Esh Construction has completed a major restoration programme at Abbeydale Dam in Sheffield, securing the long-term future of one of the city’s most significant heritage assets.

National Highways has selected HerrenKnecht to build the massive tunnel boring machine that will dig the UK’s longest road tunnel for the Lower Thames Crossing - at 16.4 metres in diameter the machine will be the largest ever used in Europe, and the third largest ever in the world.

Thames Water is highlighting the challengess and costs of removing concrete dumped in its sewer network – the utility spends an estimated £1.6 million every year clearing hardened concrete from its sewer network.

Anglian Water is flagging up the procurement of its upcoming AMP8 Grounds Investigation (GI) Framework – the contract has a total estimated value of c£35.445 million including VAT.

Glenigan is warning that UK construction is facing “dire straits” as the US-Iran war continues with the release of its May 2026 edition of its Construction Index.

The government has launched a new consultation on its proposal to bring together the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to create a single, unified Industry Training Board (ITB) to act on behalf of the combined construction and engineering construction sectors.

Glenigan's newly-released April Construction Index paints a stark picture of an industry under sustained pressure and highlights that civils took the sharpest hit — plummeting 37% against Q4 and 34% year-on-year. 

With the conflict in the Middle East driving instability across global fuel markets, the government says it is taking action to strengthen Britain's long-term energy independence and deliver clean homegrown power by appointing a Lead Environmental Regulator for Sizewell C and Lighthouse Green Fuels.

Independent analysis is warning that the UK water sector AMP8 programme is encountering significant hurdles ranging from low project delivery rates to planning delays and judicial reviews.

The UK will struggle to deliver the government’s £725bn 10-year infrastructure strategy without immediate and sustained action to boost industry capacity, productivity and collaboration, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers’ State of the Nation 2026 report.