Scottish councils will now be able to source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services quicker and more easily as a new major framework agreement goes live.
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Thames Water fined a record £20M
Thames Water has been fined an unprecedented £20M for a series of significant pollution incidents on the River Thames.
Complex Thames Water tunnel diversion completed
Contractors have finished a major tunnelling operation to divert a water main under London’s South Circular Road and around a river and two railway lines.
Flood and coastal engineering courses launched
Research body HR Wallingford has teamed up with Brunel University London and the Environment Agency to produce a series of flood and coastal engineering courses.
Armitt opens new hydro power plant
A new low-head river hydroelectric power plant has opened in Yorkshire today.
Call to ensure infrastructure is future tech ready
Ensuring infrastructure is ready for advances in technology which will change the way we live is crucial to planning, experts have warned.
ICE to celebrate 200th anniversary
The ICE is launching a programme of events to celebrate its 200th anniversary next year.
Devastating damage revealed at Oroville Dam
Incredible damage to the primary spillway at Oroville Dam in California has been revealed, showing the scale of work engineers face this week before a vital power plant can be reopened.
Smaller, cheaper Tideway had chance says NAO
The £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel could have been smaller and cost less claims a new report by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).
Skills erosion, or a change of tide?
Skills in coastal engineering are eroding, say those in local authorities. But out of these constraints have come creative partnerships.