Thomas Johnson
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Train sped up after automatic warning system before fatal Bedford crash, Raib report reveals | New Civil Engineer (opens the original)
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A passenger train involved in a fatal crash near Bedford sped up after its automatic warning system (AWS) gave a red light, a Rail Accident Investigations Branch (Raib) interim report has revealed. The collision occurred at around 5.15pm on Friday 19 June on Network Rail’s Midland Main Line, approximately 4km south of Bedford station. It involved a four-car Class 360 electric multiple unit and a five-car Class 810 bi-mode multiple unit. The driver of train 1H46, 60-year-old Shaun Burton, died as
Sellafield announces suppliers on £3.6bn framework for asset care and construction | New Civil Engineer (opens the original)
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Sellafield Ltd has named the preferred partners for a new procurement frameworks worth up to £3.6bn that will deliver asset care and construction activities at its nuclear site in Cumbria. Sellafield, the UK’s largest nuclear decommissioning site, has been engaged in a long-running programme to reduce risk and dismantle redundant facilities built during the Cold War and early civil nuclear era. The framework, called Project and Asset Care Execution (Pace), is intended to cover a wide range of wo
Thames Water invites three joint ventures to bid for £5.7bn main works contract for White Horse Reservoir | New Civil Engineer (opens the original)
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Thames Water has shortlisted three joint ventures to bid for the main construction contract, worth £5.7bn, for the proposed White Horse Reservoir near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The three groups invited to tender to become the main works contractor, responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of the project are: If completed as planned, the reservoir would be the second largest in the UK and supply water to about 15M people across the South East, including customers of Thames Water, Af
Great British Grid: Burnham set to create publicly owned electricity grid investment organisation | New Civil Engineer (opens the original)
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Prime minister Andy Burnham is set to announce the creation of Great British (GB) Grid, which will have access to up to £4bn from within Great British Energy's existing budget. Slated to be unveiled at the Labour party conference, which is being held in Liverpool from Sunday 27 September to Wednesday 30 September, GB Grid forms part of Burnham’s wider plans to increase public control of UK utilities. Media reports have also outlined how the creation of GB Grid will allow businesses to build thei
VolkerRail finishes month‑long track renewals on Croydon tram loop | New Civil Engineer (opens the original)
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Railway systems and infrastructure contractor VolkerRail has completed a month-long programme of track renewals on the London Trams network replacing more than 750m of embedded track through Croydon’s central tram loop. The work, carried out in August on behalf of Transport for London (TfL), focused on sections of Wellesley Road and Tamworth Road, south London, and involved replacement of degraded infrastructure. Activities included embedded track renewal, rail replacement, welding and bonding,
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