News and analysis
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Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2023
Outstanding apprentice celebrates success at ACE awards
Apprentice engineer Ben Wilcox recognised as a rising star at Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2023Read more -
Contract award
Balfour Beatty secures £43m Scottish school-building contracts
Company to deliver two new primary schools in East LothianRead more -
Contract award
Kier to deliver new £60m mental health hospital
Firm appointed by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for the new site in Bexhill-on-SeaRead more -
Construction out
Construction output forecast to fall 2.1% this year
Construction Products Association publishes its Winter Forecasts reportRead more -
Net Zero
FirstGroup to add 1,000 zero-emission buses to fleet thanks to £150m finance deal
The move puts FirstGroup on track to reach its target of operating a zero-emission fleet by 2035Read more -
HS2
HS2 makes tunnelling breakthrough
Tunnel boring machine breaks through into Old Oak Common station boxRead more -
Construction
Construction insolvencies continue to climb
Last year 4,370 construction companies went bust – the most of any sector, according to new figuresRead more -
Company news
New London home for Buro Happold
Global engineering consultancy moves to new city office on the back of growthRead more -
Net Zero
Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 export cable contract awarded to Jan De Nul
Hornsea 3 will be connected to the UK electricity grid by 350km of cablesRead more -
Construction
Torsion Group and Zenzic Capital launch £147m student accommodation JV
Joint venture has acquired five major schemesRead more -
Net Zero
Low carbon energy network to power Hampshire development
Welborne Garden Village to use technology to transfer heat from an underground reservoirRead more -
HS2
Construction starts on HS2’s Birmingham Curzon Street Station
Taking five year to build, the station will be the first new intercity terminus built in Britain since the 19th centuryRead more -
Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2023
Built environment stars shine at ACE awards
Global players AECOM, Mott MacDonald and Ramboll among the winners of the Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2023Read more -
Contract award
Deanestor awarded £3.8m school fitout contract for new £100m Dundee campus
Contract is the company’s 13th school project for Robertson Construction TaysideRead more -
Sustainability
Jacobs to manage Sustainable Transport Programme in Ireland
Programme for Ireland’s National Transport Authority will enhance mobility in CorkRead more -
Water & Waste
Barhale appointed to East London sewer upgrade
Thames Water has appointed the civil engineering and infrastructure specialist to carry out the £7.8m programmeRead more -
People & Careers
Tomorrow’s Engineers Code hits 300 member milestone
Community working to inspire the next generation of engineersRead more -
Net Zero
A year of procurement, politics and productivity lies ahead, says Pagabo CEO
Simon Toplass, group CEO of Pagabo and The 55 Group, shares his predictions for 2024Read more -
Water & Waste
Spring survey moves Water Innovation Strategy forward
Views will help shape the strategy’s future directionRead more -
HS2
Recruitment Hubs will help more unemployed people into work on HS2
Three dedicated HS2 Recruitment Hubs now open in Birmingham and SolihullRead more