Local highway authorities in England are projecting £4.9bn of road maintenance expenditure in 2026/27, with nearly 7,000 miles of carriageway expected to receive structural or preventative treatment during the financial year. The figures, published by the Department for Transport on 21 October, show projected maintenance spending rising from £4.1bn in 2024/25 and £4.4bn in 2025/26. Around 2,0…
United Infrastructure has joined energy infrastructure trade body BEAMA as the electricity networks sector sets out a decade-long expansion programme that could drive around £181bn of investment through to 2035. The Warrington-headquartered infrastructure contractor confirmed its full membership on 22 October, two days after BEAMA and the Energy Networks Association published the Electricity …
Climate resilience is beginning to turn into a construction market in its own right. The strongest evidence is no longer found in climate strategies but in capital programmes for flood defences, reservoirs, drainage, rail earthworks, wastewater capacity and public-estate upgrades that are already funded, being procured or moving through construction. The scale of the requirement is considerab…
UK construction should return to growth in 2027, but not evenly. The forecasts describe a split market, with regulated infrastructure, energy, water and some public programmes moving ahead while private housing and parts of commercial construction stay held back by finance costs, viability and weak demand. The Construction Products Association's Summer 2026 forecast has total output fall…
