Anglian Water has today announced who will form its new Strategic Pipeline Alliance after a competitive procurement process.

Smart asset planning, improved industry collaboration, quicker adoption of technologies, more onus on innovation and greater responsiveness, have all been heralded by industry experts as crucial if water companies want to meet the challenges posed by Ofwat’s PR19.

Balfour Beatty Group’s order book stands at £17.4 billion (2019: £14.3 billion), over 20% higher than the prior year end position and 83% of its UK and US construction sites are now operational, according to its latest trading update.

The past is not always the best guide to the future and proactive steps are needed to ensure the UK’s infrastructure can remain resilient, according to a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Sir John Armitt has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for the creation of a UK bank with an explicit focus on infrastructure as a domestic replacement for the European Investment Bank.

Tier 1 firms Kier and Barhale have both won £multi-million contracts on Thames Water AMP7 Capital Programmes Framework announced this morning by the water company.

Severn Trent Water has gone out to tender for a major clean water contract worth almost £500 million.

Thames Water has announced the successful contractors for its £350m “Thames-wide” infrastructure and non-infrastructure AMP7 capital programme and the extension of its Infrastructure Alliance.

AmeyVTOL has successfully demonstrated the first drone inspection of UK infrastructure to go beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS).

A major civil engineering project involving floating cranes and silent piling is currently underway at a reservoir near Heathrow Airport to help keep taps flowing in London for at least another 120 years.