Scottish Water has announced the preferred bidders for partner companies it will work with to transform Scotland’s public assets to keep taps flowing and protect the environment.

Southern Water has launched its preliminary market engagement for two strategic water recycling schemes; the water company is progressing its plans for the Littlehampton and Medway Water Recycling Plants which would enable it to deliver up to 33.4 million litres per day of purified recycled water during drought conditions.

Scottish Water has become the first UK organisation to sign a pledge committing itself to buying a certain amount of low carbon concrete over the next five years, helping pave the way for the development of next generation sustainable construction materials.

Anglian Water has launched an early market engagement exercise seeking supply chain interest for a new AMP8 strategic delivery framework with an estimated total value of £1.8 billion (inc VAT).

The Mineral Products Association is warning that demand for construction materials is stuck at crisis levels - new data shows that sales of heavy-side construction materials in Britain remain at ‘crisis levels’ with businesses in peril, jobs at risk and little sign of recovery.

Changes to the environmental permitting system will reduce waiting times for permits – getting businesses building, delivering much-needed new housing and infrastructure, and unlocking economic growth, Environment Minister Emma Hardy has announced today.

The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise seeking expressions of interest and pre-tender engagement from suppliers for its upcoming £6 billion Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF) 2 tender.

Following Thames Water’s supply chain launch event on 18 September for its AMP8/9 Major Projects Framework, the water company has now formally gone out to tender with a contract for the framework.

Communities across the Andover area can find out how a new pipeline will improve the resilience of their water supplies at a series of drop-in sessions being held by Southern Water next month.

Barhale is set to expand its contribution to HS2’s London terminus after being given the go-ahead for further crucial utilities infrastructure works by HS2’s Station Construction Partner Mace Dragados.