Kier Transportation is searching for sub-contractors to fill £84M worth of works on the £500M A417 “missing link” scheme, including earthworks, drainage and pavements.
The £500M scheme for National Highways will dual a 5.5km section of road between Gloucester and Swindon, improving the connection between the two dual carriageway sections of…
The Department for Transport (DfT) does not yet have a business case or cost calculations to justify its £2bn pledge for a new Bradford station, but the need for it is clear.
With the cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) in October 2023, prime minister Rishi Sunak published the Network North…
The government has pledged to work with the tidal range sector to explore and take advantage of opportunities provided by tidal lagoons and barrages to reduce the country’s emissions and increase energy security.
The promise came as a result of a Parliamentary debate on the topic held on 10 January. It…
HS2 main contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has commenced sliding sections of deck for the 450m long Wendover Dean viaduct into position, a process that will take a year to complete.
The Wendover Dean viaduct is the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a…
Sellafield has commenced market engagement on a new £2.4bn project and asset care execution (PACE) framework.
Suppliers on the PACE framework will be tasked with maintaining asset condition and providing new asset capabilities when needed at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. PACE will be the successor to the nuclear facility’s existing…
National Grid is seeking suppliers to join a £250M marine survey framework and a £45M marine consultancy framework.
The frameworks are part of National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade to improve electricity transmission infrastructure around the UK. This includes numerous subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector cables to bring offshore energy…
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has set out its agenda for the next government following the General Election “to deliver economic growth and set the nation on a path to a more prosperous, sustainable future”.
CECA has more than 300 members across the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales and…
Northumbrian Water has announced seven partners to form its Living Water Enterprise (LWE) to deliver £3.6bn of work during the eighth asset management period (AMP8) between 2025 to 2030.
The LWE partners are Esh-Stantec, Avove, Farrans Construction, Costain, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), Bam and MWH Treatment. BAM, Costain and MMB have…
Thames Water has released details of a £400M opportunity for a contractor to construct a replacement high lift pumping station (HLPS) at the Coppermills Advanced Water Treatment Works.
The package includes the design, construction and commissioning of the new HLPS as well as the decommissioning of the existing one at Coppermills.…
National Highways has completed repairs to unforeseen issues on the Grade II listed Wentbridge Viaduct and is expecting to fully reopen it to traffic in the summer.
The roads operator's contractor Octavius Infrastructure started work on the West Yorkshire viaduct, which carries the A1 over the River Went, in April 2023…
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