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Fifty supply chain partners have been named on National Highways £3.6bn framework to carry out renewals on England’s motorways and A roads.

Massive discrepancies have emerged between the government’s value of various jobs on the £100bn High Speed 2 (HS2) project and official figures given by the project promoter.

Steel specialist Cleveland Bridge collapsed owing more than £21M to creditors, it has been revealed.

The pros and cons of the ICE’s proposal to introduce a Chartered Infrastructure Engineer title have been laid bare during a webinar run by the Institution.

Contractors will have plenty of work to bid for on High Speed 2 (HS2) in the coming years, with 32 contracts worth around £4.8bn included within the government's National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline, published yesterday.

Construction bosses have warned prime minister Boris Johnson that cancelling the eastern leg of the £100bn High Speed 2 (HS2) scheme would have a “devastating” effect on the industry.

Starts of new infrastructure projects in the UK have significantly declined, according to the latest Construction Index report from Glenigan. The rate of starts is down by nearly a half (48%) on the previous quarter, and is down 22% on the same period in 2020.

Contractors, consultants, institutions and trade bodies have all welcomed the publication of the government’s £650bn construction pipeline.

A dozen contracts with a value of more than £500M have been revealed as part of the government’s updated National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.

The government has revealed how it plans to transform infrastructure delivery and performance following the publication of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.