A decade of UK ‘infrastructure growth’ has been predicted by Balfour Beatty CEO and Aston University visiting professor, Leo Quinn, as the construction industry gets ready for a potential boom following financial commitments from the Government.

CIRIA, the Construction Industry Research and Information Association, has appointed Stantec and the Rivers Trust in a partnership to develop high level guidance and principles for the asset management of Blue-Green Infrastructure.

Environment Secretary George Eustice has this week authorised the construction of the £100 million Bridgwater tidal barrier with a Transport and Works Act better protecting 11,300 homes and 1,500 businesses in the town and surrounding areas.

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) investigation has found that errors in the construction of a drainage system were the primary cause of a fatal train derailment at Carmont in Aberdeenshire last year.

Northumbrian Water is seeking supply chain input ahead of going out to tender with a £95 million AMP7/8 contract for its Howdon Sewage Treatment Works upgrade.

NI Water is progressing a major £12 million upgrade at its Derg Water Treatment Works (WTW) where construction work is well underway.

The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is going out to tender with a minor works framework for civil engineering services to facilitate successful delivery of the North London Heat and Power Project in Edmonton  worth an estimated £10 million.

Scape Procure Scotland Ltd (SCAPE) has gone out to tender with a contract for civil engineering and infrastructure works and services worth an estimated £750 million.

Severn Trent is getting ready to start work on a £7.6 million construction project to carry out essential upgrades at  its Draycote Water reservoir.

NI Water has started construction work of a new long sea outfall at Ballyferris this month, as part of an ongoing programme of work to deliver water quality improvements along the Ards Peninsula.