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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Tuesday 10 November 2026
Six stories from the last 24 hours and one event or deadline today.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Thames Water opens allocation of first £600m tranche of £5.4bn super senior facility
Thames Water Super Senior Upsize Issuer plc has launched a process to allocate £600m of new commitments, although funding still depends on a lock-up agreement for a second restructuring plan.
ICE issues guidance on PAS 4010 infrastructure productivity standard listed by BSI
The fast-track standard sets productivity requirements for clients, designers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and the Institution of Civil Engineers has issued a companion guidance document to help organisations apply it.
Galliford Try picks up four honours at Highways Champions Awards 2026
A remote-controlled lifting system used on the Melton Mowbray Distributor Road and design and environmental work on the A47 in Norfolk earned the contractor's people recognition at the London ceremony.
Winvic finishes 3.1km Waterbeach haul road ahead of station build start
The Homes England-funded access road from the A10 is the enabling work for the new Waterbeach railway station, which the Greater Cambridge Partnership says is due to start on site in autumn 2026 and open by summer 2028.
Electrical equipment installed at SSE's 150MW Fiddler's Ferry battery site in Cheshire
RSK Group says key electrical equipment is now in place on the former coal power station site, where SSE Renewables is building a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system with OCU and Fluence.
BAM wins Walpole converter station civils, completing its EGL3 double
National Grid Electricity Transmission has appointed BAM UK & Ireland to the southern converter station works for Eastern Green Link 3 in Norfolk, months after SSEN Transmission signed the contractor for the Peterhead end.
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