The UK government has launched a legal bid to ban former Carillion directors from holding boardroom position in the UK.
The lawsuit launched by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng could see eight former senior Carillion figures banned from assuming senior management roles for up to 15 years. The move comes three years…
Major consultants are usually the first port of call when a new project is under discussion and, while they are often essential to the main delivery of the work, in the early stages the client – and the project as a whole – would probably benefit from more SME input.
The…
Mott MacDonald is among three suppliers selected to develop designs for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM).
The procurement process for the designs launched last year, with the three suppliers now awarded contracts to develop their concepts to present to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority in March. Dromos Technologies – which…
Last year was one that brought significant and long-lasting change, not least for our industry. Designers and engineers thrive in collaborative and creative environments so what do we do when those settings and our ability to engage are subject to such change?
We have adapted to homeworking out of necessity but…
Network Rail bosses are evaluating which of its planned schemes could be pushed back if the rail operator is asked to cut its expenditure by government.
In board minutes from October, which have just been made public, Network Rail bosses discussed a number of “scenarios […] to mitigate the effects of…
Aecom, Arcadis, Arup and Mace are among the major infrastructure and construction firms to win a place on SCAPE’s new specialist consultancy frameworks.
Together the new suite of frameworks will be worth £1bn. Split across six lots the frameworks cover built environment consultancy, civil engineering and infrastructure consultancy and a new…
Network Rail has announced the winners on its three-year framework to deliver civils renewal and enhancement work across its southern region.
The framework will also cover buildings work and is worth up to £200M. The framework is broken down into seven lots covering M&E, station canopy and platforms, footbridges, metallic structures,…
Balfour Beatty will end this year with an order book of around £17bn, boosted by the award of notice to proceed on High Speed 2 (HS2) in April.
The year-end order book is an increase on the £14.3bn which the firm recorded in 2019, according to a company financial statement. Balfour…
The government has published best practice guidelines for public sector procurement within the construction industry.
The Construction Playbook contains 14 policies which set out commercial best practice and reforms to how contracting authorities and consultants and contractors should work together. The 14 key policies include the use of longer term contracts,…
WSP Global is entering the final stages of negotiations to take over engineering and consulting firm Golder.
The $1.14bn (£846M) deal is expected to complete in the first half of 2021, subject to final approvals. It must be approved by the shareholders at a meeting scheduled for 13 January 2021. WSP…
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