The Department for Transport must continue identifying lessons from other major rail projects, such as Crossrail and HS2, to avoid similar failings, according to the National Audit Office.

As hundreds of the UK’s PFI contracts approach their expiry dates, the importance of meticulous asset base data management cannot be overstated, explains Sircle director Anthony Walker.

BIM technician or CAD operator: which are you? Do your peers or colleagues understand the difference between the two? Does it matter? BIM technician Michael Lehane thinks so.

National Highways, BAM Ritchies and Aecom are trialling Spot the robot dog, carrying geotechnical surveys across the South West.

The Crossrail project has finally reached partial completion with the opening of the Elizabeth Line in London today (24 May).

Crossrail did not have sufficiently effective commercial levels with its main contractors to prevent more cost and schedule increases, despite trying several initiatives.

Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station, constructed by Laing O’Rourke, has become the third station on the project to be handed over to Transport for London.

Laing O’Rourke is sufficiently close to completing construction of Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station in London for final commissioning activities to start, three years after the Elizabeth Line was originally due to open.