Cardiff Council looking for contractors for new South East & Mid Wales Highways and Civil Engineering Framework
Cardiff Councils is looking for contractors to tender for the next iteration of the South East & Mid Wales Highways and Civil Engineering Framework (SEWH). The council is looking for pre-qualified and suitably experienced contractors with expertise in highways and civil engineering activities. The Framework Contractors and Participating Employers will look to develop good working […]
Jacobs wins 13 positions on TfL’s Engineering Consultancy Framework
Consultancy form Jacobs has secured 13 positions on Transport for London’s (TfL) Engineering Consultancy Framework, maintaining the company’s position as a key provider of professional services to London’s Integrated Transport Authority. The company’s contract include key Framework Lots of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Rail Services, Transport and non-Transport Architecture and Cyber Security Engineering. TfL estimates the framework will operate for […]
Recycled rubber asphalt used for the first time in West Yorkshire
A road in Bradford has become the first in West Yorkshire to be resurfaced with an innovative and sustainable asphalt manufactured from waste tyres. A section of Otley Road in Eldwick has recently been resurfaced by Bradford Council’s Highway Maintenance North team using a product that has been developed by Tarmac and uses granulated rubber […]
Children from Brighton & Hove design their dream streets for Car Free Day
Children from Brighton & Hove have been designing their ‘dream streets’ to celebrate this year’s Car Free Day, which takes place today. Young people from Carlton Hill, Elm Grove and St Luke’s primary schools were asked to draw what their perfect street would look like and have them displayed as part of an exhibition at Jubilee […]
The travelling public now have a ‘much higher expectation’ from the UK transport system, says ADEPT’s Mark Corbin on this week’s Highways Voices
The travelling public will have a ‘much higher’ expectation from the transport system in the UK, according to Mark Corbin, chair of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT’s)National Traffic Manager’s Group. He was speaking on this week’s Highways Voices podcast and ahead of the Traffic Managers conference, taking place on […]
Arcadis commits to net zero across its operations by 2035
Arcadis the leading global design and consultancy organisation for natural and built assets, has announced the commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions (Net Zero) by 2035 within its global operations. The step is part of the ambition the company set out last year in its three-year strategy to build on Arcadis’ pioneering heritage and […]
Kier Highways puts a stop to ‘idling’ following successful trial
Kier Highways has implemented a ‘no idling’ policy across it depots to help lower emissions. The company has also introduced a new, economical and environmentally sustainable ‘Engine Idling Policy’ which comes into full effect today to mark Zero Emissions Day. The policy states that vehicles should not be left idling for longer than 60 seconds. Before introducing […]
£59m six-year National Highways SDF renewal works secured for McCann
Highway maintenance specialists McCann has announced that it has been named as one of the companies on the National Highways Supplier Delivery Framework. The company has secured works across two lots and six asset delivery areas over the next six years. National Highways recently launched the SDF in order to continue with its delivery of […]
MyCity: The global solution built for the local authority
By Kieran Corbally, Business Development Manager for MyCity, SWARCO Traffic The rapid wheels of urbanisation have been in motion for a long time, and while the brakes were applied by events of the last 18 months, they carry a momentum that shows no signs of stopping. According to the UN, more than half of the […]
Public transport needs to serve the whole community, not just part of it, says West Yorkshire mayor
Public transport needs to serve the whole community not just workers, according to Tracy Brabin, the mayor of West Yorkshire. Speaking at the Transport for North conference this week, she said: “Care-givers, a burden often carried by women who need to travel from A to B to C and then on to D on any […]