Portsmouth Water has warned that design changes to a pipeline could result in delays to its £325M Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire scheme. Civils firm Ward & Burke was last year appointed to deliver a 4.6km long bi-direction pipeline running from Bedhampton pumping station to the proposed artificial storage lake…
The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
The UK must maintain a privatised water sector if it is to achieve the necessary level of investment in infrastructure for future water security, the NIC chair has argued.
At the end of June, the immediate departure of Thames Water chief executive Sarah Bentley resigned with immediate effect as its performance…
Companies that pollute the environment will now face unlimited penalties after new legislation was introduced today (12 July).
The move comes after the completion of a government consultation that was brought forward as the environmental performances of the UK’s water companies has significantly slipped. The Environment Agency’s environmental performance report from…
Thames Water will need £2.5bn equity support from shareholders for its Asset Management Plan 8 (AMP8), 2025 to 2030, if it is to improve its “operational performance and financial resilience”.
The news comes as the water company’s shareholders have agreed to provide £750M of equity funding for AMP7, which will come…
The future of the England and Wales’ canals systems is under threat following a £300M funding cut, the Canal & River Trust has said.
The Canal & River Trust is a charity that looks after England and Wales’ 200 year old waterways, which is part funded by the Department for Environment,…
Yorkshire Water has called for interest in £2.8bn of work in the second half of this decade and beyond.
The utility giant, which serves more than 5M people and 140,000 businesses, published official contract notices for two key frameworks covering Asset Management Periods (AMP) 8 and 9, which run from 2025…
The Planning Inspectorate has launched a trial to test potential components of an enhanced pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
The Planning Act 2008 introduced a new bespoke consenting route for major infrastructure projects in the fields of energy, transport, water, waste and wastewater. Between its introduction in 2010…
Northumbrian Water is inviting expressions of interest in its £8bn capital delivery construction and engineering frameworks for the next seven years, including Assset Management Period 8 (AMP8), which runs from 2025 to 2030.
The framework could potentially be extended to 12 years by further negotiation with the suppliers. The company says…
The deadline for the TechFest Awards has been extended to Friday 21 July, giving potential entrants just under two weeks extra to submit their entries.
Celebrating innovation in civil engineering and construction, the awards will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside,…
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