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2011-09: Innovation generates savings
On the M180 between Junctions 3 and 4 in Area 12, successive attempts to address a carriageway failure had failed. Detailed investigation revealed...

2011-08: Intelligent cone
Through partnering, research and development with Highway Resource Solutions over the past 12 months we have developed a unique, low cost technology that turns ordinary traffic cones into...

2011-08: A sign of the times
Over the years the material used to make permanent road signs has evolved. Pre-industrial signs were stone or wood, painted cast-iron became...

2011-07: Driving without wings!
The oldest surviving BAC Trident aircraft, which has been based at Durham Tees Valley Airport since 1983, was transported to the North East Aircraft Museum on 31st July. It was transported very early in the morning to minimize...

2011-07: Ready, set, go!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after the bridge over the M62 linking two communities was opened almost a year after the replacement work had begun. Whitechapel Bridge which...

2011-05: ICE Victory
Jordan Flint, Assistant Engineer from Area 7 entered and won the 2010 Institution of Civil Engineers East Midlands Graduate and Student Technical Paper Competition...

2011-05: Two-way communication
The Airwave radio system is a national two-way radio communication system used by the police, fire service and ambulance service. It is also...

2011-04: Considerate constructors team awards
The Lowry Hotel in Manchester was the venue for the 2011 Considerate Constructors Scheme awards for the north of England. Area 10 won three awards on...

2011-03: Musa gets letters after his name
Muhammad Musa from Area 14 has been elected as a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). He was approved by the ICE's Chartered Professional Review, and is...