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• HS2 work paused after serious site accident

  03-07-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction work has now resumed at HS2 sites across the West Midlands after a contractor had to be taken to hospital by air ambulance.
  Kenilworth Nub News reported that emergency services were called to the North Warwickshire site on Thursday 18 June, at around 5.20pm after a 44-year-old man was hit by a vehicle and injured his leg.
  He was airlifted to hospital to receive treatment and has since been discharged and is recovering at home.HS2 said it is continuing to support him and his family.
  
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• Kier lands ECI roles on £500m worth of Southern Water jobs

  03-07-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has strengthened its position on Southern Water’s AMP8 programme after securing two more early contractor involvement commissions with a potential construction value that takes its workload with the utility to nearly £500m.
  The latest Stage 1 ECI awards cover the Hastings Resilience programme and the Brighton East nitrate removal scheme under Southern Water’s £3.1bn Strategic Delivery Partner framework.
  Kier is now working on 31 ECI projects for Southern Water worth
  
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• Ministers clear sewage works deadlock stalling 18,000 homes

  03-07-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has stepped in to unblock construction of almost 20,000 homes after brokering a breakthrough deal with Anglian Water to overcome wastewater capacity constraints that had stalled major developments across the East of England.
  The intervention by the Water Delivery Taskforce clears the way for more than 18,000 homes by replacing a planning stand-off with a phased infrastructure strategy allowing housing and utility upgrades to progress together.
  Anglian Water had objected to several
  
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• Northern Trains race for £300m depots and stations works

  03-07-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Northern Trains is preparing to launch a £300m construction framework covering infrastructure upgrades across its network of 22 train care depots and more than 470 stations.
  The eight-year framework will run from March 2027, with an initial five-year term and an option to extend to 2035.
  It will create a long-term supply chain to deliver everything from building refurbishments and depot fit-outs to major civils, M&E, track, electrification and signalling schemes needed to support exist
  
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• Northern Trains race for £300m depots and stations work

  03-07-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northern Trains is preparing to launch a £300m construction framework covering infrastructure upgrades across its network of 22 train care depots and more than 470 stations.
  The eight-year framework will run from March 2027, with an initial five-year term and an option to extend to 2035.
  It will create a long-term supply chain to deliver everything from building refurbishments and depot fit-outs to major civils, M&E, track, electrification and signalling schemes needed to support exist
  
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