Kier Transportation is searching for sub-contractors to fill £84M worth of works on the £500M A417 “missing link” scheme, including earthworks, drainage and pavements.
The £500M scheme for National Highways will dual a 5.5km section of road between Gloucester and Swindon, improving the connection between the two dual carriageway sections of…
HS2 main contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has commenced sliding sections of deck for the 450m long Wendover Dean viaduct into position, a process that will take a year to complete.
The Wendover Dean viaduct is the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a…
This year National Highways is ramping up work on its £500M project to dual a 5.5km stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire with “offline” construction of the new road.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic…
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…
HS2 has replicated the designs of its Thame Valley viaduct for another viaduct project in Northamtonshire, resulting in a 13% reduction in carbon compared to the previous design.
A lighter, modular design for the Edgcote viaduct will cut the amount of concrete and steel needed for the viaduct, with elements being…
Three firms have been picked by National Highways to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into trials of how to mitigate the disruption caused by roadworks.
The firms are set to work with Tier One contractors Balfour Beatty, Costain and Kier to implement the new technologies. Projects by Alchera Technologies, Robok and Wordnerds…
A Northamptonshire viaduct has become the first on the HS2 project to have all its deck beams installed.
The 163m long Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near the village of Aston le Walls, is one of more than 50 major viaducts being built as part of the rail project between London and Birmingham.…
HS2 contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has completed the last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services over the new high-speed line, near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire.
EWR will run between Oxford and Cambridge. HS2 contractors have now built two bridges, an underpass…
A further £15M cost hike is expected on plans build new Willenhall and Darlaston stations in the Black Country due to complications in changing contractor from the failed Buckingham Group to Kier.
Following a previous £15M cost pressure over the summer, this will push the budget for the project to £85M,…
Low carbon fencing materials and smart fibre reinforced plastic bridge beams are among the innovations to progress to the final stage of National Highways’ Accelerating Low Carbon Innovation programme.
In July, seven SMEs were granted between £15,000 and £30,000 through the programme organised by National Highways in collaboration with Connected Places…
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