GRAHAM has been appointed by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) to deliver its critical infrastructure framework at the Low-Level Waste Repository in Cumbria.

The £49.6 million Integrated Site Works Framework (ISWF) is a four-year contract that will deliver a wide range of site infrastructure and operational support projects.

This includes replacing or upgrading ageing critical infrastructure, carrying out demolition and remediation works, installing and commissioning new operational systems and supporting future operations at the Repository site.

GRAHAM has been appointed by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council as the contractor to finalise the design for the Fermanagh Lakeland Forum redevelopment.

This flagship Council project will see the construction of a new state-of-the-art leisure, health and wellbeing hub in Enniskillen, which will be designed and built to the very highest level of environmental sustainability.

Linxon are thrilled to announce the successful inauguration of Reach 5 of the Yellow Line corridor of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) project, held by the Prime Minister of India.

Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded two places on National Grid’s c. £59 billion High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) supply chain framework. The company is one of 19 suppliers appointed to the framework which covers a period of five years, with an option for a three-year extension.

As the only company appointed to two Lots on the framework, Balfour Beatty will deliver both the civil engineering works for future converter station schemes, as well as the associated onshore underground cabling works.

Three-year contract will see Costain deliver engineering expertise to operations at the Kinneil Terminal in Scotland.

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has secured a multimillion-pound engineering services contract with INEOS FPS.  

The contract, covering a minimum of three years, will see Costain deploy its extensive engineering expertise to support the optimisation and utilisation of operations at the Kinneil Terminal – a critical piece of the UK’s energy infrastructure.

A specialist HS2 engineering team has moved a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road, four days ahead of schedule.

The operation was successfully delivered by HS2’s main works contractor in the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge move contractor Mammoet.

To minimise disruption to road users, the huge span was moved during night-time road closures - moving between 18 and 24 metres every night using a special skidding system - ensuring that the road has remained open during the day.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, visited the STEP Fusion site at West Burton on Thursday to see first-hand how the UK’s world-leading fusion energy programme is set to deliver exciting new opportunities for Lincolnshire residents.

HS2 has completed a major river enhancement in Warwickshire, which at 749 metres is the most significant realignment of a natural river on the project.

The re-naturalisation of the River Cole near Coleshill in Warwickshire will improve the existing river environment by creating more meander bends and enhancing habitats in the river and along its banks to maximise biodiversity.

The landscape of North Nottinghamshire is forever changed following the successful demolition of eight giant cooling towers at Cottam power station on August 14.

Cottam power station was a former coal fired power station in Nottinghamshire ceasing operations in 2019. At its peak it was capable of generating enough electricity for approximately 3.7 million UK homes and employed 750 people.

The explosive event, a Guinness World Record for the greatest number of cooling towers demolished in one go, was witnessed by former employees of the coal fired power station.

Hinkley Point C is developing proposals for a new temporary accommodation campus next to Junction 24 of the M5 Motorway. The campus on Notaro Way near Huntworth would be made of modular accommodation blocks and feature a restaurant, bar, gym, shop and lounge areas. The site would also have a 700-space car park, as well as 200 cycle and 15 motorbike spaces.

A dedicated bus service will transport workers to and from the Hinkley Point C site.

A four-year Embedded Engineering Resource Framework has been renewed with seven companies

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has renewed its multimillion-pound Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (“the Framework”) with seven companies. The renewal follows a successful four-year supply of a breadth of engineering resources to UKAEA in support of its mission to deliver fusion energy.

Guest:  Paul Turner, chief executive, Institute of Commissioning & Assurance.
Interviewed by: Antony Oliver

In this episode we revisit the subject of project commissioning - a vital, often underestimated stage of infrastructure delivery.

What is commissioning – well in a nutshell it’s the complex process of preparing an asset to operate exactly as intended from day one.

So to be clear, it's not testing!