A contract to design and build an improved £35 million flood defence scheme on the Isle of Axholme has been awarded to GBV, a joint venture between Galliford Try and Black & Veatch.

Yorkshire Water is to host a supply change event to highlight opportunities within its Yorkshire Alliance from 2019 onwards at Shine in Leeds on Monday 19 March 2018 - the utility will have an anticipated spend in the Alliance for a maximum period 11 years from 2019 of circa £1.1 billion.

Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has announced its intention to award a multi million euro contract for the Afsluitdijk project – the dike protects large parts of the Netherlands against flooding from the sea.

Coast and marine infrastructure specialist Jones Bros has begun work as a sub-contractor on a challenging sea defence project that will protect one of Britain’s leading resorts.

The Environment Agency has set out details of its £256 million River Thames scheme - a proposal to reduce flood risk to over 20,000 properties along the Thames.

Thames Water has published details about the potential procurement, designation and licensing of the infrastructure provider which will be needed for the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel Project – with an estimated value of £4.2 billion.

The next phase of procurement for the main construction works contracts for the Thames Tideway Tunnel has been reached as the invitation to tender was sent out for the second works package - worth between £500m to £800m.