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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Wednesday 4 November 2026
Three stories from the last 24 hours, one event or deadline today and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Amentum and Kyoto Fusioneering sign MoU on fusion plant engineering across UK, Japan and US
The engineering group and the Japanese fusion technology firm, both already active at UKAEA's Culham Campus, intend to pursue joint work on public and private fusion programmes in three countries.
Kier takes 81 lots on Pagabo civils framework and 14 core places on Major Works 2026
The contractor has been appointed across both new Pagabo-managed YPO frameworks, which Kier puts at up to £10bn combined and which run until October 2030 across highways, rail, water, energy and more.
GRAHAM, National Highways and Sweco take Highways UK collaboration award for M25 junction 28
The contractor, client and designer on the M25 junction 28 improvement scheme have won the Collaborative Delivery Award at the Highways UK Excellence Awards 2026, GRAHAM has announced.
Today
RIA Annual Conference
Starts today at Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge.
This week
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.