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Mitigating Utility Risk – Effective Due Diligence

Mitigating utility risk is one of the key activities to be considered during the planning, design or construction of any project. We are publishing a series of four articles on this subject which include real world examples of how our services have mitigated utility risk. Our first article Mitigating Utility Risk: Effective Due Diligence is […]

Water Infrastructure Charges 2025-2026

We have compiled the new Infrastructure and Environmental charges being levied by the water companies when making new water connections from 1st April 2025 until 31st March 2026. Most companies are also offering incentives for low water use and low discharge schemes but the criteria can be complex so need to be assessed on a […]

Transmission Connections ‘pause’

On the 15th January 2025 Ofgem, the energy regulator for Great Britain, announced its support for a ‘pause’ in transmission-connected generation projects to enable an efficient move to a new connections process designed to focus on projects that are ready and needed to deliver clean power. The move is primarily aimed at generators looking to […]

NEW SafeDig service – A Safe System of Work

Utility networks across the UK are complex systems and can undergo regular change particularly in areas where new infrastructure is being installed to serve new development. These network changes can present a challenge to Project Managers as they strive to ensure safe systems of work are in place for any excavation work planned. Simply conducting […]

What is a Utility Search? A Utility Search is an important part of the process to locate buried equipment on a work site by contacting the equipment owners and obtaining copies of their records. A Utility Search identifies underground network operators whose equipment may pose either a safety risk, for example an injury or fatality […]

NEW Electricity Capacity Report – Don’t get left in the Dark!

To rise to the challenge of meeting climate targets Britain will have to install sixty-two miles of cable each day until 2040 to upgrade the grid system to support the increased demand for electricity. This is the finding of the International Energy Agency published in a recent report. This subject is now attracting daily media […]