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Sir Terry Farrell - Ecotowns fail and alternatives are needed

Eco towns will fail and alternatives are needed, say experts

Government plans to build eco-towns are destined for failure, with engineers needing to lead the search for a new approach to sustainability, it was claimed today.

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Balfour Beatty have cooperated in the investigation into the Alexadrina library

Serious Fraud Office to combat corruption overseas

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will divert more of its resources to combat corruption overseas, its director announced yesterday.

Transport

ICE president Jean Venables speaks out against Heathrow expansion

ICE president Jean Venables speaks out against Heathrow expansion

Institution of Civil Engineers president Jean Venables today spoke out against expansion of Heathrow airport and instead backed Tory plans for high speed rail. Listen to the interview here.

Transport for London board member Steven Norris at Civils 2008 from Mark Hansford on Vimeo.

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Corus

Greatest Advance

Greatest Advance

NCE along with sister titles The Architect's Journal and Construction News and in association with Corus Advance is attempting to find out what single item or concept has nurtured the greatest advance in construction? Ruby Kitching reveals a selection of nominations from some of the big names in construction so far.

Leader

Auditable CPD must be made compulsory for civil engineers

Auditable CPD must be made compulsory for civil engineers

Unless the civil engineering commits to a system that demonstrates continuous professional development the profession will never move forward, says NCE editor Antony Oliver.

Energy

John's blog: When the lights go out

John's blog: When the lights go out

It's that time of year again. As Christmas lights are switched on across Britain's high streets, so too begins the fear mongering over the possibility of the lights going out this winter.

Features

Thames Rescue

Thames Rescue

Billed as the largest water infrastructure project in the northern hemisphere, the London Tideway Tunnels aim to massively reduce sewage discharge into the rivers Thames and Lee. Alexandra Wynne talks to the man in charge of delivery.

Structures

Eurocodes: Moving with the times

Eurocodes: Moving with the times

The long wait for Eurocodes is over and the time for action is now, says Parsons Brinckerhoff director of bridge and structural engineering and Eurocodes guru Steve Denton.

Transport

Holding a line of thought

Holding a line of thought

The £400M upgrade of the Trent Valley line will be the  final piece of the £9bn West Coast Main Line upgrade. Ed Owen visited the project to see how new measures to stop possessions overrunning are working.