Virgin Media O2 to Cover 23 Million UK Premises with FTTP Broadband UPDATE

Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published their combined results for Q4 2021, which finally confirmed their long-awaited plan to extend the operator’s Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover around 23 million UK premises by 2027 (7 million more than today) via a new Joint Venture. The announcement doesn’t tell us much, but it […]

Taiwan investigators look at whether fatal bridge collapse was caused by structural problems

Investigators on Thursday were examining possible structural problems surrounding a bridge that collapsed in northeastern Taiwan, killing six people. A 2016 report on bridges in Yilan county had found problems with the expansion joints on the Nanfangao bridge, which was completed in 1998 and collapsed on Tuesday morning, the official Central News Agency reported. The […]

Steelwork marks progress of £40m markets and library development in Rotherham town centre

The brick and blockwork is now rising at the £40m regeneration scheme in Rotherham town centre that includes the redevelopment of the ageing markets complex and a new library. It follows the installation of the framework which has a steel tonnage of 320 tonnes. Lead contractors on behalf of Rotherham Council, Henry Boot Construction, began […]