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June 17, 2026
HS2 has awarded an £856m contract to the Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure and Aureos Rail join venture (TWA JV) to deliver the Washwood Heath rolling stock depot and Network Integrated Control Centre in Birmingham.
HS2 has also launched market engagement for Interim Maintenance Contracts worth up to £1.2bn covering assets delivered under its main civils works programme. The contracts, expected to run from 2027 to 2037, would include land management, environmental maintenance, facilities management, civil engineering maintenance, security and professional services. A tender notice is expected to be published in November 2026.
Transport for London has appointed Amey Rail, Costain and Dragados to its Infrastructure Improvement Framework, worth up to £700m. The framework will support station upgrades, tram infrastructure works and step-free access projects across London, including schemes at Elephant & Castle and South Kensington stations.
The agreement runs initially for two years from June 2026, with options to extend by up to a further two years.
Transport for London has awarded M Group a five-year contract, valued at £99.2m, to maintain bridges & civil structures across the London Underground network, with an option to extend for a further three years. M Group will deliver planned and reactive maintenance, inspections and asset management services to support the safety and reliability of the network.
Transport for London has appointed Mott MacDonald to its Professional Services Framework 3 (PSF3)[ED1] for project, programme and commercial management services. The four-year framework will support the planning and delivery of transport programmes across London’s network.
Mott MacDonald secured positions across four service areas, including project and programme leadership, programme controls, risk management, and planning and scheduling.
AtkinsRéalis has secured Lot 1 of Network Rail's Wales & Western CP7 Delivery Support Services Framework.[ED2]
The framework is valued at up to £9m over three years, with an option to extend to £15m over a further two years. AtkinsRéalis will provide project management, commercial management, programme controls, planning and risk support across rail renewals, enhancements, stations and major capital projects, including MetroWest.
North Somerset Council has awarded Colas Rail UK a contract to deliver track, signalling and associated rail systems works for the Portishead branch line reopening.
The project forms part of the MetroWest Phase 1 scheme, which will restore passenger services between Portishead and Bristol for the first time since the 1960s. Contract value was not disclosed.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has awarded a $3.5bn (£2.6bn) track and systems contract to a consortium of Kiewet, Stacy Witbeck and Herzog for the Central Valley section of the state’s high-speed rail project.
The contract covers installation of track, overhead electrification, train control, signalling and communication systems across 191km of railway between Merced and Bakersfield.
The Queensland Government has awarded a contract for The Wave Stage Brownfield Package to the Beerwah Coast Connect consortium, comprising Laing O’Rourke, Georgiou and Hatch.
The alliance will deliver rail infrastructure works with Queensland Rail as part of the $5.5bn The Wave programme, supporting transport improvements ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
TRIM has signed rail access agreements with 11 private train operating companies, granting them capacity on South Africa’s national rail network. The operators, selected from 25 applicants, are expected to add 24 million tonnes of annual freight capacity, with potential to reach 52 million tonnes within five years.
Read the full list of operators here.
Metrolinx has awarded the first major contract for the Hamilton LRT project to the Hamilton Transit Alliance, comprising Aecon Infrastructure, Hatch, Egis and Systra.
The team will deliver design and preparatory works for civil and utility infrastructure along the 14km route, including utility relocations, grade separations and road upgrades.
Green Hydrogen Energy Company has appointed Dalkia UK to deliver the Barrow Green Hydrogen project in Cumbria.
Dalkia will provide design, installation and commissioning services for a 30MW green hydrogen plant supplying Kimberly-Clark’s Barrow-in-Furness paper mill. Main construction is due to start this summer, with commercial operations expected within two years.
Murphy Exploration & Production Company has awarded Subsea7 a contract for the String Music development in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Project management and engineering will be undertaken in Houston, with offshore installation scheduled for 2027.
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission has launched a framework worth up to £7.4bn covering civils, buildings, overhead line and underground cable works across Scotland. The framework, which could run for up to eight years, will support network upgrades, asset renewals, customer connections and net-zero infrastructure projects.
It is divided into six lots covering civils, buildings, overhead line pole and tower construction, and underground cable works. Expressions of interest are due by the 16th of July.
SSEN Transmission has awarded BAM UK & Ireland and Siemens Energy a contract to deliver the new 400kV Greens substation in Aberdeenshire under the £10bn Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The contract value was not disclosed.
GBE-N has appointed Jacobs as programme and project management delivery partner for the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
Jacobs will provide programme management, project controls and delivery support services to help oversee construction of a new Suffolk nuclear plant. The contract value was not disclosed.
Great British Energy – Nuclear has also appointed Jacobs to provide environmental services for the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire, supporting the potential development of new nuclear generation.
Working with AtkinsRéalis and AECOM as subconsultants, Jacobs will deliver environmental surveys, assessments and regulatory support to inform future planning, design and permitting decisions.
The contract will help assess the site's suitability for future nuclear development.
EDF and Sizewell C have appointed AtkinsRéalis to a professional services framework covering operational nuclear plants and new-build projects, including Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C. The framework runs for an initial five years, with an option to extend for a further five, and covers more than 60 disciplines including engineering, design, programme management and consultancy. Contract value was not disclosed.
EDF and Sizewell C have appointed Cavendish Nuclear to three Professional Services Agreements covering support for EDF’s operational nuclear fleet, Hinkley Point C and the Sizewell C project. The framework appointments will see Cavendish provide engineering, technical and project support services across the UK nuclear programme.
Rolls Royce SMR has appointed Škoda JS and Doosan Enerbility as strategic suppliers for key nuclear island components for its Small Modular Reactor programme. The companies will undertake pre-production work, design finalisation and manufacturing readiness activities for critical equipment including reactor pressure vessels.
The appointments support deployment of the first Rolls-Royce SMRs at Wylfa in North Wales and Temelín in the Czech Republic.
South West Water has awarded a £140m extension to its Network Services Alliance framework for a further two years.
As sole contractor on the framework, Kier will continue to deliver repair and maintenance works, leakage reduction, network reliability schemes, metering and developer services across the utility’s network.
Yorkshire Water has awarded its £80m CM3842 Technical Services and Assurance Framework to 15 consultancy and engineering firms to support delivery of its AMP8 investment programme. The successful firms are AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, AtkinsRéalis, Binnies, Costain, Egis, Jacobs, JBA Consulting, Mott MacDonald, Pell Frischmann, Pick Everard, Sweco, TÜV Rheinland Industrial Services and WSP.
The framework covers technical services, assurance and design support, with contracts running from 1st July 2026 to 30th June 2030 and options to extend to 2032.
Find more information on the individual lot awards here.
Yorkshire Water has appointed Jacobs to its £32m Artificial Intelligence Services Framework, which will run for five years.
Jacobs will support the utility in applying AI and data-driven technologies across its water and wastewater operations to improve operational performance, customer service and network resilience.
Yorkshire Water has also awarded Barhale a £16m contract to construct a new service reservoir in Scarborough.
The scheme will increase treated water storage capacity and improve the resilience of water supplies across the area.
Thames Water has awarded Barhale a £17m contract to deliver Phase Three of the Greenwich Trunk Main programme in south-east London.
Barhale will install the final 1km section of a 4km water main between Blackwall Lane and the O2 arena, increasing network capacity to support growth on the Greenwich Peninsula. The scheme is due for completion in 2027.
Greater Western Water has appointed a Stantec–Jacobs joint venture to provide engineering and advisory services for water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Melbourne’s western growth corridor.
The five-year contract covers planning, option assessments, design of water and sewer networks, treatment plants and dams, as well as environmental testing and construction support. The contract value was not disclosed.
The Government Commercial Agency has appointed suppliers to the Environment Agency's Flood Risk and Asset Management (FRAM) lots under the Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS2) framework.
Successful suppliers are AECOM; the Arcadis and Tetra Tech consortium; AtkinsRéalis, supported by Stantec and Waterman; Jacobs; JBA Consulting; Mott MacDonald; the WSP and Binnies partnership; Gabbitas Gill Partnership; Assystem Energy & Infrastructure; and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure.
The framework covers technical, environmental, and commercial and programme management services to support flood risk and coastal erosion management programmes across England.
Find further information here.
Transport Scotland has launched a £1.94bn procurement for a new framework to deliver the remaining 58 miles of the A9 dualling programme between Perth and Inverness.
The framework will use early contractor involvement, with contractors appointed during pre-construction to support design and delivery. Procurement is expected to conclude by the end of 2026.
Hampshire County Council has appointed consultants to its Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework, a four-year multi-supplier agreement replacing its previous professional services framework.
The framework covers nine lots spanning multidisciplinary engineering, transport planning, environmental, ecology, active travel, traffic management and street lighting services.
Find a full list of the appointed firms here.
London Gatwick has appointed 11 contractors to its refreshed Buildings and Civils Frameworks to support a capital investment programme worth up to £2bn over the next six years.
The successful firms are BP Installations, Camgo Electrical, Costain, Gatwick Construction, Lagan Aviation & Infrastructure, M Group Transport (Rail and Aviation), Mace Construct, Morgan Sindall, P J Carey (Contractors), P.J. Hegarty & Sons (U.K), and 8build.
Maraen Port of Nigg has awarded McLaughlin & Harvey a £30m contract to deliver the new Eastern Inner Dock Quay in the Scottish Highlands.
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