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TEAM2100 jobs
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyThe Environment Agency has recently formed an integrated team, TEAM2100; with engineering and programme management firm CH2MHill, construction partner Balfour Beatty and other specialist contractors. TEAM2100; is the Environment Agency’s 10-year programme to refurbish and replace tidal flood defences in London and the Thames estuary. The Environment Agency is responsib...
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Engineering Job Market News – July 2015
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyPermanent placements continue to rise, but rate of growth eases to 26-month low. The Report on Jobs survey by Markit; for July reported that it was a busy month in the Engineering sector. Engineers seeking permanent positions were the most in demand of all employees across all employment sectors; just ahead of those in construction. For Engineers key points of inter...
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Thames Tideway tunnel drives due to start 2016
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyIt has been reported that construction on the Thames Tideway project, will now start next year following the confirmation of both the investors to finance and deliver the scheme and contract agreements on the 24km tunnel drive under London. The Construction enquirer reports: Contractors have started mobilising after mega contracts for the three main tunnel drives on the T...
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Streets of Gold
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyHighways England recently announced its commitment to £11b of expenditure, resulting in a flood of news articles. Now that the noise has died down; what will be the impact on those engineers in the highways sector. To obtain a perspective on this apparent vast amount of expenditure and what it actually represents, let’s step back a few years to 2007 and then jump back ...
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Is your job stability hitting your pocket?
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyDuring the recent recession job stability has been of great importance to many of us; but now a recent study by the Resolution Foundation Council has suggested that this can affect your wage progression, especially in the earlier stages of your career. The results of the study further suggested “that employees who change jobs within a year typically have much faster earni...
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The Biggest Bore
over 8 years ago by Mike KellyFillie the Farnworth tunnel boring machine is officially the biggest bore. Fillie is bigger than the machines used to build London’s Crossrail (7.1m), the Thames Tideway ‘super sewer’ (8m) and even the Channel Tunnel (8.8m). “The biggest tunnelling machine in Britain has started work near Bolton as part of a Network Rail project to electrify one of north-west Engl...
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