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. 

South West Water is seeking supply chain engagement with contractors and investors in the £1 billion Cheddar 2 Reservoir project – the water company is planning to hold an initial industry briefing and launch event scheduled for Tuesday 9th September 2025, to be held at a central London venue.

North East supply chain businesses are calling for a collaborative approach to tackling climate change impact and developing skills and value for the region in a new report launched today.

Consultants, contractors and investors have flagged up the risks and gaps regulators need to address to facilitate successful delivery of the 18 major schemes currently under development in the £14 billion RAPID programme.

A new report says cost inflation-related disruptions and supply chain disturbances in Europe, North America and APAC remain a challenge for infrastructure projects.

Ofwat has told the water companies that competition concerns should not be a barrier to greater collaboration between companies on charging for new connections, saying “it is wrong for companies to use competition law as a reason not to collaborate to the benefit of customers.”

Severn Trent Water has gone out to tender for a major clean water contract worth almost £500 million.

A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch into the partial collapse of a bridge onto open railway lines last year has highlighted the need for better information to be available to Network Rail to manage the potential risk to its structures from breaches of water utilities.

The number of specialist contractors struggling to recruit skilled labour is at its highest for 14 years according to the latest National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) State of Trade Survey, following significant increases in both enquiries and orders in the first quarter of 2015.

Civils contractors today warned that rising costs and skills shortages are emerging as new challenges as prospects for the infrastructure sector improve.