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Highlights
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Frameworks, Public sector procurement
Balfour Beatty secures £4bn civil engineering SCAPE frameworks
Public sector procurement authority SCAPE names Balfour Beatty as principal contractor for its civil engineering frameworks.Read more -
Construction Innovation Hub, Collaboration
Construction Innovation Hub launches Product Platform Rulebook
Industry welcomes rulebook which will drive path from development to deployment for UK construction sector.Read more -
ACE, Diversity and inclusion
New Building Inclusivity roundtable set for 6 October
Industry professionals invited to join free online roundtable supporting ethnic minorities on 6 October.Read more
Latest news and analysis
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Net Zero
Ramboll to cut CO2 emissions by half from new building projects by 2030
Commitment is part of Ramboll's new global strategy which focuses on sustainability.Read more -
UK Green Building Council
Julie Hirigoyen to step down as UKGBC chief executive
UKGBC chief executive Julie Hirigoyen set to step down in the summer of 2023.Read more -
Elizabeth Line
Elizabeth line’s Bond Street station gets opening date
Final Elizabeth line station is due to open on October 24.Read more -
Company news
Copper joins RSK Group to accelerate growth
Specialist infrastructure communications consultancy agrees new partnership with RSK.Read more -
highways
Kier starts work on £420m highways contracts
Kier Highways begins two new seven-year contracts across Northamptonshire.Read more -
National Highways
Highways bosses drive £14.5m research programme
Programme will help shape development of innovation in the highways industry over the next five years.Read more -
HS2
HS2 contractor hits 100th apprentice milestone
Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s West Midlands construction partner, celebrates apprenticeship landmark.Read more -
Company news
Mott MacDonald continues to grow UK water team
David Bullick appointed as technical director for pipelines and networks in Mott MacDonald’s UK water consultancy business.Read more -
Levelling up
Levelling up award for Tarmac
Company receives accolade for contribution to social mobility across UK in new awards scheme.Read more -
Rail investment
Jacobs supports Irish Rail on coastal protection scheme
Jacobs to provide design and planning services for East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects programme.Read more -
Construction Leadership Council
EXCLUSIVE! Opportunity to drive industry forward, says CLC deputy co-chair
Richard Robinson champions change as the Construction Leadership Council publishes new strategy.Read more -
Skills
GMI to build sustainable construction centre in Birmingham
GMI Construction appointed by University College Birmingham to develop site in the city’s Jewellery Quarter.Read more -
Company news
Arcadis announces three senior sustainability hires
Trio of Sustainability Advisory appointments made at Arcadis across the globe.Read more -
Construction Leadership Council
CLC announces new three-year strategy
Construction Leadership Council publishes new strategy and priorities for the next three years.Read more -
Transport for London
Five million trips made on Northern line extension
TfL says Northern line extension to Nine Elms and Battersea has recorded five million passenger journeys in its first year.Read more -
Renewable energy
Octopus ups stake in UK offshore wind farm
Octopus increases stake in Lincs Offshore Wind Farm to 23.25%.Read more -
UK economy
Industry broadly welcomes infrastructure focus in new chancellor’s growth plan
Industry broadly welcomes mini-budget that describes infrastructure as essential foundation for growth.Read more -
Net Zero
Government lifts ban on fracking amidst widespread opposition
Decision to lift ban on fracking already facing widespread opposition across the political spectrum.Read more -
Transport for London
Andy Byford to step down from TfL
Andy Byford set for US return after delivering Elizabeth line and long-term funding package.Read more -
HS2
Giant HS2 cutterhead makes journey to start second dig in Warwickshire
Night-time operation takes place to move tunnel boring machine Dorothy’s giant cutterhead.Read more
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