The Environment Agency has started the early engagement process to procure a Construction Partner for the £501 million River Thames Scheme to reduce the flood risk for 11,000 homes and 1,600 businesses in communities along the river.

The water sector could soon be the first in the UK able to print made-to-measure objects out of sustainable concrete on site.

Public sector owned Scape Procure Ltd, the built environment specialist supplier of framework solutions, is starting a pre-procurement market engagement phase prior to going out to formal tender with a separate £750 million regional construction framework contract notice.

Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) has taken the next step in the process of using Ofwat’s Direct Procurement for Customers to deliver a £100 million-plus construction scheme to provide long-term water supply resilience to Cardiff, Newport and several smaller towns located within the Merthyr Valley.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published the first sector-wide skills plan for construction, developed by industry.

Southern Water is seeking early supplier input ahead of going out to tender with the next phase of the Thanet Sewers rehabilitation AMP 7 scheme in Margate.

Conwy County Borough Council has gone out to tender with a construction work contract for coastal defence and active travel improvements worth an estimated £6 million.

The Highland Council has gone out to tender with a marine construction works contract for the Uig Harbour redevelopment on the Isle of Skye worth an estimated £36 million.

Tideway, the company responsible for the construction and initial operation of the supersewer for London, is seeking input from the supply chain ahead of going out to tender with a major £ multi-million pound contract for repair and maintenance services in 2021.

The Environment Agency’s £100 million Boston Barrier scheme has won an internationally renowned award recognising sustainability in civil engineering.