Megan Pounds 
What the UK Infrastructure Strategy has in store for prison construction projects Since the government’s UK Infrastructure Strategy has been announced, £6.3bn has been pledged to invest in prison expansion construction projects. The 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy has a goal of opening 14,000 spaces by 2031. According to Barbour ABI planning data, there are 56 … Read more
Northumberland Cambois Data Centre Campus Project Details The £10bn Northumberland Energy Park New Cambois AI Data Centre project consists of the erection of 10 data centre buildings totalling up to 540,000 square metres gross internal area. The project also consists of ancillary structures, substation, emergency generators, perimeter fencing, extensive earthworks and other associated works. The … Read more
Search marketing is changing – the construction industry needs to catch up AI has changed the game for SEO permanently and the construction industry has an opportunity to change with it. The good news is that optimising your website content for AI overviews is not so different from optimising for traditional search. In some cases, … Read more
Two major Solar Farm projects are dominating the East Midlands construction project landscape, according to our latest 2025 league tables. Sitting in a shared first place at the top of our League Tables are the Cottam 600MW Solar Farm Project and the Heckington Fen 500MW Solar Farm and Battery Storage Project. Both projects are valued … Read more
According to our Regional Spotlight report, the National Biosecurity Centre – NBC Science Hub Buildings project is the highest valued contract award at £919m in June. The new science centre is being built to help protect the UK from diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Jenny Stewart, Senior Science Director at the Animal and Plant … Read more
All eyes are on reservoir infrastructure construction projects in the UK since the Environmental Agency’s latest announcement that the North West is officially in a drought as of 21 May 2025. The announcement of the drought has prompted a lot of conversation on final decisions about the proposed Fens Reservoir in Cambridgeshire as well as … Read more
As revealed in our February edition of the Monthly Snapshot Report, Wales saw a 2554% increase in contract awards. This major increase is by far the highest out of any UK region for January. The increase can be heavily attributed to two high value projects: the Port Talbot Steelworks – Electric Arc Furnace, and the … Read more
Jump to: Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm 2.4GW Dogger Bank A&B 2.4GW Wind Farm Berwick Bank 4.1GW Offshore Wind Farm Ossian Offshore Wind Farm 3.6GW Sofia 1.4GW Offshore Wind Farm As of January 2025, Barbour ABI is tracking and reporting on 332 UK wind farm construction projects either awaiting construction or under construction. These … Read more
Our Head of Business and Client Analytics, Ed Griffiths, held an exclusive webinar for Barbour ABI clients to discuss the effects of the first 100 days of Labour on the construction industry. The webinar started by addressing directly the volume of change, or lack thereof, that the UK has experienced. The pursuit of an industrial … Read more
Today Barbour ABI’s Head of Business and Client Analytics, Ed Griffiths, hosted a live briefing highlighting the ISG administration and the immediate impact on the UK construction industry. Hosted by our Marketing Director, Kate Perrin, this briefing was open to the entire industry and we’ll be continuing the ISG Administration Bulletin series by releasing more … Read more
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