Contracts



  • Siemens lands €308m Romanian signalling programme

    Romania will modernise 560 kilometres of ageing railway signalling infrastructure. Siemens leads a consortium covering stations, level crossings, control centres, and more than 2,000 signals.


  • Brenner main tunnels break through border

    Twin breakthroughs connect Austria and Italy beneath the Brenner Pass. The milestone links both running tunnels after years of excavation from opposite sides of the border.


  • MOD funds six factory energetics programme

    Twenty two teams will develop sites for renewed energetics capacity. The feasibility programme is intended to lead into design and construction of at least six factories.


  • Watkin Jones adds £60m retrofit pipeline

    Watkin Jones has secured six contracts across retrofit and hospitality. Five awards cover student accommodation remediation and improvement, while a sixth advances an Oxford city centre aparthotel.


  • H.I.G. acquires Avove for infrastructure growth

    Avove enters private equity ownership as regulated infrastructure investment accelerates. H.I.G. Capital plans to support organic expansion and acquisitions across the contractor’s water, wastewater, and power operations.


  • Hospital 2.0 partnerships move into delivery

    Eleven hospital partnerships move England’s standardised construction programme into delivery. The agreements pair NHS trusts with major contractors through a repeatable model intended to improve design consistency, procurement certainty, and productivity across the New Hospital Programme.


  • Ferrovial construction order book reaches €18bn

    Ferrovial’s construction order book reached a record eighteen billion euros. Poland and Spain together account for more than one third of the secured workload.


  • Muir secures £25m Scottish industrial workload

    Muir Construction has secured fresh industrial work across Scotland’s regions. The £25m plus portfolio includes live manufacturing extensions and a new industrial building for repeat client Canmoor.


  • JN Bentley warns of AMP8 capacity pressure

    JN Bentley enters AMP8 with stronger finances and mounting workload. The water contractor has increased profit, margin, headcount, cash, and its secured Mott MacDonald Bentley order book.


  • Lovell takes £53m Southend estate rebuild

    Lovell will restart Southend’s abandoned modular housing development this summer. The £53m contract replaces structures demolished after Ilke Homes collapsed and inspections identified regulatory and fire safety deficiencies.