The £400M National Grid project to upgrade and reinforce Yorkshire’s power network has been green lit by secretary of state for energy security and net zero, Claire Coutinho.
The Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (Green) application has been granted its development consent order (DCO) following submission of the application to the planning…
A Skanska-led joint venture has been appointed to upgrade a terminal at the Port of Virginia.
The Swedish multinational will partner the US-firm McLean Contracting Company on the project to revitalise the Norfolk International Terminal North Wharf, on an $85M (£66.6M) contact. The work will involve the demolition of existing marine…
Nearly 8,000 new homes stalled in West London due to electricity shortage issues in the area have so far been “unblocked”, according to City Hall.
An update on the power constraints affecting the grid in Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow, published by the Greater London Authority (GLA), said 7,800 new homes (of…
A large council in the East of England has launched a tender seeking contractors for £600M of highways work.
Norfolk County Council is seeking works, professional services and traffic signals contractors to deliver a range of highways and infrastructure services across the county. A notice published by the local authority says services…
City of York Council has been recommended to approve the £65M scheme to dual the York Outer Ring Road.
The council wants to widen the A1237 from the A19 to the A1036 Little Hopgrove roundabout and officers have recommended the planning committee approve the project next Tuesday, 19 March. The majority…
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…
Turner & Townsend is predicting a resurgence in construction activity ahead of a suspected recovery curve from the difficult period the construction industry is experiencing.
The professional services consultancy has further increased its 2024 tender price inflation forecast for real estate to 3.2%, up from the 2.7% it previously predicted in…
Preparatory work is starting in West Yorkshire for a multi-billion-pound programme of upgrades that will transform rail travel across the Pennines.
From next Thursday (21 March) works will start to prepare the 13km rail line between Dewsbury and Huddersfield for a major revamp as part of Network Rail’s £11bn Transpennine Route…
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