National Highways has awarded a £460 million contract to Kier to design and deliver an upgrade to the A417 between Gloucester and Swindon. The contract award follows a competitive procurement process through National Highways’ Regional Delivery Partnership framework. Kier’s team will include Volker, Arup, Tony Gee and RPS to prepare for and construct the 3.4-mile route.

The next phase of the Mersey Heat network gets the go ahead. The Government has awarded £6.2m to Peel NRE’s low carbon district heat network Mersey Heat to investigate expanding the network to include Liverpool’s Three Graces buildings and surrounding properties at the Pier Head.

The government will approve the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project today, it has been reported by the BBC.

Engineering companies and the government are being encouraged to publish, use and share data openly in a bid to increase safety in our built environment, according to a new manifesto published today.

Engineering contractor Costain is set to start work on a £150m upgrade of the Gatwick Airport train station in spring 2020, with work set to be completed after 2 years.

Are you a student studying, or thinking about studying a STEM subject at college? If you’re working towards a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), don’t miss this opportunity to find out what a future in engineering could hold for you.

At Millbank we’ve been fortunate enough to work with some of the UK’s top architectural design companies to assist them with many exciting projects. Here are a few of our favourite pieces of architecture from around the country to celebrate the impact of great design to all of us.