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Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is procuring for a £14M framework for a contractor to conduct design and engineering works relating to assets at its nuclear waste repository site in Cumbria.

Performance in Network Rail’s Wales and Western region “has been worsening […] since 2021” according to an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), which focused on asset maintenance and renewal.

Works to temporarily prop and renew the two Woodside Viaducts supporting the M8 in Glasgow have risen in cost by £71M and have been extended by three years from initial estimates.

Engineers from Webuild are utilising a hyperbaric excavation technique to dig a 650m section of tunnel through “constant and massive” water presence on the Naples to Bari high-speed rail line.

There has been a “small but significant” decline in the number of women who are working in engineering and technology roles, particularly in the 35-44 age range, according to Engineering UK.

Paris’ mammoth project to create 200km of new Metro lines has seen Ferrovial Spie Batignolles JV commit to using renewable electricity for a 6.7km tunnel while Webuild NGE JV has been awarded a €1.38bn (£1.17bn) lot.

Nato has established a new centre in north west London dedicated to ensuring the security of the world’s undersea energy pipelines and cables.

East West Rail (EWR) is nearing completion on its new stations and has commenced systems testing between Bicester and Bletchley, while a former Arup director has been confirmed as new CEO of EWR Company.

HS2 Ltd has announced Mark Wild OBE as its new chief executive officer, with the former Crossrail CEO set to “lead the completion of the high-speed railway and help realise its transformational benefits”.

How many professions within the built environment can claim justifiably to pick up the mantle when the UK economy and society are facing tough challenges? Architects? Surveyors? Finance officers?