Breedon’s purchase of certain Cemex assets raises competition concerns in the supply of building materials in some parts of the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority has found.

The North London Waste Authority has gone out to tender with a major £683 million contract for infrastructure and works to construct an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) for the North London Heat and Power Project, including a raw water pre-treatment plant and a wastewater treatment plant.

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.

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 and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig have launched a call for competition for suppliers to work on their Minor Water Networks contract in AMP7.

The Environment Agency has said that it is prioritising high-risk assets and activities, together with continuing to work on flood defence construction, in its latest operational update on how it is working during the coronavirus emergency.

Newly released March data pointed to the fastest downturn in UK construction output for almost eleven years as emergency public health measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) led to stoppages of work on site and a slump in new orders.

Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has been awarded the contract for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of sewer diversion works in the first steps towards the construction of the replacement Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Edmonton.

Northumbrian Water is getting ready to work at Grassholme Reservoir in Teesdale, which will permanently reduce the reservoir capacity and the top water level and improve facilities for leisure visitors.

Thames Water is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a major feat of engineering which secures water supplies to millions of Londoners.