The start of 2024 has seen a number of changes amongst the big contractors and consultancies. As the industry continues to celebrate sustainability, firms such as Arup, Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Ramboll are bolstering their environment departments.
Hampshire County Council has announced the contractors it has signed to the fifth generation of its Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Collaborative Framework 2024-2028, worth £500M.
Northumbrian Water's contractors are gearing up for over £15M of improvement works at various County Durham treatment facilities to protect water quality in the River Skerne.
Plans to build the first Very Light Rail system in the UK has reached a major milestone as the vehicle has been successfully tested on innovative track that was laid in weeks.
October saw a flurry of senior appointments around the civil engineering sector at the likes of the National Infrastructure Commission, EKFB and Pick Everard.
Severn Trent has reached a milestone in its £25M project to lay new sewer pipes in Gloucestershire with contractor Galliford Try completing 1.7km of tunnels.
Galliford Try and designer AF Cruden Associates have agreed to pay Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) £11M after a legal case surrounding the original design and construction of the Cairngorm funicular railway was settled.
While July might have seen some jet off on summer holidays, new appointees at companies including Atkins, Pell Frischmann and Galliford Try will be working hard to hit the ground running in their new roles.
Galliford Try will no longer construct the £100M A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction redevelopment in Norfolk as National Highways has confirmed the project is to be retendered.
Three National Highways upgrade schemes on the A47 in Norfolk are set to go ahead after a judge upheld the transport secretary’s decision to grant them development consent orders (DCOs).
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