National Audit Office warns of repeated problems with delivery of major Government programmes
A new report from the National Audit Office has highlighted repeated problems with the delivery of major Government programmes in four key areas: scope, planning, managing interdependencies and oversight.
Government must get better at valuing costs and benefits of infrastructure
A new report evaluating how the UK appraises infrastructure projects says that the Government must get better at valuing the costs and benefits of infrastructure.
Arcadis warns UK must double construction output to deliver infrastructure pipeline
Leading global design and consultancy firm Arcadis for is warning that the UK must double its construction output to build at a rate of over £95,000 every single minute for the next decade to even come close to meeting national infrastructure ambitions.
Government’s National Infrastructure Delivery Plan launched
The government has this morning launched its National Infrastructure Delivery Plan (NIDP)which brings together all of the government’s infrastructure priorities over the next five years - underpinned by a commitment to invest more than £100 billion in infrastructure by 2020-21.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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