Tarmac highlights sustainability performance with 2021 report launch
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions company, has highlighted its commitment to creating a more sustainable built environment with the online publication of its new 2021 Sustainability Report. The report sets out the positive progress the business has been making against its key targets, including the ways that whole-life thinking is […]
Suffolk: A case study for the Quiet Lanes initiative
Collaboration between district, parish and county councils has enabled over 350 Suffolk country roads (over 400K) to be designated as Quiet Lanes. It’s a nationally recognised designation for narrow, rural roads which can be shared with walkers, horse riders, cyclists and other road users. All Quiet Lanes are marked with green signs at either […]
CIHT celebrates International Women in Engineering Day 2022
Today marks the 9th year of celebrating International Women in Day and CIHT are proud to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women in engineering and encourage more girls and young women to pursue a career in engineering. International Women in Engineering Day is a annual event to raise the profile of female engineers and technicians, […]
Gravesend Bus Hub officially opened
A new £2.5 million bus interchange in Gravesend has been officially opened. Construction of the Gravesend Bus Hub began in June 2021 and was led by Kent County Council (KCC) with contractors FM Conway. It has been designed to improve transport connections between rail, bus and bike. Buses have been using the hub while works […]
Green light given to improve and deliver HIF1 Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure project
Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet has given the go-ahead for the next phase of the HIF1 Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure project with a revised deal with Government. Approval at the county council’s cabinet meeting today (21 June 2022) follows its agreement in February to allocate additional funding to the project as part of its […]
Ambition to eliminate all road deaths and serious injuries by 2050 in Oxfordshire
A commitment to Vision Zero – the elimination of deaths and serious injuries from road traffic collisions in Oxfordshire – has been agreed by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet at its meeting this week The council has set interim targets of a 25 per cent cut in casualties by 2026 and a 50 per cent reduction […]
Pell Frischmann highly commended for A69 Bridge End Junction at 2022 CENE Awards
Pell Frischmann has announced that the A69 Junction Improvements project has picked up two Highly Commended awards at the 2022 Constructing Excellence North East Awards. Now in its 17th year, the awards are a celebration of the built environment in the North East region. The A69 project beat some extremely tough competition to be awarded Client of the Year […]
Galliford Try’s Highways business wins place on Midlands Highways Alliance Plus Medium Schemes Framework
Galliford Try’s Highways business has been reappointed to one of its key local authority frameworks, being named as one of the successful contractors on the Midlands Highways Alliance Plus (MHA+) Medium Schemes Framework. The framework is valued at £1bn and will run for the next four years, with the potential to extend for a further […]
Rising costs forces bid rethink for £200m M5 junction 10 project
Gloucestershire County Council is set to retender its project to upgrade junction 10 of the M5 to the west of Cheltenham. The council has gone back to the market with refreshed procurement plans in the face of volatile market costs, despite originally planning to chose a contractor for the project by July. Its new procurement […]
Gloucestershire County Council starts consultation on long-term future of cycling in the county
Gloucestershire County Council has started a public consultation on the long-term future of cycling in Gloucestershire. By working with Sustrans, a charity that looks after the national cycling network, the county council wants to identify a potential long-term strategic cycling network across the county. This network would aim to connect people and places across the […]