I was asked to speak on a panel recently about what London would be like in 2050. In thinking what to say I was reminded of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s 2018 quote that "change is faster than ever but will never again be this slow".
I decided that, with…
The Yorkshire & Humber public sector construction hub YORhub is looking for contractors to deliver work as part of two new civils frameworks worth over £700M.
YORcivil3 includes two new frameworks to deliver civil engineering works, bridges and structure works, highway surfacing works, flood alleviation works and coastal works for the…
The Liberal Democrats have called for Ofwat to be abolished and replaced with "a tough new independent regulator" with "real powers" to protect beaches and rivers from sewage dumps.
According to the Lib Dems, the new regulator would "force water companies to clean up the mess they’re making" by investing profits…
Galliford Try has been successful on two major frameworks for Welsh Water, representing the first capital maintenance framework wins for the business since the acquisition of NMCN Water.
The firm has secured places on the major mechanical and major electrical frameworks covering a five-year period transcending AMP7 and AMP8, with a…
Southern Water Services is pushing ahead with plans for a £587M water resilience project in Hampshire, announcing the next phase of its market engagement exercise.
The utility provider’s Water for Life Hampshire (WfLH) programme will create greater water resilience, especially during dry weather and drought, as reported by NCE sister title…
Utilities represent part of the critical national infrastructure in the UK and are prone to cyber threats, even in peacetime, with foe - and believe it or not friends - constantly gnawing away at network weaknesses to determine resilience and potential holes.
Utilities companies can, however, mitigate these threats to…
Three teams have been shortlisted by United Utilities for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
HARP will be the largest infrastructure project undertaken by United Utilities since privatisation. The original aqueduct was completed in the 1950s to increase supplies of water into Manchester and the Pennines from the Lake District. The…
The highways industry is facing a critical knowledge gap regarding the installation and maintenance of drainage infrastructure according to a leading water management firm.
ACO Water Management has surveyed 100 infrastructure and highways engineers and compiled the responses in its new report Highways Drainage: The Route to Surface Water Management, which…
United Utilities has revealed information on a range of works proposed for lakes and reservoirs in the Lake District.
The proposals are for three water bodies: Crummock Water, Chapelhouse Reservoir and Overwater. Work includes realigning a river, removing a dam crest and building a new bridge crossing. Once fully operational, the…
The biggest share of that sum (£102M) will be paid by water companies which were brought to court for pollution offences. The Regulating for People, Environment and Growth report 2021 published this November states that serious pollution incidents increased to their highest total since 2013 and that untreated sewage flows into…
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