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For many years, the UK government has recognised that civil engineers are a shortage occupation in the UK. The shortage has existed since before the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, but it cannot be denied that these events have made it even more difficult for UK businesses to recruit civil engineers…

Civil engineering is critical to supporting local communities by building the vital infrastructure and transport links they rely on, but its workforce is ageing. A recent Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Construction Skills Network report stated that extra 19,550 workers will need to be recruited from 2023 to 2027 in…

A consortium including WSP and Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Welsh Government to provide environmental assessments for a number of renewable energy projects on public land.

Sometimes, you read the newspapers and the net zero goal seems like an unachievable pipe dream. Then, you spend a morning with people who are doing exactly what is needed every single day to work towards a more sustainable future and your hope is restored.

Subtle tweaking to construction contracts has the potential to be transformational for delivering meaningful social value.

As recently heard in The Telegraph, Landsec and British Land are joining forces to collectively call on the government to unleash the potential of brownfield to deliver more jobs, homes and growth across the UK.

The topic of workforce skills planning is rarely out of the media headlines these days and invariably discussions focus on the negative aspects of how we aren’t collectively getting this right in the UK. Against this backdrop, we wanted to change the narrative and highlight a key area of untapped…

High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) chief executive Mark Thurston is to step down from his role at the end of September after six and a half years in the job.

The pipeline of infrastructure work is drying up with a huge drop in planning applications, research has revealed.