Before the return of Parliament and new work ramping up, organisations including Buro Happold, Kier, Network Rail, the UK Atomic Energy Authority and more have made significant appointments.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during August follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Buro…
St Helens Borough Council on Merseyside has appointed Mott MacDonald to carry out feasibility studies to reopen the abandoned Sutton Oak line and called for funds for other rail improvements in the area.
The council's deputy leader and cabinet member for strategic transport Seve Gomez-Aspron has written to the Liverpool City…
Contracts worth £1.3bn have been signed by National Highways for the construction of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme which has a total estimated capital cost figure of £1.7bn.
Known as the Stonehenge Tunnel, the project will see the construction of a new 12.8km dual carriageway to replace the existing…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced its roster of 37 contractors appointed to its £600M STARThree framework to advise on the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects.
STARThree is is officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework and this is…
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have moved a 5,600t bridge into place under the mainline railway in the West Midlands 27 hours ahead of schedule.
The new bridge will allow High Speed 2 (HS2) to pass underneath the existing Coventry to Leamington Spa line. The move to position the 22m long,…
While July might have seen some jet off on summer holidays, new appointees at companies including Atkins, Pell Frischmann and Galliford Try will be working hard to hit the ground running in their new roles.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during May follows below. To feature on…
A consortium including WSP and Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Welsh Government to provide environmental assessments for a number of renewable energy projects on public land.
The Renewable Energy Developer (RED) programme has contracted WSP, Mott MacDonald, LUC, Temple, Dulas, JCTR and Axis to help with the development of…
Subtle tweaking to construction contracts has the potential to be transformational for delivering meaningful social value.
In our experience, while infrastructure companies are increasingly committed to the social value agenda, they often struggle when embedding action and then reporting on their deliverables. It’s an issue which manifests itself when trying…
Transport for London (TfL) has spent over £7.5M on developing the Bakerloo line extension to date, even as the project remains officially mothballed.
Despite London mayor Sadiq Khan having said the Bakerloo extension is “completely out of reach” in 2021 and former TfL commissioner Andy Byford saying it is “not on…
Affinity Water and Severn Trent Water have appointed consultancies Mott MacDonald and Adams Hendry Consulting to lead the delivery of the development consent order (DCO) application for a water transfer scheme designed to improve England’s water resilience.
The scheme will involve upgrades to the Grand Union Canal – which stretches 220km…
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