ACWA Services, part of the ACWA Group, has been contracted to design and build a new state-of-the-art nitrate removal plant for Anglian Water’s Retford Water Treatment Works (WTW) near Worksop in the East Midlands.

The Green Construction Board and British Standards Institution have launched a new Publically Available Specification (PAS) document for carbon management in infrastructure.

Mott MacDonald has developed the Carbon Portal, the first carbon calculator capable of measuring the capital and operational carbon footprints of building information modelling (BIM) designed assets.

The Environment Agency and Army have tested a joint flood response exercise which took place at Nesscliffe training ground near Shrewsbury, based on a significant flood event where an electricity substation was at an immediate risk of flooding.

A nationwide survey by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has found that the top concerns of the UK’s contractors are staffing (reported by 23 per cent), workload (by 21 per cent), and bureaucratic procurement (by 19 per cent).

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Mark Goodger, Regional Technical Manager for Hydro International, discusses sustainable flood risk management and long-term resilience.

Five companies have been awarded places on Bristol City Council’s flood risk consultancy framework.

Five hundred native broadleaf trees have been planted at Crowndale Sewage Treatment Works near Tavistock as part of a river improvement project.