National Highways is progressing with two major road schemes as its £228M A57 Link Roads will commence after a legal challenge was quashed, while its development consent order (DCO) application for its £300M M60 junction 18 upgrade has been accepted for examination.
Government decision making processes can hamper project planning and delivery. Construction leaders feel that too often, ministers ignore the wider benefits of individual projects. So what should the infrastructure sector do to help the government appreciate the benefits it generates?
Environmental engineering, restoration and compliance services will be provided to NASA under a five-year deal by Jacobs in a joint venture (JV) with Geosyntec.
San Francisco’s ambitious $13bn (£10.5bn) programme to defend the city against flooding from inevitable sea rise will involve raising the shoreline and lifting historic buidlings, an engineer on the project has told NCE.
US national rail company Amtrak has appointed an Aecom-led joint venture with Jacobs as delivery partner on the $6bn (£4.7bn) Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.
National Highways may be ordered to remove its structural infill from a 19th century North Yorkshire bridge after the local authority requested retrospective planning application.
Arcadis, Jacobs Mott MacDonald JV and Turner & Townsend have been appointed to Thames Water’s £160M Programme Partner Framework.
United Utilities has appointed Jacobs to join its strategic solutions team, in a contract worth £166M across AMP8 and AMP9.
Underground pumping stations will form part of the £500M Grangemouth flood protection scheme in Scotland if Falkirk Council’s ‘preferred scheme’ goes ahead.
Europe and the UK face economic headwinds, yet infrastructure projects can trigger growth and deliver significant social and environmental benefits. Unlocking these impacts requires improving industry productivity, especially in the planning and preparation stages.
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