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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Four stories from the last 24 hours, one date for the week ahead and one closing date from our recent stories.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Network Rail passes halfway on £3.5m Merseyrail tunnel waterproofing
Engineers have waterproofed 1,672m² of tunnel wall and drilled 6,400 resin injection holes on the Northern Line's southern approach to Liverpool Central, with services due back on 7 November.
CECA members discuss CCBP call to mandate early contractor involvement on public projects over £5m
Civil engineering contractors have discussed Centre for Construction Best Practice research into 412 public-sector projects, which links late contractor appointment to cost overruns of up to 17.35%, and its three recommendations for government.
Welsh Government asks Chancellor to bring forward £1bn of Wales rail funding by 2029-30
Finance minister Elin Jones used an eve-of-Budget statement to press the UK Government to release £1bn of a £14bn Welsh rail programme within the current spending review period.
Frodsham Solar wins development consent two days ahead of statutory deadline
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has approved the Frodsham Solar scheme on Frodsham Marsh in Cheshire, a solar array with battery storage that the developer says will connect into Frodsham Substation.
This week
RIA Annual Conference
Starts on Wednesday 4 November.
Closing soon
Applications close on 28 October and the programme starts in July 2027, according to a notice published by Marine Energy Wales.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Civil Engineering Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.