Ofgem has proposed a £3.4bn funding package and fast tracked Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the offshore electricity interconnector cable between Scotland and England.
EGL2 is an “electricity superhighway” connecting Peterhead in Scotland with Drax in England with 525kV, 2GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable. Project promoters National Grid…
In the construction industry, effective communication between main contractors and the teams they work with, such as subcontractors, is essential to ensure smooth project execution and high-quality outcomes.
Unfortunately, we at PlanRadar know from first-hand experience and studies of our customer base that this remains a persistent challenge for contractors…
One in every 25 (4%) council maintained road bridges in the UK has been deemed as substandard, the RAC Foundation has revealed.
All the councils located within England, Scotland and Wales are responsible for 73,208 road bridges and the RAC foundation discovered that 2,928 are considered substandard through freedom of information…
Thames Water’s shareholders will not provide the £500M equity investment that had been promised by 31 March as conditions for the company’s turnaround have not been met.
The UK’s largest water company is struggling with borrowings of nearly £19bn while it has promised to spend £18.7bn during asset management period 8…
Network Rail has announced the winners of its nearly £2bn capital works delivery frameworks for Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024 to 2029, covering the North West and Central (NW&C) region of its network.
These frameworks are divided into numerous categories, A, B, C and D, with a number of big name…
London’s new £4.5bn super sewer, Thames Tideway, has completed all construction with the lifting of a 1,200t concrete lid to cap off the project’s deepest shaft.
The lifting of the 24m-wide lid at Abbey Mills Pumping Station marks the full completion of heavy civil engineering works for the project. Now this…
New Environment Agency data showing a significant increase in sewage spills in England during 2023 has been variously described as “unacceptable”, “squalid”, “outrageous” and “a shitshow”.
The Environment Agency’s newly published event duration monitoring (EDM) data for 2023 shows a 54% increase in the number of sewage spills in England compared…
Construction of the £16M South Bank Watercourse drainage system at the Teesworks freeport site has been described as a “huge engineering feat”.
Extending up to 8m in depth, it will provide drainage to more than 260ha of development land at the site. The project’s core features a 1.6km long watercourse through…
The Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) update to its transport infrastructure planning policy has been highly criticised by the Transport Committee chair and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas for its disregard of climate-related targets.
The National Networks National Planning Policy (NNNPS) provides planning guidance for nationally significant road, rail and strategic rail…
Norfolk County Council has reacted angrily to guidance from Natural England which the council says blocks its plans for a major £274M road project in the county.
The Norwich Western Link scheme, which will see a new 6.2km dual carriageway built to the west of the city, had its outline business…
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