Nexans, a France-based expert in the cable industry, has been awarded an 8 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply the static umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen project in the Norwegian North Sea. This is the fourth Statoil project in quick succession to feature the new standardized fast-track umbilical design [...]

In a move that may herald a return to large-scale solar development in the UK, Hampshire-based social housing association First Wessex and Welsh renewable energy developer Dulas have agreed on a plan to put solar panels on 800 affordable homes across the south of England. Work will begin this month [...]

Willmott Dixon will build a new £18m sports village in Middlesbrough. The Middlesbrough Sports Village off Marton Road will initially include: Athletics field and stadium featuring 400m track with 10-lane straights and eight-lane bends and spectator seating Enhanced and extended indoor tennis courts and improved outdoor courts 75-station fitness gym [...]

NDM signed a new contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding for delivery of deck machinery to a PSV vessel of Wärtsilä VS 4411 LNG PSV design. The ship will operate primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is owned by Siem Offshore, the Norway based provider of marine services to the oil [...]

Statoil has begun drilling at Snilehorn exploration well 6407/8-6 in the Norwegian Sea, Faroe Petroleum, which owns a 7.5% share in the prospect, has announced. The Snilehorn prospect is located four kilometres from the Hyme producing oil field (Faroe 7.5%) in the Norwegian Sea. Hyme produces into the Njord field facilities [...]

The European Union should adopt a binding renewable energy target for 2030, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Alstom SA and 59 other companies and associations said in a letter to the bloc’s policy makers. The 28-nation EU needs a strong and ambitious climate and energy package for the decade after its [...]

So far, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has acquired 8800 km of seismic in the new Norwegian sea area in the northeastern part of the Barents Sea. According to the plan, the acquisition activity will continue until mid-October. “The operation has been successful so far. Progress has been good, and [...]

Network Rail has submitted plans to build a viaduct linking Manchester’s Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations for the first time. The £130m Ordsall Chord proposal forms part of Network Rail’s £560m plan to improve railways across the north. Following 18 months of consultation with local and regional stakeholders, the [...]

Student accommodation specialist Unite Group is planning to build a £47m residential block in Wembley, northwest London Unite has agreed the buy the one-acre site, subject to planning consent, from Schroders Real Estate Investment Trust (SREIT) for £7.4m. The site is currently occupied by a car park. Estimated total development [...]

The cumulative results of Nord Stream AG’s environmental monitoring in Finnish waters during 2009-2012 confirm that the construction of the pipelines caused only minor and local impacts on the environment. Nord Stream AG has been conducting environmental monitoring in Finnish waters since 2009. The monitoring results from 2009-2012 confirm that [...]

Transport Scotland has confirmed the shortlisted consultants being invited to bid for three A9 design contracts worth up to £180m. The eight firms and joint ventures in the running are : AECOM/Mott MacDonald Arup Atkins/Mouchel Capita CH2M Hill/Fairhurst Jacobs URS WSP/Ramboll/Fehily Timoney Invitations to Tender for the contracts – which [...]

BSI, the British Standards Institution, is working with HS2 Ltd to improve infrastructure design standards and codes. They are aiming to cut duplication and unnecessary complexity as part of HS2’s Efficiency Challenge Programme. Organisations involved with phase one of the project include the Health and Safety Executive, Institution of Civil [...]