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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Thursday 29 October 2026
Two stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Liverpool Street's only passenger lift to close for refurbishment from 22 November
Network Rail will overhaul the hydraulics, controls and shaft of the mainline station's single passenger lift, with step-free passengers diverted via Broadgate or Stratford until mid-February 2027.
CECA tells ministers Budget pipeline pledge must come with procurement dates, not totals
Civils contractors have welcomed the Budget's £20.4bn for the National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank and an updated Infrastructure Pipeline, but want funded, procurable schemes with project-level detail.
This week
RIA Annual Conference
Starts on Wednesday 4 November.
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.