Global buys Pier, goes modular

Scottish energy and infrastructure specialist Global has acquired Pier Solutions, and will launch a new division, Global Modular, its first move into modular construction.

Port of Long Beach Continues $2.4B Buildout as the Bigger Ships Come In

A joint venture of the Dutra Group and Griffth Co. cope with tides, port traffic and unexploded ordinances on a nearly $400-million pier infill project already underway as part of the Port of Long Beach's ongoing capital program.

A service centre for combating poverty sits seamlessly within the landscape

Architecture can become a tool for care and inclusion; and carefully selected cladding can ensure that a building seamlessly sits within the landscape. With Distretto Solidale, a service centre for combating poverty, Pier Currà Architettura demonstrates how a building can be transformed into a civic hub, capable of welcoming people, generating relationships and restoring dignity […] The post A service centre for combating poverty sits seamlessly within the landscape appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Brighton’s Palace Pier is put up for sale

Savills has been appointed to market the town's landmark tourist attraction following a decline in trading over the past two years. The post Brighton’s Palace Pier is put up for sale appeared first on Property Week.

Craignure Pier, Isle of Mull

The Architects’ Journal Craignure Pier, Isle of Mull Argyll and Bute Council is seeking a management and design consultant for an upgrade of Craignure Pier on the Isle of Mull [Deadline: 23 January 2026] The post Craignure Pier, Isle of Mull appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Merlin Fulcher

HS2 - HS2 reveals first giant lake piers for record-breaking Colne Valley Viaduct 08062023

For the last year a 700-tonne ‘launch girder’ has been assembling giant pre-cast concrete segments to form the first 1 km of the viaduct deck along the edge of the valley. In HS2's latest construction update they explain how the team have completed the first v-shaped piers in the lake to allow the viaduct to curve eastward over the water The ‘V piers’ – each weighing in at 1,800 tonnes – will support a row of arches inspired by the flight of a stone skimming over the surface of the water

HS2 - HS2 super-sizes offsite manufacturing as Kent ‘viaduct factory’ begins production 18052023

The first of 68 giant piers that will support the HS2's first entirely off-site manufactured modular viaduct - the Thame Valley Viaduct - have been cast, in a move that represents a major step forward for viaduct design in the UK.

HS2 - HS2 Design Focus: Small Dean Viaduct, Wendover 19042023

A key viaduct that will take HS2 trains across the A413 and local rail lines south of Wendover has given the green light by Buckinghamshire Council.

CBHC RCAHMW - The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trefor, Wrexham 15112013

An animated video (without any narration) which shows how the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was constructed from 1976 over a 10 year period by Thomas Telford

Soi Buakhao - Building The Thames Barrier Documentary 1980s Pt 2 of 3, 26062019

Part 2 now of an old GLC video about the building of the Thames Barrier. Part 2 looks at caissons, pumping concretre, tidal waves