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An influential group of MPs has called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to “prioritise strategic road maintenance over enhancements”. In a report published on Thursday (27 July), the House of Commons Transport Committee said the government should ensure that future road-investment strategy (RIS) portfolios are deliverable, “given increasing costs…
Bam has been chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea “electricity superhighway” between Scotland and England. The planned Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) connection between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in North Yorkshire is described by National Grid as the UK’s largest ever electricity-transmission project.…
Planning permission has been granted for a £750m battery energy storage scheme (BESS) near Manchester. Carlton Power, the independent energy-infrastructure developer behind the venture, said the 1GW facility at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park would be the world’s largest battery-storage facility. The company said that, subject to a final…
The government has injected a further £170m to speed up the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. The funding will be used to prepare the site on the Suffolk coast for future construction, procure key components from the project’s supply chain and expand its workforce. At the peak…
A judge has quashed an attempt by a collapsed contractor to claw back money it contributed to a troubled joint venture (JV) with Ferrovial Agroman UK. The decision, which overturns a ruling last December, concerns work by Lagan Construction Group and Ferrovial to upgrade the M8, M73 and M74 motorways…
Civil engineering and building contractor RJ McLeod has boosted its turnover beyond £200m for the first time. Newly released accounts for the Glasgow-headquartered firm show its revenue reached £210.3m in the 12 months to 30 October 2022, up from £192.3m the year before. However, the firm's pre-tax profit fell to…
Bam Nuttall is leaving a delayed road-build project, National Highways has announced. The scheme to build a link road between the M54 and M6 motorways, valued at between £175m and £200m, includes a new link road of approximately 2.5km between the two motorways, as well as new junctions. Planning consent…
Skanska has been named as the preferred bidder on a £450m roads contract for the Lower Thames Crossing megaproject. It is the second of three major contracts to be awarded by National Highways for the planned road tunnel crossing the Thames Estuary between Kent and Essex. Covering almost four miles…
The government has promised a “massive revival” of nuclear power, as it unveiled details of how its new arm's-length nuclear body will “drive the rapid expansion of new nuclear power plants in the UK”. Great British Nuclear (GBN) was officially launched today (18 July) alongside a competition for funding and support…
Yorkshire Water is hunting for firms to join two major frameworks worth a combined £2.8bn. The frameworks, which will run for up to 10 years, have been designed to support the delivery of the company’s capital investment programme. The first, worth £1.5bn, will cover non-infrastructure work across Yorkshire on water…
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