Laing O'Rourke chief executive Ray O'Rourke will not step down from the role as previously planned, due to the current "economic turbulence".
O’Rourke will remain chief executive for the next two financial years after agreeing with Europe Hub managing director Seamus French that cancelling their proposed handover, announced last year, is…
Camarthenshire County Council has fired the starting gun to refresh its £430M regional civil engineering contractors framework.
The south west Wales framework is being procured in association with Ceredigion County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Swansea Council. The framework was launched in 2019 and is…
Balfour Beatty, Costain, Keltbray and Kier have officially signed a £1.3bn contract to upgrade the A66 known as the Northern Transpennine project.
The scheme will see the remaining 29km of single carriageway sections of the road dualled and key junctions between M6 Junction 40 (Penrith) and the A1 at Scotch Corner…
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has said the industry is making “good progress and is on track to play is part in the sustainable world of tomorrow” one year on from the launch of its 2050 Net Zero Roadmap.
Cement industry data from 2020 shows a 22% reduction in…
Ferrovial has agreed to sell Amey to UK investment firm Buckthorn Partners in a deal worth £400M.
It comes four years since Ferrovial first outlined its intention to offload the UK infrastructure firm. Buckthorn is a UK investment firm focused on energy services businesses. Former chancellor Lord Philip Hammond is a…
Many barriers still exist for women to enter senior positions within the construction and engineering industry, according to leading female figures in the sector.
Speakers at the inaugural Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering conference held last week (Thursday 6 October) shared their experience of gender bias within the industry and…
HS2 Ltd is seeking artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to help deliver the mega project.
The project promoter has launched its fifth innovation accelerator and has asked start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a technology driven approach to submit applications by 30 October. HS2 innovation manager Jon Kelly said: “Cascading…
Coventry City Council has announced it will use a road surface recycling technique developed by Colas and will become the first UK city to do so.
Recycol is a technique which uses specialist equipment to mill, mix and blend the surface of deteriated roads and relay it in one pass. Cabinet…
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that it will make up its £740M funding shortfall through reducing its cash reserves, halving its operating contingency and increasing efficiencies, among other measures.
The capital’s transport operator agreed a £3.6bn funding settlement with the Department for Transport (DfT) at the end of August, but…
Atkins has signed a key contract to deliver the design for INEOS’ £500M ‘world-scale’ low carbon hydrogen plant at Grangemouth.
The hydrogen plant is expected to be operational by 2030 and will further reduce emissions from the site by 1M.t per year. INEOS Grangemouth sustainability director Colin Pritchard said: “Atkins is…
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