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.
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United Utilities seeks contractors for £800M minor works framework
United Utilities has released a contract opportunity seeking suppliers to be appointed to a £800M minor works framework.
Sewer pipe laid beneath A67 in Teeside utilising trenchless technique
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.
Thames Water announces major firms as technical partners on £300M framework
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.
Thames Water to remove ‘concreteberg’ dumped in Hammersmith sewer
Thames Water will be closing parts of a road in the Hammersmith, London for six weeks to remove an illegally dumped “concreteberg”.
Water bosses to receive no bonuses if organisation commits environmental breaches
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.
All-Ireland consortium appointed to infrastructure upgrade contracts by NI Water
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.
Flooding and drainage-related defects to UK’s road network see 36% rise
Flooding and drainage-related defects on the UK’s road network rose by over a third in 2023, new stats from National Highways show.
Barhale wins duo of Thames Water mains contracts near major London stations
Barhale has been awarded mains replacement contracts under Thames Water’s seventh asset management period (AMP7) Conditional Allowance Trunk Main Schemes at sites next to Victoria and Euston stations.
Kier, McLaughlin & Harvey and RJ McLeod appointed to £4bn Scape utilities contracts
Public sector procurement authority Scape has appointed Kier, Mclaughlin & Harvey and RJ McLeod to its £4bn frameworks designed to help utilities companies progress infrastructure projects through a direct award model.