CONEXPO-CON/AGG and The Utility Expo have formed a multi-year partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to deliver construction-specific mental health education across North American worksites. The programme will embed AFSP’s evidence-based training modules on suicide risk, peer intervention and crisis response into toolbox talks, supervisor training and safety briefings. For contractors and asset owners, this signals growing expectation that mental health risk will be managed with the same structure and documentation as physical site safety.

HS2 contractors have completed the final slide of a 4,600t viaduct section across the M6, moving the structure into position without a full carriageway closure in what they describe as a UK first. The operation used incremental launching techniques to shift the preassembled deck over live traffic, relying on carefully sequenced night-time lane restrictions instead of total shutdowns. For future motorway-rail interfaces, the method signals wider scope to build major spans offline and slide them into place, cutting possession times and temporary works demands.

Arup spent almost £20M on redundancies in the year to 31 March 2025 while reporting a marginal fall in operating profit, signalling a significant internal restructuring. The consultancy is reallocating resources towards higher‑growth sectors, likely favouring complex infrastructure, energy transition and advanced buildings work over lower‑margin, commoditised design services. Contractors and clients can expect leaner Arup teams, more selective bidding and a stronger focus on technically demanding, higher‑fee geotechnical and civil engineering commissions.