Before the return of Parliament and new work ramping up, organisations including Buro Happold, Kier, Network Rail, the UK Atomic Energy Authority and more have made significant appointments.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during August follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Buro…
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ACE appoints Buro Happold’s Sarah Prichard as new chair
Buro Happold partner and managing director for UK Buildings, Hong Kong and China at consultancy Sarah Prichard has been appointed the new chairperson of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Group Board. She takes over the role from Aecom director of growth, Europe and India, global business line Dave…
Movers and shakers: Biggest construction and engineering appointments in April 2023
This month has seen Skanska UK put in place the only current female chief executive at a Tier 1 contractor in the UK, while other contractors including Buro Happold, Sisk and Morgan Sindall have also made senior appointments.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during April is below.…
Everton stadium engineers overcome challenging location with offsite construction
A challenging location has driven out of the box thinking for the design and construction of Everton FC’s £500M riverside stadium.
Everton Football Club hopes that its new £500M stadium by the River Mersey will be the catalyst for success. But regardless of what eventually unfolds on the pitch, there…
Mace to lead £440M second phase of Manchester Airport transformation
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has announced that it will progress with a £440M investment for the second phase of its Manchester Airport Transformation Programme, to be managed by Mace.
The Transformation Programme is a 10-year, £1.3bn project that was announced in 2015. The first phase saw Manchester Airport Terminal 2 more…
Leicester City stadium expansion unanimously approved after multiple delays
Leicester City Council planning committee has unanimously approved Leicester City Football Club’s application to expand the east stand of its King Power Stadium, which will increase the capacity from 32,261 to “around 40,000”.
The application, with designs by KSS Architects and structural engineering from Buro Happold was submitted in October 2021,…
Why did the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium roof pulse during Storm Eunice?
Winds from Storms Eunice and Franklin have taken their toll on infrastructure around the UK in the last week, but modern construction projects showed the value of clever engineering – with Tottenham Hotspur’s relatively-new £1bn stadium proving why it's widely regarded as the cream of the crop.
Videos emerged of the…
Millennium Dome roof shredded as Storm Eunice rips through the UK
The Millennium Dome’s roof has started to tear and peel off from the force of Storm Eunice, while more infrastructure around the UK shuts down as a safety precaution.
Images and videos of the London landmark’s increasingly sorry state have been circling online as Storm Eunice’s 160km/h force continues to ravage…
Everton Stadium passes another milestone with completion of dredging and sand infilling
Everton FC’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock has passed another milestone as the water has been completely displaced with sand.
It has taken three months to fill the dock with the initial 450,000m3 of sea-dredged sand, forming a solid bed onto which the 52,888 capacity stadium will be built. The dock…
How major challenges were overcome to build Lord’s new stands
Like two halves of an ostrich eggshell perched either side of Lord’s famous media centre, the new Compton and Edrich stands are somehow both in keeping and at odds with the Home of Cricket.
Heading to the ground from the east, the mammoth 24m-tall white orb-like structures are the first glimpse…