United Utilities is making a £48 million investment in Moor Pool, Knutsford, as part of  scheme to upgrade the sewer network in Cheshire and improve water quality in Knutsford. The first phase – an innovative stormwater storage tunnel with 1.8km of new underground pipeline from the pumping station at Moor Pool to the wastewater treatment works in Knutsford – is already underway. At its deepest point, the tunnel will be twenty metres underground, and two metres in diameter sto

Thames Water has started the hunt for a main works contractor for its £5.7bn White Horse Reservoir project in Oxfordshire. Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer

Northern Ireland-based AM Consulting Engineers has acquired UK civil and structural engineering firm Bridges Pound, doubling the group’s workforce to 40 and strengthening its technical capability across geotechnical, civil and structural engineering. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The government has unveiled its long-awaited £15bn Warm Homes Plan calling it the biggest home retrofit programme in British history. Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer

The Hong Kong government has been using NEC contracts on its construction and infrastructure projects for more than a decade. Among the most recent NEC projects is the delivery of a major three-year ground investigation scheme. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

A technical paper on overcoming geotechnical challenges in horizontal directional drilling with lessons from the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

Researchers and businesses are exploring biocementation as a sustainable alternative to traditional cement and chemical ground improvement methods. Click here for full article Source & Image - Ground Engineering

The Government’s reset of the New Hospital Programme has steadied one of the UK’s biggest construction pipelines but replacing dangerous RAAC-affected hospitals will still miss the original 2030 replacement deadline Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer

Francois Basselot has been promoted to the role of managing director for Egis in UK and Ireland as the company integrates its teams in the two countries. The move forms part of the global engineering consultancy and operations firm’s ambition to significantly expand its operations across the UK and Ireland as priority markets. A central part of these plans is combining the strengths of its teams as they work to meet the two countries’ critical infrastructure needs. Francois h

The government has finally moved to drag the Northern Powerhouse Rail mega-scheme out of limbo, committing fresh cash and promising tighter cost control after years of drift and delay. Click here for full article Source & Image - construction enquirer