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The Kuwait Ministry of Public Works in Kuwait announced on 28 May 2017 that the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (SJSC) Causeway is 79% complete. Due to finish by the end of 2018, the bridge will be the fourth longest in the world and will connect Kuwait City and the proposed Silk City, in the Subiyah […]

The ambitious Wessex Capacity Upgrade works at London Waterloo railway station continue to progress on site, with major milestones achieved in the past few months. Most notably, temporary opening of four renovated platforms in the former International Terminal allowed works to progress during the August possession. These included the significant tasks of modifying and lengthening […]

The final milestone of Ordsall Chord was passed on the morning of October 4th as the Northern Hub alliance successfully completed and delivered the seventh and final package of construction works. Ordsall Chord is a key link between two existing rail routes in Manchester vital to improve the Northern Hub rail network. Once opened to […]

The final viaduct deck for Jakarta MRT CP103 was successfully lifted into place on 3rd October 2017. We are permanent works designer of all 4.5km of viaduct and four stations for contractor OSJ JV, on package CP103 of Jakarta’s first metro. All bridge works are precast segmental prestressed concrete, erected span-by-span by launching gantry. The […]

Edinburgh Gateway tram and rail station won the Building Award at this year’s Scottish infrastructure award. The judges noted: “The project team showed technical expertise, real initiative and excellent project management while working in the severely restricted site to produce a first class product’. Hewson Consulting Engineers provided temporary and permanent works designs to contractor Balfour Beatty. […]

Bryn Cowlyd water treatment works in North Wales has been shortlisted in the temporary works category of the 2017 British Construction Industry Awards. The main feature of the project was a 60x 30m by 6m deep basement excavation in very difficult ground and groundwater conditions.  Hewson supported Skanska’s in-house engineering team by undertaking detailed soil-structure […]