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Northumbrian Water has appointed seven firms to its largest-ever package of framework agreements, which will deliver the company’s £3.6bn five-year investment programme. Costain, Bam Nutall, Esh-Stantec, Farrans Construction, Mott MacDonald Bentley, Avove Ltd and MWH Treatment have joined the water company’s Living Water Enterprise (LWE), a 12-year partnership that will…

A £250m scheme to upgrade road junctions around Derby is facing a legal challenge, less than three years after earlier plans were quashed in the High Court. The A38 project aims to improve journeys by upgrading roundabouts at Kingsway, Markeaton and Little Eaton using flyovers and underpasses, as well as…

Somerset Council has signed three contracts worth a combined £140m for road maintenance and improvement works in the county. Kiely Group will deliver surface-treatment services, including road surface dressing, footway crack sealing, ironwork strengthening and support, preparatory drainage, patching and cleaning, and post-surfacing road markings, studs and high-friction surfacing. Heidelberg…

The Labour Party has named the former head of Siemens UK as the leader of a review into infrastructure delivery. Juergen Maier, who was chief executive of the rail company from July 2014 to December 2019 and is currently non-executive chair of the Digital Catapult business group, will lead work…

Construction output dropped by 0.5 per cent in October, newly released official figures show. As the overall UK economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the month, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that a decline in construction activity contributed to the fall. The sector’s volume drop…

A Balfour Beatty roadworker in Southampton was attacked with a baseball bat by a driver trying to get through a road closure, it has emerged. The incident was highlighted by the firm and Southampton City Council as part of an attempt to stamp out abuse of roadworkers. A survey by…

Taylor Woodrow has been officially awarded a £120m strategic infrastructure contract for Meridian Water, a £6bn regeneration project in Edmonton, north London. The contract covers an extensive range of works including naturalising a brook and creating two new parks, bridges, footpaths, and road and cycle links. After this work is…

Contractors are being sought for a four-year £300m road-surfacing and planing framework in North Yorkshire. NY Highways, a subsidiary of North Yorkshire Council, has opened bids for the work on the county’s 5,800 miles of road. The company was formed as a highways-maintenance supplier in 2021 by the former North…

A Bouygues Travaux Publics-Murphy joint venture (JV) has landed the £1.34bn tunnelling contract for the Lower Thames Crossing. The JV beat competition from a venture comprised of Bam Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and Vinci Construction Grands Projets, and a bid from a Dragados and Hochtief Infrastructure JV to land the work.…

Bachy Soletanche Holdings (Europe) has added more than £100m to its turnover in a year. The Lancashire-headquartered ground engineering specialist posted income of £221.6m for the 12 months ending 31 December 2022 – up 91 per cent from the year before. Pre-tax profit was up 87 per cent over the…