Senior British Antarctic Survey project manager David Brand tells GCR about the biggest UK project ever in Antarctica. Last month saw the opening of the British Antarctic Survey’s £100m Discovery…

A team of Bouygues, Stantec and Mott Macdonald will modernise Australia’s Davis Research Station in east Antarctica. The $250m renovation will modernise the 1957 facility with a main powerhouse, vehicle…

After six construction seasons squeezed into Antarctica’s brief summer, the British Antarctic Survey’s new research support facility, the Discovery Building, is coming into operational use at the UK’s Rothera Research…

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) workers have arrived at Rothera, the UK’s largest research station on the continent, ready to remove the accumulated snow and begin the summer construction season. Those…

A team formed of contractor BAM and technical adviser Ramboll has resurfaced the runway at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, enabling planes to land at there for the…

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is looking for skilled recruits to work at its research stations in Antarctica.  A range of roles, including carpenters, electricians, plumbers, plant operators and plant mechanics, are…

Over 100 people have flown to the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station to undertake construction work. The “construction season” at the base usually ends in spring, but in a…

China’s 40th Antarctic scientific expedition embarked from Shanghai this week on a five-month mission to build China’s third permanent research station, Global Times reports. The station will be sited on…

Construction sites can be challenging environments to work in at the best of times, so how would you feel about building on the coldest continent on Earth?

A far-from-home construction team has managed to make a major new research building at the UK’s Antarctic Rothera Research Station weathertight before winter descends on the Earth’s coldest continent. In…

Dutch firm Mammoet is doing the heavy lifting in New Zealand’s plans to revamp its sole Antarctic research base with three prefabricated buildings in January 2027. Leighs Construction will build…

A team of companies has been chosen to carry out a six-month construction project at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS’) Rothera Research Station. Danish engineer Rambøll, Swedish consultant Sweco and…