The Rhineland branch of Germany’s motorway network operator Autobahn has awarded a €358M (£307M) contract to a consortium led by Eiffage’s German subsidiary SEH for the construction of a new bridge across the Rhine in Leverkusen, Germany.
The other consortium partners are Max Boegl, Plauen Stahl Technologie, Zwickauer Sonderstahlbau and Hochtief…
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Engineers find further faults on Poole’s Twin Sails Bridge
Engineers have found further faults on Poole’s troubled Twin Sails Bridge while repairing one of the 55m-high masts, which snapped on Monday and forced the bridge’s closure.
The Twin Sails Bridge is the world’s first triangular “leaf” lifting bridge. The mast snapped while engineers were investigating a fault with one…
Poole’s troubled Twin Sails Bridge closed after mast breaks while lifting
The embattled Twin Sails Bridge in Poole has been closed after one of its masts broke.
One of the bridge’s 55m-high masts broke during the bridge’s opening on Monday. Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council said the bridge would remain closed while engineers investigated the cause of the damage and drew up…
Hochtief awarded contract to build National Grid’s Snowdonia tunnel
National Grid’s Snowdonia Tunnel, which will house pipelines, communication and powerlines, is set to be built by Hochtief.
The Snowdonia Visual Impact Provision (VIP) project intends to remove 3km of overhead power lines from the Dwyryd Estuary and put them in a new underground tunnel – mitigating the impact of their…
Hochtief-Murphy JV wins £400M London Power Tunnels contract
National Grid has agreed a six-year contract with Hochtief-Murphy joint venture (HMJV) to deliver tunnelling and shaft work in the second phase of its London Power Tunnels (LPT2) project.
The six-year contract is worth around £400M, with work scheduled to start in March next year. Over eight years, the £1bn London…
Hochtief’s UK arm sees losses double
Engineering giant Hochtief's UK business has seen its losses double to £21M as revenues slumped by almost a third.
According to accounts for the year to December 31 2018, year-on-year losses before tax grew to £21.4M from £11.2M with revenues falling from £100.8M to £70.6M. It is the third year in…
Losing Silvertown Tunnel bidder launches legal challenge against TfL
Transport for London (TfL) has been slapped with an automatic suspension order, preventing it from awarding the £1bn contract to design and build the Silvertown Tunnel in East London. TfL named the Riverlinx consortium (consisting of Ferrovial subsidiary Cintra, Bam PPP PGGM, Macquarie Capital and SK E+C) as preferred bidder…