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(from left) James Haluch, Nicola Hindle and Rob Edmondson Amey chief executive Andy Milner has revealed three new managing directors who will head up business units of the company.

Contractors Amey and Tarmac have managed to shave 19 hours off a 48-hour road surfacing operation on the M9. The project for Transport Scotland between Junctions 6 and 7 of the northbound carriageway saw Tarmac and Amey lay 2,460 tonnes of asphalt in just 29 hours – a significant time saving compa

The Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) is calling on practising engineers and construction professionals to help former colleagues make their way back into engineering. ICE is working across the civil engineering sector as part of its Civils Comeback scheme to encourage more companies to get involve

McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has broken ground on a South Anchorage storage and workshop facility at the Forth Road Bridge for infrastructure specialists Amey. Amey, which is currently on site maintaining the Forth Road Bridge, was commissioned by Transport Scotland to appoint the Glasgow off

Four bidders remain in the chase for a design contract to dual the A96 worth up to £50 million. The design consultancies or joint ventures have been invited to tender for the design work for the western section of the A96 Dualling programme – a 29 mile stretch between Hardmuir and Fochabers.

The Forth Road Bridge is to fully reopen to heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on Saturday at 11pm. Transport minister Derek Mackay confirmed the news today and said that the repairs to the damaged main span truss end links are in the final stages and that they will be completed to allow the bridge to be r

Neil Watson Coatbridge-based engineering group Watson Towers has come to the aid of two major Scottish infrastructure projects in less than a month.

The transformation of some of Greater Glasgow’s most important infrastructure, including a major flooding project in Springburn, is progressing deep beneath the city streets, as Keith Brown MSP, cabinet secretary for infrastructure, investment and cities, saw today. Scottish Water is more than hal

The completed strengthened truss end link The crack in the steelwork that forced the closure of the Forth Road Bridge in December was caused when a single metal pin designed to move had seized up, MSPs were told yesterday.

The Forth Road Bridge has been given the green light to open to vehicles except HGVs and abnormal loads from Wednesday morning following the completion of temporary repairs. Operating company Amey today confirmed that it has installed a steel splint to repair the cracked member and concluded detaile

Jim Eadie MSP A Scottish Parliament committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Forth Road Bridge.

Engineers are working towards having the Forth Road Bridge open to traffic in the first week of January, it has been confirmed. Bridge operator Amey said the date of January 4 was dependent on the weather, but said the work was on track. Seven days were needed for the assessment and design of the re

Plans to fix the problem which forced the closure of the Forth Road Bridge have now been finalised. In the week since the closure, Amey’s team of engineers have been working around the clock to develop a solution to a crack on one of the bridge’s truss end links.

The Forth Road Bridge (FRB) is to shut until the New Year for repairs following the discovery of defective steelwork. The decision to close has been taken after inspections carried out by specialist engineers and following advice and assessment of the fault by independent experts.

Video footage showing the construction of the first major structure as part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project has been released by Transport Scotland. The time lapse footage reveals the new rail bridge, weighing in excess of 2,000 tonnes, sliding into its final position o