A project to alleviate sewage flooding in an area of Portland has been completed almost two months ahead of schedule.

Global consultancy Scott Wilson has strengthened its masterplanning and policy expertise with the arrival of a 12-strong Masterplanning and Urban Design team.

Black & Veatch has been awarded a £75 million scheme to enhance sludge treatment at Davyhulme.

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments, has announced today that Gammon Construction, the market-leading infrastructure contractor in Hong Kong, in which Balfour Beatty has a 50% shareholding, has been awarded two new contracts valued at HK $2.27 billion (£180 million).

Northern Ireland Water has experienced major problems this week with water supply as a result of the freezing temperatures.

United Utilities is starting the the third phase of a major scheme to improve water supplies across Cheshire.

Organisations representing utilities and their contractors have expressed serious concerns about plans by the Department of Transport to introduce harsher penalties for utilities who overrun their time limits on disruptive road works.

Scottish Water has been fined £5,000 after failing to comply with their licence to discharge sewage effluent from Durris Sewage Treatment Works into the Durris burn, and failing to comply with an improvement notice.