Project Reports

Balfour plays Reading festival viaduct just right

Each of the 25 m spans installed consists of four concrete beams

Network Rail’s near-£1bn station upgrade hinges on a de-congesting flyover that has seen its contractor overcome flooded plants and shocking ground conditions.

Floating excavators tackle unusual dredging on Somerset Levels

Excavated material is loaded onto tracked hoppers for use as agricultural improvement fill.

The effectiveness of dredging the Rivers Tone and Parrett in flood-hit Somerset may have been open to debate, but the skill of those involved in the work is not.

Galliford Try re-engineers devilish London job in real time

The scheme has seen a complicated array or propping and geotechnical workings

High-end office space is a rare commodity in London’s St James’s but a new development promises to deliver just that while bringing an architectural gem back to life.