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Advancing infrastructure using digital twin modelling
“A well-designed digital twin acts as both a performance monitor and a training tool for the next generation of engineers.” (Image: thongsook/stock.adobe.com)Digital twin modelling is opening new...
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How Australian builders are handling progress claims with Payapps
Builders using Payapps have reported faster turnaround times, less manual data entry and fewer disputes. (Image: Michael C/peopleimages.com/stock.adobe.com)Payment claims remain a complex and often...
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Contract awarded for concept designs of Fifteenth Avenue
Image: Transport for NSWA contract has been awarded for concept designs of Fifteenth Avenue, which will be an essential link to the Western Sydney International Airport precinct. Global engineering...
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Contract awarded to relieve congestion on SA ‘dogleg’
Image: Government of South AustraliaA contract has been awarded for the construction of a new link road that will remove a ‘dogleg’ at the busy South Road intersection in South Australia....
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$63M in total for road safety projects across Victoria
Image: stock.adobe.com/littlewolf1989Local roads in Victoria will receive $19.5 million across seven projects due to funding from the Federal Government. One of these seven Victorian projects is the...
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Contract awarded for Barwon Heads Road Upgrade
Image: Victorian Government.A contract for the first part of the $318 million Barwon Heads Road Upgrade – Stage Two in Victoria has been awarded. FCC Construction Australia and BildGroup will...
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Metro Tunnel trial coming up
Image courtesy of the Victorian Government.Metro Tunnel services between Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham East will be trailed on the 16th and 17th of August. There will be more services compared to...
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Elizabeth Drive opens in NSW
Transport for NSW.Elizabeth Drive in New South Wales has opened to traffic, a major milestone in the $2.1 billion toll-free M12 Motorway project. Significant upgrades have taken a 2.2 kilometre...
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Expert Profile: George Kyriakos Coates
Image courtesy of Coates.Temporary works are a critical but often underestimated element of major projects. In this Expert Profile, we hear from George Kyriakos, Temporary Works Engineer at Coates,...
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Tasmania’s Bridgewater Bridge takes out national construction award
Image: Tasmanian GovernmentThe new Bridgewater Bridge Project has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Australian Construction Achievement Award. McConnell Dowell and the Tasmanian Government worked...
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Industry unites to celebrate 20 years of Rail Safety Week
Image: stock.adobe.com/ENGINEER - STUDIOAnnual Rail Safety Week (August 11-17) is shining a spotlight on the importance of staying safe while on and around rail. Now in its 20th year, Rail Safety...
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Final contracts awarded for Eastern Freeway project
Image: Major Road Projects Victoria.Two consortiums have been awarded the final contracts for the Eastern Freeway project in Victoria, which will deliver more lanes and better connections throughout...
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Major Melbourne sewer upgrade goes trenchless
Elizabeth Street construction during a previous stage of the CBD upgrade. Image: Greater Western WaterGreater Western Water is set to utilise trenchless technology as part of a major upgrade to...
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Progress on Sydney pipeline duplication
Image: Bouygues Construction AustraliaBouygues Construction Australia and Rob Carr have launched a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Sydney Water’s Thornleigh pipeline duplication project. …The...
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Correspondence: When local support isn’t enough: The frustrating delay of 1500 homes at Ford Airfield
Failure to start building five years after consent is symptomatic of a failing planning system, says Maureen Chaffe
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Appeal: Homes allowed after local plan fails to meet housing need
A planning inspector has approved up to 180 homes near Barnsley, Yorkshire, after determining that the area had a ‘vanishingly s
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Features: A spatial relationship: Can spatial and local plans work together?
How are spatial development strategies and local plans supposed to slot together? Simon Wicks tries to straighten out some of the issues prompting concern among planners in England
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Appeal: London pub residential scheme suitable for wheelchair users
Plans to build a new block of 30 flats at the former Great Harry Public House in Bexley have succeeded after concerns about its visual impact and wheelchair accessibility were addressed.
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Appeal: Onshore wind farm approved in Northern Ireland
Six wind turbines capable of powering nearly 23,000 homes have been approved in rural Northern Ireland after addressing concerns about their impact on a protected landscape and heritage assets.
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Plans submitted for 950 homes in west Edinburgh
Regeneration firm Summix Capital has submitted a planning application for more than 950 homes at Edinburgh Gateway.
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Appeal: Hotel at historic former embassy declined
Plans for a hotel and restaurant at the Grade II listed 33 Thurloe Square in West London have been refused because of their impact on the historic building.
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News in brief: Battery storage plan approved | Bolton-le-Sands homes plans | Bethnal Green social homes
A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 5 August 2025
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Appeal: Benefits of energy recovery facility justify ‘significant’ harm
A facility capable of powering 36,000 homes by burning waste has been approved in Derbyshire, with the need for extra waste processing capacity justifying its impact on a nearby heritage asset.
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RTPI warns Pennycook about apprenticeship restrictions
Housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook has been warned that restrictions on funding for level 7 apprenticeships for those aged 16 to 21 will ‘severely damage’ the pipeline of qualified...
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Stats: Q2 rise in housing applications
Data from TerraQuest, operator of the Planning Portal, suggests that new home applications increased by nearly a third between April and June 2025, compared with the second quarter of 2024.
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Appeal: Care village fails to satisfy green belt golden rules
Plans for a care home, 17 supported homes and 10 affordable homes have been refused after failing to meet any of the criteria for development in the Surrey green belt.
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PIB amendment seeks to protect play
Baroness Natalie Bennett has reintroduced an amendment to the planning and infrastructure bill that seeks to embed play sufficiency in planning policy and decisions.
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