United Utilities has taken another major step for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) by announcing the preferred bidder for the role of Independent Technical Adviser (ITA).

Severn Trent is seeking early market engagement with interested suppliers ahead of going out to tender for with an upcoming closed framework agreement covering access to quarries, materials, recycling centres and landfill sites worth an estimated £30 million.

Chichester District Council has issued a preliminary market engagement notice seeking supply chain interest in its £108 million Selsey Coastal Scheme Capital Works.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for an upgrade to its Maple Lodge Sewage Works with an estimated total value of up to £270 million.

Scottish Water is progressing work on a £5 million upgrade at its McDonald Road Waste Water Pumping Station in Edinburgh – the latest phase has seen the installation this week of a nine-tonne screw pump into a deep underground chamber.

The Government has today announced the launch of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA), saying it “ushers in a new era for UK infrastructure delivery.”

United Utilities has pushed the limits of technology to print distribution chambers and manhole rings at its Weaverham Wastewater Treatment Works in cold, damp, and icy conditions - testing both the strength of the concrete, and its robot pourer/printer.

A major milestone has been reached in the construction of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier with the arrival of a jack up barge from Liverpool.

United Utilities has concluded the process of awarding framework agreements for its Minor Works delivery runway – the frameworks form part of the build only delivery runway within the water company’s AMP8 operating model.

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has achieved verification to PAS 2080:2023 Carbon Management in Infrastructure and Built Environment with the British Standards Institution (BSI).