Arup and Jacobs Appointed as Designers for Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway
In a joint venture with Jacobs, Arup has been appointed as designer for the Fulton Hogan Seymour Whyte Joint Venture (FHSW JV) to construct the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Delivered on behalf of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, the $929.3 million project will see construction of a six-lane divided highway and provide major upgrades of the Caloundra Road and Sunshine Motorway interchanges in one of Queensland...
Birmingham New Street Station Celebrates First Anniversary of Reopening
One year on from its reopening by her Majesty the Queen on September 20, 2015, visitors to Birmingham New Street station are enjoying a step-change in their experiences of what a station can offer. In addition to keeping over 170,000 passengers/day moving, the UK's biggest station outside London offers extensive retail and leisure facilities, in a light, aesthetically pleasing and dynamic environment. Atkins, one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consult...
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Second CFB Unit in the Philippines
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract by JGC Corporation to design and supply a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator for the SEC210 Phase 2 Project in the Philippines for Sarangani Energy Corp. (SEC), part of Alsons Power. Amec Foster Wheeler’s Global Power Group will design and supply the 105-MW second unit of the baseload CFB power plant including auxiliary equipment and onsite technical advisory services for the project located in Maasim, Sarang...
Bouygues TP/Laing O'Rourke JV welcomes Government approval of Hinkley Point C
Yesterday’s announcement by the UK Government of its approval to proceed with construction of the Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station has been warmly welcomed by the project’s main civils works contractor team. The project will be one of the largest infrastructure construction schemes in Europe, and construction will commence shortly with Bouygues TP and Laing O'Rourke (BYLOR), two of Europe’s most dynamic engineering and construction specialists, working together in joint venture to de...
Amec Foster Wheeler Helps Secure Permission for Guernsey Waste Infrastructure
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been successful in supporting its client, Guernsey Waste, a States of Guernsey Trading Asset, in securing planning permission for a new 7,000 tonnes per annum household waste recycling centre and a 32,500 tonnes per annum waste transfer station on the island of Guernsey. These facilities are required to meet the objectives of the Island’s approved Waste Strategy, in particular by treating waste as a resource and diverting it from landfill. The p...
Jacobs Secures Design Role on Darlington Upgrade Project in Australia
PASADENA, Calif.- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it is part of a design joint venture sub-contracted by the Gateway South Consortium which was recently selected to design and construct the Darlington Upgrade project in Adelaide, Australia. The Gateway South Consortium is a joint venture between Fulton Hogan and Laing O’Rourke. The design joint venture consists of Jacobs, KBR and SMEC Australia. The major transport project, with a budget of approximately $440 million...
Sixth Street Viaduct Crosses Half-Way Demolition Milestone
LOS ANGELES – The 3,500-foot-long Sixth Street Viaduct linking Boyle Heights and Downtown Los Angeles is being replaced because of a chemical condition that is weakening the structure’s concrete. Since February 2016, nearly 2,000 feet of the original viaduct has been torn down, bringing the demolition phase to 50 percent completion. In the most recent construction milestone, the two pairs of iconic steel viaduct arches that span across the Los Angeles River channel were removed. One of the a...
Parsons “Gives Back” by Building a Footbridge in Colombia
PASADENA, CA (September 14, 2016) – Parsons, in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, recently sent an 11-member team of its infrastructure and construction experts to La Guaya—a small town of 1,000 people outside of Bogota, Colombia—to build a 58-m footbridge over the La Guaya River. The river was impassable in bad weather, requiring the community to take a 2-hour detour to access markets, schools, and medical services. The new bridge provides the La Guaya community with access to necessary s...
Atkins Designed Substation Installed at DONG Energy’s Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm
The first of two Atkins-designed offshore substations for Race Bank offshore wind farm has been successfully installed at the site in the North Sea, a milestone achievement in the wind farm’s offshore construction phase. As a critical piece of infrastructure, the substation is the first major piece of the Race Bank wind farm to be installed, and the second substation Atkins has designed for DONG Energy now in place in UK waters after the successful installation of the Burbo Bank Extension sub...
Metrolink Second City Crossing on Track as Final Rails are Laid in the City
Main construction works on a new Metrolink line through the heart of Manchester city centre are expected to finish before Christmas, with the final rails now laid. The £165 million Second City Crossing, due to open next year, will allow more frequent, reliable and flexible services to run on the busy tram network, which now hosts more than 35 million journeys a year. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) opened the first phase of the route, from Victoria Station through...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
