Duo share £1.2bn coastal beach management framework

The Environment Agency has appointed dredging and marine engineering specialists Van Oord and VBA Joint Venture to a £1.23bn framework to maintain England’s beaches and coastal flood defences over the next eight years.
The Beach Management Framework will run initially for six years to 2032, with an option to extend for a further two years to 2034.
The new deal effectively squeezes out firms like BAM Nuttall, Kier, and Jackson Civil Engineering which have historically been involved as