Nine firms have been awarded construction and engineering contracts worth £4bn for net zero and carbon capture projects on Teesside and the Humber.
The projects are the bp and Equinor joint venture Net Zero Teesside Power and Northern Endurance Partnership, which is set to build one of the world’s first commercial-scale…
United Utilities has appointed Jacobs to join its strategic solutions team, in a contract worth £166M across AMP8 and AMP9.
Jacobs will support program optimisation for United Utilities’ major capital works. Tetra Tech’s RPS business has also been appointed to the United Utilities framework in a £100M contract to drive program…
A 144m bridge for active travel is being built by Network Rail in Duniface to connect the communities of Methilhill and Kennoway as part of the £116M Levenmouth Rail Link.
The bridge is part of the first phase of work on a wider active travel network that will initially focus on…
Thousands of properties will be protected by flood defences including 150,000t of rock armour on Cardiff’s coast between Tidefields Road and the River Rhymney estuary.
The Rover Way Coastal Risk Management Scheme (CRMP) will reduce flood risk to 2,326 residential and 204 non-residential properties and will cost £35M, with 85% of…
A 70ha, 49.72MW solar farm proposed by Anesco at Milton Road near Gayton in Northamptonshire has been denied planning permission by the Communities Secretary.
A decision letter published on 13 March by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities laid out the Secretary of State’s decision in respect of the…
New cable circuits, re-routing of overhead power lines and the installation of new towers have been completed by UK Power Networks (UKPN) in a project which centred around the substation at Little Barford in Bedfordshire.
The project started in 2018 and involved upgrading grid capacity and reliability for 190,000 properties in…
Small modular reactors (SMRs) and floating offshore wind will only be successfully deployed at scale in the UK if the government supports the creation of sustainable supply chains through policy stability and long-term investment windows.
Representatives of Associated British Ports (ABP), Rolls-Royce SMR and Siemens Energy spoke about the challenges they…
Horizontal directional drilling to create an entry point will take place as part of proposed works to create a new marine outfall pipe in Exmouth.
The Ministry of Defence was consulted about the project because the works are due to take place near an MoD training centre and any impact on…
Personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for women’s bodies being made available to all workers who need it has been debated in parliament in support of Katy Robinson’s PPE Campaign.
Robinson’s local MP Emma Hardy sponsored the adjournment debate on 12 March. Hardy discussed the matter with Minister for Disabled People, Health…
Construction of a replacement overhead transmission between the Harris grid supply point and Stornoway grid supply point is expected to start in the summer of 2024 and finish in 2026.
Consent was granted to SSEN Transmission for the project by the Scottish Government which SSEN said would bolder energy security on…
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