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.
Saudi project awards reached SAR 29.5bn across 25 contracts in June 2026, the highest project count of the year. The sector percentages are shares of project count, not value, and reading them wrongly sends you after the wrong clients.
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.