EE&HL Newsletter

Commercial intelligence for erection engineering & heavy lifting — the decisions, sequences, and risks behind the world's most complex lifts.

The bid priced bolts. Construction required welds.

Oct 26, 2026

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4 min read

The bid priced bolts. Construction required welds.

The bid assumed bolted arch boxes of up to 400 tonnes. A design review moved the joints to site welds.

Marco Torri

London Eye: three milestones, only one held

Oct 19, 2026

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3 min read

London Eye: three milestones, only one held

A proof-test interrupted the lift. The ceremony date held. The public opening came later.

Marco Torri

Oct 11, 2026

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8 min read

The bid that was a method

Three teams priced a new Hudson River crossing in 2012. The lowest came in $848 million below the next, with less dredging, fewer piles and a shorter proposed programme. Behind it sat a design and an erection method developed together.

Marco Torri

Saint-Nazaire: how do you install 80 monopiles when the ground changes the sequence from one location to the next?

Oct 5, 2026

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6 min read

Saint-Nazaire: how do you install 80 monopiles when the ground changes the sequence from one location to the next?

One jack-up. One drill. Four installation sequences, selected position by position, with a borehole at every monopile location to establish the base of the calcarenite and the end of drilling.

Marco Torri

The platform sized by someone else's crane

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

The platform sized by someone else's crane

A crane vessel's lifting capability helped set the diameter of one of the world's deepest floating production platforms.

Marco Torri

The Bridge Whose Erection System Had to Be Designed With It

Sep 21, 2026

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4 min read

The Bridge Whose Erection System Had to Be Designed With It

Chenab Bridge, India: the world's highest railway bridge — and a case study in what a contract owes a contractor when the erection method can't be spread across a fleet, only recovered on the one project it was built for.

Marco Torri