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£16M GWR property construction consultancy framework tender issued

New Civil Engineer (UK): Railway consultancy services are being sought by First Great Western Railway for the Great Western Railway (GWR) route under a £16,128,000 tender, which is divided into seven mini-competitions, inc

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Competence issues and knowledge gaps in temporary works persist despite its raised profile

New Civil Engineer (UK): “Temporary works are not secondary, they are critical engineering for a shorter timescale,” says Siu Mun Li, director at consultancy Constructing Siu-lutions and at the Temporary Works Forum (TWf)

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Big spending, smaller deficit: key numbers from the spring economic update

Construct Connect (CA): OTTAWA — Here’s a brief look at some of the key numbers in the Liberal government’s 2026 spring economic update: $66.9 billion: Projected deficit for 2025-26, $11.5 billion lower than the projecti

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Liberals target affordability to meet era of uncertainty in spring fiscal update

Construct Connect (CA): OTTAWA — The federal Liberals say they’re getting a windfall from better-than-expected fiscal revenues and are largely putting that money back into circulation to support households and build up th

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Kiewit ‘off-ramped’ from Baltimore’s Key Bridge rebuild

Construction Dive (USA): The Maryland Transportation Authority informed the firm Tuesday that it would not be retained for the next phase of the project’s construction, which has seen its cost balloon.

Construction Enquirer (UK)

Brighton plans purpose-built £80m women’s football stadium

Construction Enquirer (UK): Seagulls push ahead with landmark 10,000-seat ground next to Amex

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Chicago breaks ground on $5.7B Red Line transit extension

Construction Dive (USA): The addition, the largest capital project in the Chicago Transit Authority’s history, will give the city’s Far South Side area access to rapid rail transit for the first time.

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Traylor, Walsh, Skanska JV wins $1.29B Hudson Tunnel work package

Construction Dive (USA): After a funding battle threatened the project, the latest award advances the final tunneling segment beneath the Hudson River and pushes the $16 billion program closer to completion.

Construction News (UK)

Plans announced for first purpose-built women’s football stadium

Construction News (UK): Brighton & Hove Albion has confirmed plans to build a 10,000-capacity women’s football stadium next to the Amex Stadium. The club said the ground would be the first purpose-built women’s football s

Construction News (UK)

National Highways engages market on £166m construction pipeline

Construction News (UK): National Highways' estates and facilities division has begun market engagement for a pipeline of estates construction projects valued at up to £199.2m. The government-owned roads client said its es

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$1.1B available for railroad grade-crossing safety

Construction Dive (USA): The Crossing Safety Program aims to address the over 2,000 collisions and nearly 300 fatalities yearly since 2021.

Guardian Business (UK)

UAE quits Opec group of oil producers; UK government borrowing costs nearing highest since 2008 – business live

Guardian Business (UK): The United Arab Emirates will leave Opec on 1 May, in a blow to the group of oil producersBP profits more than double as oil and gas prices soar in Iran warAlthough rising energy prices are great n