A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month
Crowd-funded bridge hits £400k milestone
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has raised half the money required to repair one of the 30 bridges and culverts on its line running through the North York Moors.
The Bridge 42 Appeal aims to raise £800,000 to repair a bridge between Grosmont Level Crossing and a tunnel. The works are being carried out by CML Structures.
Wrexham football stand takes shape
A 125-tonne inverted ribbon truss has been installed at Wrexham AFC’s new Kop Stand at the Cae Ras. Contractor McLaren worked with structural steel specialist J&D Pierce Contracts on the operation, which was delivered to site in five individual sections.
The redevelopment is due to complete for the 2027/28 season and will increase crowd capacity at the ground to more than 18,000.
Students build scale model of clock tower
Civil Engineering students at the University of Birmingham built a five-metre-tall, scale model of the iconic Old Joe clock tower as part of an initiative during the University’s Welcome Week.
The Big Brum Build (BBB) took place on campus in the National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF), with 15 students constructing the structure from scratch as part of a five-day collaborative project.
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital topped out
Willmott Dixon has topped out the £140m Emergency Care Building at Derriford Hospital, marking structural completion of the scheme in the New Hospital Programme.
Due for completion in April 2029, the building will provide four clinical floors of modern, purpose-built accommodation for urgent and emergency care across Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall.
British Library ceremony ahead of major extension
A Japanese ceremony was held ahead of the start of works to extend the British Library building by client SMBL, a subsidiary of Mitsui Fudosan, and development manager Stanhope.
The project – designed by international architectural practice RSHP and Arup – will create an expanded national Library in London for exhibitions, learning programmes, business support and events. Construction manager for the scheme is Mace Construct.
Fantasy oak tree carvings revived
Specialist contractor DBR is restoring a quirky heritage asset in Kensington Gardens for The Royal Parks. The Elfin Oak is a miniature world of witches, gnomes and fantastical creatures carved from the stump of a 900-year-old oak tree and has been compared to Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree.
DBR is working with Howat O’Farrell Architecture on the scheme.
