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Costain has secured a three-year United Utilities contract extension, taking its capital maintenance partnership to a full ten-year term and covering the rest of AMP8. Why regulated clients pay for continuity over price.

UK construction contract awards reached £19.8bn in the first half of 2026, up 65% year on year. The quarterly split matters far more than the headline, and one widely quoted sector figure does not add up.

Westminster City Council has appointed FM Conway on an infrastructure services contract worth around £52m a year for eight and a half years, with two Bromley awards alongside it. Where the supply chain opportunity actually sits.

Higgins Partnerships will deliver the £47m rebuild of Avonmore Primary School in Hammersmith alongside 91 new homes, with the school funded by the mixed tenure housing.

Jacobs has won three National Highways commissions, covering viaduct renewal designs on the M32 and M5 plus a five year project management framework role spanning at least 15 schemes.

Steel tariffs added roughly 6% to UK construction material costs in July 2026. Most contractors will absorb it rather than recover it. Here is where the contract still allows recovery.

Barhale has secured a £16 million, four year contract to build a new service reservoir at Springhill near Scarborough for Yorkshire Water's AMP8 programme.

Iljin Electric has won a £41.77 million contract for part of a 180km 400kV underground transmission line reinforcing the UK's East of England power grid.

Ramboll secures a place on a major £35bn UK infrastructure and construction framework. Explore the strategic importance, project scope, and key engineering details.

Yoo Capital secures planning approval for the £1bn Camden Film Quarter. Explore the 11 sound stages, 485 new homes and key construction delivery partners.

ECF secures planning approval for 263 new homes at Adelphi Village within the £2.5bn Crescent Salford masterplan. Explore the project scope and Passivhaus details.

Kier launches a £70m subcontractor hunt for the £243m Keogh Barracks rebuild in Aldershot. Explore the project scope, key packages, and construction timeline.