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[ 28 October 2026 ] Complex support delivered for bridge restoration Case Studies
[ 12 October 2026 ] What happens when an irrigation canal cannot stay out of service? Case Studies
[ 6 October 2026 ] Funding approved for DeepWind offshore testing facility Company News
[ 2 October 2026 ] James Brotherton to take over as CEO of Breedon Group Company News
[ 2 October 2026 ] £4.2 billion framework for Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Enabling Works awarded Company News

Marlow Bridge in Buckinghamshire, a 19th century Grade I listed suspension bridge, is undergoing restoration, heritage repairs and redecoration.

Complex support delivered for bridge restoration

28 October 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Adverse weather conditions and the need to maintain traffic flow across a 19th century Grade I listed suspension bridge in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, were among the key challenges when providing the temporary propping and real-time monitoring […]

Irrigation canal mediation at Mooi River, South Africa.

What happens when an irrigation canal cannot stay out of service?

12 October 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

For irrigation networks, the available repair window is often set by water demand rather than the construction programme. These project examples show why installation speed and continuity of supply deserve equal attention.. What happens when […]

UKRI’s Infrastructure Fund has awarded EMEC £3 million to develop the DeepWind floating and deepwater wind test site.

Funding approved for DeepWind offshore testing facility

6 October 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), the world’s leading facility for demonstrating and testing wave and tidal energy converters, has been awarded £3 million by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to advance the development of […]

Recent projects in North Burdett and Dos Palos, USA, demonstrate the need to evaluate the alternatives of repair, replacement or relining.

Repair, replace or reline? Rethinking the canal maintenance decision

21 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The lowest material price does not always produce the lowest-cost canal repair. A whole-life view can help asset owners decide when relining offers a more practical route than repeated patching or full replacement. When an […]

Systra will supply hydrological surveys and assessments to Anglian Water, as well as a range of environmental monitoring programmes.

Systra wins hydrological surveys and assessments contract from Anglian Water

14 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Systra UK has won a contract to supply hydrological surveys and assessments to Anglian Water. These services will support the water company’s capital delivery and environmental programmes and inform planning, permitting, design, and construction activities […]

Mainmark UK injected resin beneath 77 foundations at Tottenham Hale station.

Railway station platform replacement needed improved ground conditions

13 August 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

When two platforms needed replacing at one of London’s busiest railway interchanges, the problem was not the platform surfaces themselves but the support structure underneath them, which were in danger of collapse. Temporary supports were […]

Three Keller group companies – Keller UK, Phi Group and GEO-Instruments – now share a northern office in Thorpe Park, East Leeds.

Keller opens new northern office in Leeds

31 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Specialist geotechnical contractor Keller UK has moved into new offices in Leeds, putting the company even closer to clients, partners and project teams throughout the north of England. Keller UK has been joined by sister […]

Founding the Future brings together three piling-equipment specialists under single ownership.

Three piling-equipment specialists come together under DevCo ownership

24 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The UK’s Watson & Hillhouse, which has specialised in the provision of pile-driving equipment since 1972, has joined forces with Dutch specialist equipment manufacturer Dieseko and Finland’s Movax to form a new platform under DevCo ownership, […]

Mainmark UK has completed repairs to Thomas Telford's Bannockburn Bridge.

Repairs competed on iconic bridge as dry weather undermines infrastructure

23 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The recent prolonged dry weather in the UK has not just resulted in brown grass everywhere, it has also affected the stability of a number of buildings and structures around the nation. As clays and […]

Wordsensing has launched its new Loadsensing G7 Digital Data Logger.

New datalogger from Worldsensing

21 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

A new datalogger, designed to transform wireless data acquisition for digital sensors across the industrial, structural, geotechnical and environmental monitoring sectors, has been launched by Worldsensing, the specialist in IoT (Internet of Things) remote monitoring […]