BAM Farrans, a joint venture between BAM Nuttall and Farrans Construction, has won a contract from Norfolk County Council for Great Yarmouth’s Third River Crossing in the UK.
University Partnerships Programme (UPP), a UK-based on-campus residential and academic accommodation infrastructure provider, has reached financial close on a £139.7m deal with the University of Exeter on East Park project.
Muse Developments, a British company and subsidiary of Morgan Sindall Group, has launched a consultation on plans to create a £150m neighbourhood at Church Wharf in Bolton town centre.
Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has won a €167.1m contract from concession company Bina Istra for widening a 28.1km stretch of the Istria Motorway to four lanes, on a peninsula in north-western Croatia.
American engineering firm Aecom, along with Penoyre & Prasad and White Arkitekter, has been appointed by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Eye Charity to design the proposed new centre for eye care, research and education.
Australian construction firm Lendlease has been selected by Birmingham City Council for a £1.5bn ($2.7bn) project to redevelop the 17-hectare Birmingham Smithfield site in the UK.
The Scottish government will invest an additional £50m in the Tay cities region to support manufacturing businesses and for the delivery of the Cross Tay Link Road.
Heathrow has launched the next phase of Airspace and Future Operations public consultation and is urging local communities to help shape the airport’s plans for the existing two runways and as part of the proposed expansion.
UK Environment Agency has secured approval from the planning committee of Hull, a port city in East Yorkshire, England, for the construction of a scheme to protect homes and businesses in the city from flooding from the River Humber.
British consultancy and construction firm Mace has won a contract for a new, £150m arrivals terminal at London Stansted Airport.
Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA), a subsidiary of Vinci Airports and concessionaire of 10 airports in Portugal, has signed a €1.15bn agreement with the Portuguese government for the extension of the airport capacity in the Lisbon region.
Town Centre Securities (TCS), a property investor based in Leeds, UK, has submitted a planning application for a 17-storey office and retail development at the Central Square in the Merrion Centre, its largest development project to date.
The University of Chicago will construct a new building, designed by Chicago-based design practice Studio Gang, in Paris to offer greater opportunities for education, research and scholarly engagement across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Dutch dredging and heavylift company Royal Boskalis Westminster has signed a pre-construction agreement (PCA) with Inch Cape Offshore (ICOL), a subsidiary of Red Rock Power, for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm project off Scottish coast.
Lendlease has been appointed as management contractor for a £328.3m heritage project to repair, refurbish and partially restore Grade I-listed Manchester Town Hall, UK.
SNC-Lavalin Group company Atkins has secured a contract from Ailes Marines consortium for the front end engineering design (FEED) and detailed design of wind turbine jacket substructures for St Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm in northern France.
Bristol-based construction company Beard has been appointed by the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust as the main contractor for the replacement toll houses project.
intu Properties, a British Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), mainly focusing on shopping centre management and development, has appointed Sir Robert McAlpine to deliver the £86m transformation of intu Broadmarsh in Nottingham.
A joint venture comprising German construction firm Hochtief and Implenia has secured a contract from Deutsche Bahn (German Federal Railway) for the second trunk route of the suburban railway in Munich.
The UK government will invest £26.6m in new micro robots that can be used to repair the massive underground pipe network in the country, which can eliminate the disruption caused by the 1.5 million road excavations that are taken up every year.