Author Archives: Thomas Johnson

Aecom has won two big contracts to support the development and design of vital rail infrastructure in both the UK and US.

The first contract win concerns a £29M tender to take the planned Mid Cornwall Metro through to the detailed design stage of the project. The new coast to coast…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised investments in advancing the UK's net zero efforts with nuclear and green energy in today's Spring Budget but future funding for transport and other vital infrastructure went amiss.

While the industry is pleased to hear investment is being made in aiding the decarbonisation of the UK’s grid…

The Spring Budget 2024 has backed plans for nuclear energy progress and confirmed funding for decarbonisation investments through the Green Industries Growth Accelerator (Giga).

Nuclear energy A new £160M deal with Hitachi to acquire two sites, the former Wylfa nuclear site in north Wales and the Oldbury site in south Gloucestershire,…

Holtec has signed new memoranda of understanding with Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald, as well as South Korean Hyundai’s construction department to collaborate on advancing small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology.

The partnership will take the delivery of international nuclear giant Holtec’s SMR technology, SMR-300, a step forward after it was…

Thames Water will invest £400M upgrading two water treatment works located in London, the Coppermills and Hampton sites.

The capital’s water provider will invest the funding on improving London’s infrastructure and water supply resilience. The planned upgrades at Coppermills and Hampton water treatment works will replace some of the company’s ageing…

An Ofwat innovation project is leveraging a library of sewer images to instruct artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the condition of pipelines and drains.

The Water Research Centre (WRC) worked on the Ofwat innovation project to supplement its 1980 industry essential guide, the Manual of Sewer Condition Classification (MSCC), with a…

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt will announce a further £120M government investment increase for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator (Giga) fund in the Spring Budget tomorrow, Wednesday, 6 March.

Giga is an investment programme for the expansion of low carbon manufacturing supply chains in the UK. The government has also…

Ofgem has recommended two proposals for high voltage cables connecting the UK grid to electricity sources in Europe for approval.

The Lion Link, a so-called offshore hybrid asset (OHA) to connect the UK with the Netherlands’ power grid and Dutch wind farms in the North Sea, and Tarchon Energy interconnector, which would…

The final section of the £146M Gull Wing Bridge in Lowestoft has arrived bringing the completion of the 342m single leaf rolling bascule bridge closer to reality.

The new eight span bridge will act as a tactical diversion route for the A12/A47 over Lake Lothing when the Bascule Bridge, which also…

Norfolk County Council has mothballed its proposed £34M revamp of the A47/A17 Pullover roundabout following changes to Department for Transport (DfT) traffic modelling.

The A47/A17 Pullover roundabout project would see the roundabout on the edge of King's Lynn from Lynn Road to the A17 rebuilt to reduce congestion and improve safety…