Highways England is getting ready to tender a £242 million contract for an integration partner to oversee the £6.8 billion Lower Thames Crossing project.

The successful completion of the Geospatial Commission National Underground Assets Register (NUAR) twelve month pilot phase that ended in April 2020 has moved the project further towards the roll out of a national programme.

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.

Irish Water has completed repairs of a critical section of Dublin’s wastewater infrastructure safeguarding the Grand Canal.

Leading global infrastructure firm AECOM has been appointed on Severn Trent Water’s new Design Services Framework for AMP7, the 2020-25 investment period for the water industry in England.

Anglian Water has today announced who will form its new Strategic Pipeline Alliance after a competitive procurement process.

Smart asset planning, improved industry collaboration, quicker adoption of technologies, more onus on innovation and greater responsiveness, have all been heralded by industry experts as crucial if water companies want to meet the challenges posed by Ofwat’s PR19.

Balfour Beatty Group’s order book stands at £17.4 billion (2019: £14.3 billion), over 20% higher than the prior year end position and 83% of its UK and US construction sites are now operational, according to its latest trading update.

The past is not always the best guide to the future and proactive steps are needed to ensure the UK’s infrastructure can remain resilient, according to a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Sir John Armitt has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for the creation of a UK bank with an explicit focus on infrastructure as a domestic replacement for the European Investment Bank.