Water companies have set out plans to almost double their spending on the network during asset management period (AMP) 8, 2025 to 2030.
The utilities filed their business plans to regulator Ofwat on Monday 2 October, asking for permission to hike customer bills to allow them to invest a combined £96bn…
Construction of the Aberdeen Harbour expansion project has finally been completed after the departure of the original main contractor and other challenges pushed the works to six years.
First built in 1136, the Aberdeen Harbour is the oldest port in the UK and has been a fixture in the city for…
Ofwat has ordered water companies to gear up for better delivery after more than £1.7bn of cash set aside to enhance water infrastructure went unspent over the past three years.
In its Water Company Performance Report 2022-23, the regulator found that under 75% of the total budget given to the sector…
A £10M flood defence scheme in Essex has reached a milestone after 14,000t of rock has been shipped from Norway to create an armoured rock barrier.
Bam Nuttall has installed new armour at Cockett Wick near Colchester to form part of a range of coastal defences which include a new 330m-long…
The second length of sewer tunnelling under the A65 in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, has been completed by contractor Ward & Burke for Yorkshire Water.
It is part Yorkshire Water’s project to build a new sewer in the town to reduce storm overflows into the River Wharfe. Ward & Burke, working together…
The government and Environment Agency will invest £25M in projects that use natural solutions to protect communities from flooding.
The ring-fenced funding will be used to support schemes across England that use natural flood management techniques such as planting trees and creating wetlands to slow and store water to reduce the…
The judges for this year’s NCE Graduate & Apprentice Awards have carefully reviewed the 118 entries and the shortlist for the three categories has been revealed.
This year will be the 26th edition of the awards, which are celebrating the talent of those early in their careers in the civil engineering sector.…
Aid charity RedR UK aims to train hundreds of local engineers to boost the response to the devastating floods that have wrought death and destruction in Libya.
The London-based organisation launched an appeal for donations to support urgent action in the North African country as well as nearby Morocco, which was…
Politicians in Belfast will urge Northern Ireland Water to blacklist civils contractor J. Murphy and Sons (Murphy) amid an escalating "union-busting" storm.
A handful of elected representatives this week became the first to sign a pledge to write to the utility company outlining their concerns over the dismissal of four workers…
Severn Trent has reached a milestone in its £25M project to lay new sewer pipes in Gloucestershire with contractor Galliford Try completing 1.7km of tunnels.
Four TBMs were used to excavate the tunnels and also lay the brand new sewer pipes in Stroud. All four machines were named by the local…
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