Network Rail has awarded the first contracts for a new nationwide traffic management system for the UK railways. The traffic management system is set to help replace 800 signal boxes with 12 state-of-the-art rail operating centres over the next 15-30 years. Once fully implemented, Network Rail says the system will cut the cost of running…
It’s good news for north east road users and businesses as the Highways Agency awards the contract for building the congestion-busting A1 Coal House to Metro Centre improvement. Balfour Beatty will start work this summer to widen around 4 miles of the A1 Western Bypass to three lanes in both directions. As well as adding…
Report finds Russell Group of universities are planning to spend over £9bn on capital projects between now and 2016-17 The UK’s top universities are expected to spend over £9bn on capital projects between now and 2016-17 according to a new report published on behalf of the Russell Group of Universities. The Group, which comprises 24…
Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing has granted planning consent for a new 26-turbine wind farm, 5km south of Strathaven in South Lanarkshire, which will power the equivalent of up to 49,000 homes in the area and generate approximately £4m over the lifetime of the development to the local community. The proposed wind farm, which will be…
Plans for the largest ever commercial development led by a housing association are being drawn up for the city of Bath. South West-based housing and care provider Curo is in the process of putting together a masterplan to develop 1,100 homes, retail space and community facilities across 60 acres on the southern slopes of the…
Passengers in the South West are being asked for their views on the future of rail services across the region as the government considers how the Great Western franchise can best support the massive investment planned for the network. Train services between London, Wales and many of the towns and cities of the south-west are…
G-Cloud 5 is now live and BiP’s Delta eSourcing service has once again retained its place on the Framework. Delta eSourcing is used for handling the full lifecycle of the tendering process from initial notification and publication of contract requirements, through creation and evaluation of Pre-Qualification Questionnaires and/or the secure exchange of Invitation to Tender…
LondonWaste Ltd are looking to engage suppliers interested in working with them to provide a wide variety of goods and services. As a company wholly owned by and providing essential management services to North London Waste Authority, LondonWaste Ltd have adopted the Delta eSourcing service to run and manage all their tender and sourcing activities….
Willmott Dixon has followed up its recent Queen’s Award for Enterprise by being appointed by Middlesbrough Council to build a £18m sports village that will
Institution plans 28% expansion over next ten years to compete with international rivals. The University of Oxford is planning a £1.8bn development push over ten
