More than 1.7m square metres of roads surface treated as Staffordshire fast tracks into next year’s projects
More than 1.7 million square meters of Staffordshire roads have already been surface dressed this financial year, and now, thanks to the fast work of highway crews, even more preventative maintenance projects are ahead of schedule. Between March and October this year, Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews have surface dressed 762 roads, covering 1,705,442 square […]
National Highways engineers share road building expertise with student Sappers
A National Highways project team recently welcomed a group of military students to a tour of one of our major schemes as part of an initiative to share experience. The engineers of the future were given a tour of the new loop road, slip road and major structures and our Highways specialists explained the challenges […]
California governor signs driverless vehicle bill
The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has paved the way for autonomous vehicles to operate on California’s roads, by signing a new Bill. But he also vetoed two other bills related to autonomous vehicles. .For the second time in two years, Mr Newsom vetoed legislation (AB 2286) that would have banned autonomous trucks from operating […]
£4.5m cycleway proposed through heart of London’s Square Mile financial district
A £4.5m cycleway through the centre of the ‘square mile’ financial district in the City of London has been proposed. The City of London Corporation wants to build on the changes at Bank junction that have resulted from the partial ban on vehicles by creating a ‘high quality’ east-west cycle route linking Aldgate and Blackfriars. This would provide an alternative to […]
Costain builds carbon tracker to standardise emissions reporting
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has successfully trialled a carbon tracker platform that aims to standardise and improve carbon emissions reporting across its projects. The tracker, visualised via an interactive, online dashboard, will enable project teams to capture construction related emissions, including Scope 3 emissions, from across the supply chain. It is part of Costain’s […]
ITS UK: New report calls for a national motorway technology transition strategy ahead of the Autumn Budget
With the Chancellor of the Exchequer set to publish the Autumn Budget in a month’s time, ITS UK, the voice of the transport technology sector, has published a new report calling for a renewed focus on motorway technology as a means of improving safety, reducing congestion, lowering carbon emissions and making the road network future-ready. […]
DfT publishes a new standard for highway condition data collection
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a new standard-PAS 2161, for how highway condition data is collected and reported, opening the way for a new approach to road condition categories and highway inspections. The PAS 2161:2024 represents a landmark introduction in the management and reporting of road conditions for councils in England. Drawn from […]
Clancy rewarded by smart investments to report record turnover
Clancy has announced record results for the 2023-24 financial year, as the family-run infrastructure specialist sees rising demand for its expertise across water, energy and major civil engineering projects. The company achieved £378.5m turnover and £20.9m pre-tax profits in the last financial year – a 13 per cent and 54.8 per cent increase respectively on […]
