Glenigan is warning that UK construction is facing “dire straits” as the US-Iran war continues with the release of its May 2026 edition of its Construction Index.

Glenigan's newly-released April Construction Index paints a stark picture of an industry under sustained pressure and highlights that civils took the sharpest hit — plummeting 37% against Q4 and 34% year-on-year. 

Anglian Water has launched an early market engagement exercise seeking supply chain interest for a new AMP8 strategic delivery framework with an estimated total value of £1.8 billion (inc VAT).

Sellafield Ltd has awarded three companies contracts with a total value of up to £2.9 billion to supply key utilities, civils and electrical distribution non-nuclear infrastructure works on the Sellafield site.

United Utilities has concluded the process of awarding framework agreements for its Minor Works delivery runway – the frameworks form part of the build only delivery runway within the water company’s AMP8 operating model.

United Utilities has announced that 30 construction firms based, or with operations in the North West are set to benefit from the region’s largest proposed investment in water and wastewater infrastructure for more than a century.

Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for asset delivery partners and primary designers to deliver its forthcoming capital works programmes between 2027 up to 2039 with an estimated value of £9 billion.

UPDATE: Yesterday Scottish Water issued an updated notice cancelling this procurement. The notice says "The Ceramic Membranes Programme has been put on hold and the advert will be re-released in due course."

Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major £800 million contract – the water company is looking to appoint a strategic partner(s) to deliver Ceramic Membrane plants as part of its Ceramic Membrane Capital Investment Programme.

Scottish Water is seeking early supply chain interest in two major upcoming tenders with a combined value of up to £7.17 billion for the delivery of civil infrastructure and MEICA projects under the Enterprise model for its regulation periods SR27 and SR33 programme of capital and operational work.

Southern Water has launched the procurement process for a range of supply chain partners for the delivery of its AMP8 capital programme. The utility has gone out to tender with a major AMP8/9 framework contract for capital strategic delivery partners worth up to an estimated £6.2 billion.