Devon County Council is seeking a contractor to improve highway infrastructure on the A379 near Exeter in a £12.5M contract.
The works are described as construction of essential highway infrastructure on a strategic transport corridor enabling residential development to the south west of Exeter. Devon County Council explains: “The existing Chudleigh…
National Highways is seeking a transformation delivery partner to “provide a centralised vehicle for transformation and change” in the business relating to delivery, asset lifecycles, sustainability and more.
The contract is worth £43M for the initial term of November 2024 to October 2027, increasing to £75M if the extension to March…
A road bridge over the railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has been strengthened with foam concrete to prepare for upcoming works for High Speed 2 (HS2).
The strengthening involved filling the structure’s three arches with foamed concrete. This work, which was part funded by HS2, will remove the weight limit that was…
Somerset Council has added Kiely Group, Heidelberg Materials and Octavius Infrastructure to its highways maintenance and improvement partnerships contracts.
The firms will join Kier in providing key maintenance works for the county’s 6,714km network. The council has awarded four-year contracts with Kiely Bros Ltd and Heidelberg Materials to deliver surface treatment…
Sinkholes, abandoned rail links and beavers all feature in New Civil Engineer’s Top 10 most read stories of 2023.
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Graham, working on behalf of National Highways, has completed the third and final beam lift of the year on the on the £170M M25 junction 28 upgrade.
The installation saw Graham lifting 16 pre-cast beams – each weighing 35t and measuring 23m – into position for the construction of the new…
Scottish Government highways chief Mairi McAllan has promised the long-running £3.7bn A9 dualling programme will be completed within 12 years.
The cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition told Parliament that remaining single-lane sections of the key road from Perth to Inverness would be upgraded by the end of…
The government has reaffirmed its support for a new £48M road on the A39 to bypass the village of Camelford in Cornwall.
Roads minister Guy Opperman met with local Cornish MPs to make the government’s pledge of support for the Camelford Bypass scheme, which was included in Sunak’s Network North plan.…
Jacobs has been selected by Cork County Council as technical advisor for the new M28 motorway.
The proposed Cork to Ringaskiddy motorway project will upgrade approximately 12km of the N28 national primary route to help improve its safety, capacity and accessibility. The investment reflects the need to strengthen local connectivity as…
NCE can reveal that 86 structures currently in use by National Highways on the UK’s Strategic Road Network are past modern design life standards of 120 years.
An exclusive Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by NCE has revealed the extent of structures that have passed modern design life standards. The…
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