United Utilities is seeking a technical advisor in a £50M contract to aid the delivery of its £1.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct resilience scheme to replace tunnels that provide water for the Lake District.
The public has been invited to provide feedback on an addendum to the Environmental Statement for the £50M Portadown Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS) following changes to the proposals to encompass a new residential scheme.
Network Rail revolutionised the way it approaches water management on the rail network in the wake of the fatal 2020 Carmont derailment, according to the rail operator’s head of drainage.
Contractor Jones Bros has won a £13M contract to construct sea defences at Kinmel Bay in north Wales to protect against rising sea levels.
Murphy has started replacing 235m of some of London’s “largest and leakiest Victorian pipes” on Baker Street for Thames Water.
The world does not have enough engineers to monitor, detect and remedy the compounding risks that threaten large-scale global critical infrastructure, such as dams or tailings storage facilities of mines. Satellite-based technologies are opening the door for engineers to pinpoint areas that need to be investigated and focus their attention…
The government lacks urgency, targets and timescales for managing surface water flooding, according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chief.
A new fund has been created for farmers by the government which will support approximately 20 studies and will investigate water demand and availability in water-stressed agricultural areas over the next 25 years.
New Civil Engineer’s Water conference is returning as an in-person event for the first time since the pandemic, with several key industry experts already confirmed as speakers. The event will take place on 20 June at the America Square Conference Centre in London.
Political party Labour has pledged it will invest up to £1.8bn into port infrastructure across the UK if it comes into power after the forthcoming General Election.
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