A week today, on 17 November, the government will present its delayed autumn budget, with prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt set to outline plans to recover the country’s £60bn black hole – and many large infrastructure projects could be facing the chop.
Bentley Systems has announced at COP27 that it will combine a carbon calculator with its digital twin platform to help infrastructure designers better understand the sustainability of projects.
While there have been many words shared about who is and isn’t going to this year’s COP27 climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, the important part is what is shared and what is learned about our global situation and how we can avert disaster.
Vinci Construction Grand Projets will face charges in a French court relating to complaints about working practices on two rail projects in Qatar, delivered ahead of the World Cup.
October saw plenty of new appointments at some of the industry’s biggest consultancy firms, while Transport for London and Balfour Beatty have undertaken shake ups at senior level.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Interserve £4.4M for failing to keep its staff’s personal information secure.
The next government has been urged to stick with infrastructure commitments made by departing prime minister Liz Truss and her axed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng during her 45-day tenure.
Skills and transport have been identified as the immediate and future levelling up priorities for the North of England by senior decision makers, officials and counsellors.
Laing O'Rourke chief executive Ray O'Rourke will not step down from the role as previously planned, due to the current "economic turbulence".
Camarthenshire County Council has fired the starting gun to refresh its £430M regional civil engineering contractors framework.
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