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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed funding for National Highway’s £250M A57 link roads scheme in Greater Manchester, with construction set to begin in the coming weeks.

Revised proposals for the East West Rail scheme’s section between Bedford and Cambridge include a new section of railway, as well as new stations and tunnels.

A technical approval reporter for highway structures has encountered several incidents where large excavations next to highways were undertaken without adequate temporary works.

Work has ramped up on High Speed 2's (HS2's) 700m long cut and cover tunnel at Burton Green in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, with the completion of the southern portal entrance and tunnel construction 50% done.

A Webuild, GS Engineering and Construction, and Bouygues Construction Australia consortium has won the A$1.7bn (£870M) contract to build the northern section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East project.

Gamuda Australia and Ferrovial Construction have been selected as the early contractor involvement partners for the Oven Mountain pumped hydro project in New South Wales, Australia.

GHD names its new Asia Pacific CEO, Skanska appoints a new energy operations director, and Socotec UK chooses a new chief executive officer in the latest people moves from the sector.

Keller is installing continuous flight auger (CFA) piles up to 61m for two luxury waterfront towers in Miami – the deepest full-length reinforced piles the contractor has installed.

Network Rail contractors have installed a 200m long sheet pile wall to stabilise a stretch of railway embankment next to the River Medway in Kent.

A major cliff collapse and a subsequent failure near an East Devon beach last month have left a property close to the cliff edge, with the public warned to stay away from the beach.