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.
A pioneering project starting today in Wigan Borough will see – for the first time in the North West – two essential utility upgrades combined into one coordinated programme of roadworks. The joint Cadent and United Utilities scheme could become a model for future collaborative upgrades.
Technology platform Kraken and Portsmouth Water have announced the launch of The Water Lab to improve customer experience across the utilities sector.
A number of specific water-related risks are among the 89 threats in the latest National Risk Register (NRR) published today which sets out the government’s latest assessment of key risks to the United Kingdom.
The National Digital Twin programme, part of Centre for Digital Built Britain, wanted to create an interactive demonstrator tool to help show how connected digital twins can make energy, water and telecoms infrastructure more resilient to flooding due to climate change.
The UK utility sector has moved another step closer to a single, shared Priority Services Register (PSR) for the UK which will help companies look after vulnerable customers.
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is going out to tender with a minor works framework for civil engineering services to facilitate successful delivery of the North London Heat and Power Project in Edmonton worth an estimated £10 million.
The UK’s safe digging industry is seeing its best performance to date - LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, saw more than 3.4 million searches for underground pipes and cables pass through its central system in 2021.
Anglian Water is launching 54 new Level 3 and 4 operational apprenticeship positions encouraging people to consider working within the utilities industry.
The UK Regulators Network, working with consultants Black & Veatch, has published a report on the extent of infrastructure data sharing currently taking place across the transport, water, energy and telecoms sectors.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.