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Cundall elects new managing partner

Kevin Hayes has been named managing partner at Cundall, for a four year term. The consultancy's partners elect a managing partner on a rotating basis, and Hayes replaces Carole O'Neil, whose term has ended.

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Rolls-Royce to open SMR development centre

Rolls-Royce has announced plans to open Pioneer Works, in Derby, where it will develop the processes needed to delivery SMRs across the UK, Czechia and Sweden.

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Severn Trent seeks to cut wastewater greenhouse gases

Seven Trent Water has issued a £45m tender request for tank covers, which will be installed at water treatment plants across the country as part of AMP8 upgrades to prevent greenhouse gas emissions.

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Company fined over window fall death

Lima Construction Limited has been fined £50,000 after Antonio Rodrigues fell through an unglazed and unprotected window to his death, during a redevelopment project in New Malden.

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Ramboll appoints water lead

Ramboll has appointed Simon Jefferson as water sector lead for the UK and Ireland.

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Equipal secures £16.25m funding for plant finance

Equipal, which offers point-of-sale finance for equipment suppliers, has secured a £1.25m equity investment with £15m in forward flow funding from Altum Capital Management.

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BCIS: tender prices up, but processes slowed

The Building Cost Information Service's civil engineering tender price index panel has estimated tender prices are up 2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, but warns that costs of tendering are making contractors more selective, as the process of...

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Robertson starts work on £750m UK supercomputer

Robertson Construction has started work on the construction of the UK's next generation national supercomputer, being built at the University of Edinburgh, with backing from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).