The Welsh Government has committed £75M to help develop and construct flood defence projects around the country for 2023-24.
The money is a record-breaking investment and part of a £214M fund for flood schemes put in place as part of a co-operation agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. It…
Ministers have pledged to make it illegal for water companies to send sewage into the natural environment where it can cause harm.
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey told MPs in the House of Commons yesterday that she planned to enshrine storm-overflow-reduction targets in law. It marks a hardening of the government's stance…
Northumbrian Water is looking to engage with design and construct organisations on managing a “step change” in how it collaborates, manages risk and coordinates work in its £4.5bn capital investment programme for asset management period 8 (AMP8), 2025 to 2030.
The water company says it has developed a “clear vision and…
Tideway has updated its cost estimate for the Thames Tideway Tunnel to £4.5bn, taking into account the remaining work programme and the impacts of inflation.
The super sewer project was initially costed at £3.52bn in 2014, but that figure has steadily crept up over the course of its construction. The latest…
Work on Centre Port UK, billed as the world’s first tidal powered deep-sea container terminal, could commence in 2025, with completion planned by 2030.
Centre Port is a 18km, £2bn tidal barrage across The Wash, a bay in East Anglia, designed to link Lincolnshire to Norfolk. The project will feature the…
Procurement has started for Anglian Water's plan to cut sewage pollution incidents which will see £9M worth of sewer network monitoring sensors installed.
As part of the exercise, the water company has split its tender into two lots, the first, which is worth 10%, is for flow sensors, and the second,…
Hampshire-based civil engineering firm Knights Brown has been awarded the £13.5M contract to build flood defences in Poole.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council began the process of finding funding for the scheme in 2020 and has recently been awarded £12.4M from the Environment Agency’s grant in aid for flood defences cash…
The deadline for entries to the NCE Awards has been extended until 5 May, maximising the opportunity for UK-based civil engineering consulting firms to achieve recognition as leaders in the sector.
The NCE Awards celebrate achievements by civil engineering consultancies in the UK and are open to both large and small…
The updates represent the most significant development in national planning policy for water supply infrastructure in England for a generation and the National Policy Statement (NPS) has been keenly awaited since consultation on a draft in 2018.
New planning policy governing the development of nationally significant water resources infrastructure in…
The inaugural Innovation Accelerator competition at the NCE Flood Resilience conference has been won by intelligent surface water management system Polysync Smart Blue Roof.
The system was developed by the Environmental Protection Group (EPG) and is designed to “measure, understand, predict and act on” surface water, rain fall and weather activity…
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