Innovate UK seeks electrochemical ULDES technologies to compete for £3M funding | New Civil Engineer

As part of the competition, UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3M, with a £10M future Phase 2 planned, for project development

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Russian state-supported cyber attackers targeting Western energy organisations | New Civil Engineer

A joint cybersecurity advisory titled Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite was

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Oxfordshire council appoints Graham for Didcot–Culham road river crossing | New Civil Engineer

The new section will consist of 3.6km of single‑carriageway road linking the A4130 at Didcot’s Collett roundabout with the A415 at Culham. It will include

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Greater Anglia accused of ‘ableism’ over delays to lifts installation at Stowmarket station | New Civil Engineer

Content notice: This article includes injury details, a photo of scratched skin and some swearing. In a post on Instagram on 28 July, Jade, who describes

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Edinburgh's North Bridge fully reopens after extensive restoration started in 2018 | New Civil Engineer

The Category A Listed bridge, which carries the A7 over Waverley Station and links the Old Town with the New Town, has been closed in phases for a major

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Why is the Observational Method underutilised despite known benefits?

The Observational Method is attracting renewed attention as infrastructure projects seek to manage uncertainty and reduce over-design

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Balfour Beatty secures £120M Leeds City Council ring road contract | New Civil Engineer

The works are valued at up to £120M and will be procured and delivered via the Leeds Contractors Major Works Framework, to which Balfour Beatty was

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Jacobs to support planning for Great British Energy – Nuclear SMR programme | New Civil Engineer

The consultant will provide strategic planning, consent support and leadership for key land-use planning activities to help advance the project approvals

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£2.7M solar farm and battery storage plant at Welsh landfill | New Civil Engineer

Cyson Cymru has launched a procurement on behalf of Newport City Council for the design and construction of a solar farm and battery energy storage system

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Esh-Stantec set to begin £6.9m Teesdale water supply project | New Civil Engineer

The investment is being made by Northumbrian Water, which is responsible for water supply and wastewater services across the North East of England, to add

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Combined £1.5bn major works framework awarded across Yorkshire, North East and East Midlands | New Civil Engineer

The framework was signed on 6 July and has an initial term running until 5 July 2030, with the option to extend by a further two years until 5 July 2032.

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£130bn The Loop could be a ‘true northern powerhouse’, says Riba chief | New Civil Engineer

The proposal would see the construction of a futuristic, interconnected high-speed railway for the North of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern

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Government moves to nationalise British Steel to save UK material production | New Civil Engineer

The Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act received Royal Assent yesterday (15 July) and with this the government completed the transfer of British Steel

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Buckinghamshire Council launches market engagement for proposed highways framework | New Civil Engineer

According to the preliminary market engagement notice, the exercise is intended to gather feedback from suitably experienced suppliers to help shape the

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MOD launches £26bn programme to modernise UK naval bases | New Civil Engineer

The funding will be used to modernise HM Naval Base Clyde, HM Naval Base Devonport (image above) and HM Naval Base Portsmouth. According to the MOD, the

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Whole life cost of GMPP exceeds economic benefits by £320bn | New Civil Engineer

NCE analysed the findings of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority’s (Nista) Major Projects Annual Report 2025/2026, which was

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Why the UK must rethink how it values climate resilience | New Civil Engineer

Too often it remains confined to specialist adaptation programmes instead of being embedded in everyday processes that shape investment, asset management,

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Watch: Engineers complete HS2 Burton Green tunnel roof installation | New Civil Engineer

The 16m-wide twin-box-shaped tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth. The internal wall separates trains

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Costain granted extension to £200M United Utilities contract | New Civil Engineer

The framework covers the management and delivery of a high volume of capital maintenance projects supporting water, wastewater and bioresource operations

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Herrenknecht to construct largest TBM used in Europe for Lower Thames Crossing | New Civil Engineer

The 16.4m diameter machine, to be manufactured in Germany by Herrenknecht, is due to be delivered to site in segments by sea in 2028. At 120m long and

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Autonomous robots to probe Greenland glaciers from RRS Sir David Attenborough | New Civil Engineer

The six-week expedition forms part of the five-year Giant (Greenland Ice sheet to AtlaNtic Tipping points) project, led by British Antarctic Survey (Bas)

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Peak District road tunnel could cost under £2bn using Norwegian tunnelling techniques | New Civil Engineer

Trans‑Pennine Connect, a scheme put forward by infrastructure advisers Future Works, would build a dual‑carriageway road tunnel beneath the Pennines and

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National Highways closes M42 Junction 6 bridge after ‘repeated breaches’ of weight limit | New Civil Engineer

The bridge, near Birmingham Airport, was found to have “damage to the concrete and some corrosion of the steel reinforcement” after routine inspections by

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Death of Sellafield worker in first week of July not work-related, says ONR | New Civil Engineer

The cause of death has not yet been made public, however, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) told NCE that there is no indication it was

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‘Higher confidence model’ for determining depth of bedrock released by BGS | New Civil Engineer

The Superficial Deposit Thickness Model (SDTM) includes an elevation model of “geological rockhead” – the surface of the underlying bedrock – for the

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Natural Resources Wales increases river maintenance framework value to £13M | New Civil Engineer

It covers small-scale and non-complex civil engineering works to construct new and maintain, repair and improve existing assets, such as flood risk

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Thames Water tops 100km of water mains replacement as AMP8 upgrade gathers pace | New Civil Engineer

The company is aiming to replace 550km of clean water mains between 2025 and 2030 as part of its AMP8 investment programme. The 100km of pipe replaced to

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Ceca: Major project ratings should be an 'early warning' system | New Civil Engineer

The report covers 189 of the government’s most complex, innovative and high-value projects, with a combined whole-life cost of £924.2 billion. As of March

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HS2 remains ‘Red’ but NPR and LTC upgraded in Nista’s annual GMPP report | New Civil Engineer

Nista’s Major Projects Annual Report 2025/2026 includes a Delivery Confidence Assessment providing an update on the status of all 189 projects in the

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