Working on behalf of Thames Water, contractor Kier has reached the final stages of its £45M project to build a new 13.7km pipeline between Faringdon and Blunsdon near Swindon.
Construction of the Faringdon to Blunsdon pipeline commenced in May 2021 and is due to come into service this spring, with the…
With space at a premium in the UK, it’s time to look up and rethink how we design our roof tops.
There are some incredible examples around the world of buildings already doing this well, from eight level rooftop gardens in Japan to a 10,000m2 living roof on the top…
Nature-based flood defences, redirection structures and refurbishment of existing defences are being funded in Brighouse, Leeds and Huddersfield following sign-off by West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s (WYCA) climate, energy environment committee.
The investment will be used to refurbish a flood channel in Leeds, redirect floodwater away from businesses and into the River…
United Utilities has released a contract opportunity seeking suppliers to be appointed to a £800M minor works framework.
United Utilities’ five year asset management plan for the eigth Asset Management Plan (AMP8) period (2025 to 2030) is being procured through a delivery model formed of five delivery runways. The scope of…
Northumbrian Water contractor Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) has completed the £2.7M project to lay a new sewer pipe between two roads in Teeside utilising a trenchless pipelaying technique.
The project involved tunneling beneath two the Teesside roads, including a busy A road, to lay a sewer pipe without disrupting traffic. To…
Thames Water has announced the three partners it has appointed to its £300M Technical Partner Framework for the delivery of its Strategic Resource Options (SRO) programme.
The three consortia appointed to the framework are: Arup / Binnies JV AtkinsRéalis / Stantec JV Jacobs / Mott MacDonald JV Thames Water said that it…
Thames Water will be closing parts of a road in the Hammersmith, London for six weeks to remove an illegally dumped “concreteberg”.
A section of North End Road in Hammersmith will be closed for six weeks, starting Friday, 16 February, as the water company starts work to remove the large build…
The leaders of water companies based in the UK will be banned from receiving bonuses if their organisations commit “serious” criminal breaches, under new government legislation.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made the announcement calling on water company executives “to take responsibility for inexcusable breaches damaging the…
An all-Ireland consortium comprising of Farrans, a joint venture between Tes and Celtic Anglian Water (Tes-Caw JV) and Aecom has been awarded a contract for early involvement in the upgrade of Northern Ireland (NI) Water’s assets.
NI Water has awarded its early contractor involvement contract for the upgrade of Kinnegar Wastewater…
Flooding and drainage-related defects on the UK’s road network rose by over a third in 2023, new stats from National Highways show.
National Highways’ Confirm system logs details of repairs needed. Its figures for 2023 show 2,037 related to flooding, compared to 2022’s 1,493, a rise of 36%. In 2021 there…
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