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Contractors alerted to £500M civils deal across southern England

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Hampshire County Council has called for interest in a £500M deal that will be used for a raft of civils jobs across the South of England.

The local authority officially launched procurement for the Generation 5 Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Collaborative Framework. Up to 26 firms could be appointed to…

Jacobs brings energy sector expertise to Balfour Beatty Strategic Design Partnership as WSP exits

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Balfour Beatty is eyeing opportunities in the energy sector as it welcomes Jacobs as one of the three design consultants forming the Strategic Design Partnership, replacing WSP.

Balfour Beatty created the partnership in 2017 with the aim to “re-frame the designer-contractor  relationship” by fostering collaboration and openness. Balfour Beatty’s procurement of…

ICE Publishing portfolio changes hands

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Thomas Telford Limited (TTL), the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), has sold the ICE Publishing portfolio to Emerald Publishing.

Bingley-headquartered Emerald Publishing is part of investment firm Cambridge Information Group and publishing services to researchers in various forms including journals, books, teaching cases as well as open…

Network Rail’s Nuneham Viaduct repairs progress to piling stage

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A 167-year-old abutment has been removed by engineers led by Balfour Beatty working around the clock for Network Rail to repair a critical rail viaduct in Oxfordshire.

Network Rail said the structure, which sat on the south bank of the River Thames since 1856, had been demolished by the team in…