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Spencer Bridge Engineering has secured three new projects on landmark bridges across the country.

Falkirk Council has made a preliminary decision on the proposed Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme (GFPS) after it considered an update report at its Executive Committee yesterday.

Falkirk Council is to consider how to progress the Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme (GFPS) at the Executive meeting later this month. The GPFS aims to address growing flood risks in Grangemouth and surrounding communities. The overall scope makes it Scotland’s largest flood protection proje

Plans to bypass the villages of Springholm and Crocketford on the A75 have taken a step forward with the appointment of technical advisors to explore potential options. Subject to the completion of a 10-day standstill period, Jacobs UK Ltd will take the initial design and assessment work forward. Th

The Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme (GFPS) has published an Engagement Feedback Report after public events were held in March 2024 in advance of the scheme notification process.

Jacobs is stepping up its collaboration with STEM Returners, a company which supports people restarting their careers after a break.

Balfour Beatty has unveiled Jacobs as the new partner for its Strategic Design Partnership.

Construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport, the UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport. Located on the North coast of Scotland, the spaceport will be the 'home' spaceport of Forres-based rocket and launch services company, Orbex, which will use the site to launch up to 12 orbital rockets

Transport Scotland has awarded the £16.85 million contract to replace an 80-metre section of the Kincardine Bridge to Balfour Beatty. The project, with main works on site expected to get underway from early summer, will involve demolishing the Kincardine Bridge’s southern piled viaduct a

A Scottish rocket manufacturer and orbital launch services provider is to build and operate the first vertical launch site for satellites on the UK mainland. Orbex, based in Forres, has signed a lease with development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the spaceport location on commun

The Stockingfield Bridge in north Glasgow has won the 2022 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) People’s Choice Award, which recognises civil engineering projects that have made a positive impact on their local communities. The two-way spanning cable-stayed pedestrian and cycle bridge opened e

Jacobs has been awarded the Design & Project Services Framework with energy utility National Grid in the UK to support their full construction of the Electricity and Gas Transmission cycle. Through the new four-year framework, Jacobs will provide feasibility and survey works, front-end conceptua

An 80-metre section of the Kincardine Bridge is to be replaced, in a major upgrade for the Category A listed structure. Tender documents were issued on Friday for a contract with an estimated value of £16 million.

A public consultation has started to help the process of identifying options for improving transport connections on the A92 from Bridge of Don to Bridge of Dee.

Farrans (Construction) Limited is set to be awarded the contract to deliver the Govan to Partick pedestrian crossing at an award value of more than £12 million above the original estimated budget.