launched the first 170 m of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct over the Birmingham to Derby railway lines. HS2 says the operation is...

Scape opens GBP8bn framework for public sector construction delivery

SCAPE has issued the Tender Notice for its next-generation Construction Works & Services Framework, a GBP8bn procurement covering public sector construction across England, Wales and Northern Irel...

£1.2bn Scape framework opens route for regional construction works

Public sector procurement organisation Scape has launched procurement for a new £1.2bn Regional Construction Works and Services framework, designed to support construction projects across the Midlands...

Buildings must now learn from the data they produce

Imperial's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Venturous Group and Neuron Digital are exploring how intelligent building technologies can make buildings more efficient, resilient and su...

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