New bridge opens in Glasgow’s southside

NETWORK Rail and BAM Nuttall have completed works on the construction of a new bridge on Nithsdale Road in the southside of Glasgow. The work...

Funding boost in project to protect road workers

AMEY has secured additional funding to design an Impact Protection Vehicle (IPV) to protect workers when putting out traffic management on live carriageways. The firm...
M8 Woodside Viaducts

WSP UK to provide technical advisory services for permanent repair to M8 Woodside Viaducts

WSP UK has been awarded a contract by Transport Scotland to provide technical advisory services for a permanent repair to the M8 Woodside Viaducts. This...
Site works

Work begins on new £5.9m railway bridge in West Dunbartonshire

WORK is underway on a £5.9 million project to install a new railway bridge at Bowling in West Dunbartonshire. Being delivered by Network Rail, in...
Steel installation

Work concludes on accessibility project at Uddingston Railway Station

THE access for all project at Uddingston Railway Station has been completed with passengers set to benefit from easier step-free access to both platforms. A...
Cullivoe road sign

Contract notice published for £7.44m Shetland road project

SHETLAND Islands Council has published the contract notice for the new B9082 road from Gutcher to Cullivoe. The budgeted cost of the project - which...

Lifespan of two Edinburgh bridges ‘significantly’ extended following £1.9m works

STORY Contracting has completed 'extensive' refurbishment to two Edinburgh city centre bridges on behalf of Network Rail. The £1.9 million project lasted nine months and...
Aerial of Station Road

Work complete on £4m upgrade of Inverclyde railway line

NETWORK Rail has successfully completed £4 million worth of upgrades across the Inverclyde railway line. During an eight-day programme, engineering teams carried out essential repairs...

Contractor adopts active hearing protection mandate

GALLIFORD Try’s Highways business has implemented a new mandate requiring all of its sites to adopt active hearing protection from July. The measure will become...

Wills Bros begins upgrade of crucial North Ayrshire road

WILLS Bros has commenced work on the upgrade of North Ayrshire's B714, with a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of the project. The transformational scheme...

BEAR Scotland boosts south east team with new appointments

BEAR Scotland has boosted its senior team with two 'key' appointments in its bridges team delivering the Scottish trunk road network management contract for...

New report highlights benefits of dualling A77/A75 trunk roads

A new report has revealed that dualling the A77/A75 trunk roads linking Scotland and England with Northern Ireland would bring £5 billion of 'positive...

D&I Bain Ltd appointed to repair Highland road

D&I Bain Ltd has been appointed to carry out repair works along the U1992 Evanton to Swordale road in the Highlands. The Muir of Ord...

Glasgow bridge project triumphs in international civil engineering competition

THE two-way spanning cable-stayed Stockingfield Bridge in north Glasgow has won the 2022 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) People’s Choice Award. The category recognises civil...
Govan-Partick Bridge

Local housing associations celebrate Govan-Partick Bridge opening

THREE Govan-based housing associations have warmly welcomed the opening of the Govan-Partick Bridge. Elderpark Housing, Govan Housing Association and Linthouse Housing Association hailed the structure,...

Glasgow eyes moving away from ‘car-dominated’ city centre

PEDESTRIANS having priorities over vehicles has been placed at the heart of plans to transform Glasgow city centre. Glasgow City Council's proposal for a people...

Work complete on £4.7m upgrade of bridge in Glasgow’s east end

STORY Contracting has completed a £4.7 million improvement project to refurbish the Clyde Viaduct between Rutherglen and Dalmarnock in Glasgow. Delivered on behalf of Network...

Two Edinburgh city centre bridges to undergo repair works in January

A £1.7 million project to repair and repaint two railway bridges in Edinburgh city centre is to get underway in January, Network Rail has...

Continuous 24-hour working to see demolition of Highland Mainline bridge

NETWORK Rail is to demolish an existing bridge under the Highland Mainline railway at Lynebeg to make way for a new crossing. It comes as...
Forth bridge

New 10-year Forth Bridge World Heritage management plan to be created

INDIVIDUALS are being invited to comment on a draft plan for the management of the Forth Bridge over the next 10 years. All UNESCO World...