Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments, has issued an upbeat Interim Management Statement for the period 28 June to 10 November 2009.

Balfour Beatty, the international engineering and construction professional services and investment group, has confirmed that it is to acquire Parsons Brinckerhoff inc., one of the world’s leading professional services companies, for US $626 million - around £380 million.

Anglian Water has sent a clear message to customers that there will be no disruption to services in the event of strike action by some of its waste water employees.

Following discussions with its administrators, Mann Construction has made all staff redundant and the company has ceased to trade.

AECOM Europe will cut a further 350 jobs in the UK and Europe as a result of the ongoing effects of recession.

The future of the Earth could rest on potentially dangerous and unproven geoengineering technologies unless emissions of carbon dioxide can be greatly reduced, the latest Royal Society report has found.

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) is investing £1.8m in north Armagh by providing a new Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) with increased treatment capability.

Further to last week’s £17.9m fine (the largest of any imposed on the 103 companies) imposed on Kier by the OFT arising from its investigation into cover-pricing in the construction industry, in a detailed statement Kier said it was further considering its position.

Yorkshire Water and contractors MMB have reluctantly announced a new schedule for work on the Spen Valley Greenway, despite every possible effort being made to stick to the original deadlines.

Yorkshire Water, alongside scientists from the Environment Agency, is embarking on a project to save a rare and endangered plant species - the greater water parsnip - before it disappears from the north of England altogether.