The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has announced that Janet Young will assume the role of director general and secretary on 24 January 2023.
Young brings "huge experience and insight" from a career with an extensive background in infrastructure delivery. She joins the ICE from the Cabinet Office where she is…
The number of sustainability directors and environmental leads within the construction sector has seen a meteoric rise within the past decade.
Net zero targets and the growing understanding of the climate emergency has created the need to build things more efficiently. To do so, many contractors, consultants and clients alike have…
A week today, on 17 November, the government will present its delayed autumn budget, with prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt set to outline plans to recover the country’s £60bn black hole – and many large infrastructure projects could be facing the chop.
Reduction in capital spending is a…
Bentley Systems has announced at COP27 that it will combine a carbon calculator with its digital twin platform to help infrastructure designers better understand the sustainability of projects.
The integration will enable carbon assessment in Bentley's iTwin platform, powered by the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3). Developed by Building Transparency,…
While there have been many words shared about who is and isn’t going to this year’s COP27 climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, the important part is what is shared and what is learned about our global situation and how we can avert disaster.
Even though most of us won’t be able…
Vinci Construction Grand Projets will face charges in a French court relating to complaints about working practices on two rail projects in Qatar, delivered ahead of the World Cup.
The complaints date back to 2015 and come from two French NGOs – Sherpa and the Committee Against Modern Slavery – and…
October saw plenty of new appointments at some of the industry’s biggest consultancy firms, while Transport for London and Balfour Beatty have undertaken shake ups at senior level.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during October is below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. New…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Interserve £4.4M for failing to keep its staff’s personal information secure.
The Berkshire-based construction company was subject to a cyber attack that enabled hackers to access the personal data of up to 113,000 current and former employees through a phishing email. The ICO ruled…
The next government has been urged to stick with infrastructure commitments made by departing prime minister Liz Truss and her axed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng during her 45-day tenure.
Yesterday, Truss announced that she will stand down and a new prime minister will be instated by next Friday (28 October). In doing…
Skills and transport have been identified as the immediate and future levelling up priorities for the North of England by senior decision makers, officials and counsellors.
These findings have been published in a new report compiled by Atkins, Northern Powerhouse Partnership and the University of Durham called Regional Rebalancing. The title…
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