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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Six stories from the last 24 hours and two dates for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Openreach to start cable diversion ahead of Shaldon retaining wall rebuild
Devon County Council says utility diversions begin on 9 November at the wall between Torquay Road and Ringmore Road, which collapsed in February 2024, with the main rebuild estimated at £230,000.
DfT publishes transport resilience strategy with 22 commitments for next 5 to 10 years
The Department for Transport has set out a five-to-10-year transport resilience strategy with 22 commitments, including a Transport Resilience Academy and a sector-wide resilience network, minister Keir Mather told MPs.
CECA urges early contractor role as £700m Strategic Sites Accelerator opens
Civil engineering contractors want enabling infrastructure placed at the centre of the government's search for up to 10 industrial and commercial sites, with submissions to the pilot closing on 19 January 2027.
KierBAM wins c.£600m 10 Dock contract as Devonport submarine dock enters main construction
Babcock International Group has awarded the Kier and BAM joint venture a Ministry of Defence-funded contract to build the water-retaining boundary and associated infrastructure for the nuclear submarine dock at Devonport in Plymouth.
Lincolnshire sets seven-week Newark Road closure as North Hykeham Relief Road piling advances
Lincolnshire County Council's November update reports piling complete at Station Road and under way at the River Witham, with traffic lights on the A607 and an inbound closure at Pennells Roundabout to follow.
Teesworks sells 73.3 acres at Dorman Point to National Grid for Teesside substation
National Grid Electricity Transmission has bought the land for a substation Teesworks says is expected to be the UK's largest, with Balfour Beatty building it and 1,440 MVA due online by the end of 2029.
This week
RIA Annual Conference
Starts on Wednesday 4 November.
Tomorrow's Engineers Week
Starts on Monday 9 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Civil Engineering Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.