Galliford Try promotes David Lowery to Managing Director of its Highways business
Galliford Try has announced it has appointed David Lowery as the new Managing Director of its Highways business. Mr Lowery joined Galliford Try earlier this year after being identified as a successor to Duncan Elliott, who made a decision last year to step down and pursue new opportunities, following a successful period in charge of […]
John Sisk & Son appoint new Regional Director
John Sisk & Son has announced the appointment of Nick Summerfield as a new Regional Director in the North West. Mr Summerfield has over 30 years construction experience across commercial, residential, industrial, defence and education sectors and has delivered a host of high-profile projects including, Trafford Townhall, Media City, Manchester and Liverpool Commercial District. He will be […]
AI is moving to another level, but will it still need humans in the future to help shape the condition of our networks?
Blink and you’ll miss its work. The processing of millions of rows of data in seconds makes Artificial Intelligence one of the most useful technologies to have emerged in the last decade. Despite already proving its worth to some extent, A.I. still has massive potential to help shape the way infrastructure is planned, constructed, and […]
Tarmac helps Leicestershire’s drive towards greener roads
Tarmac is helping Leicestershire County Council to deliver greener roads with the biggest supply to date of a new rubberised asphalt for the resurfacing of the A426 Blaby Bypass. With 4,800 tonnes supplied, the asphalt incorporates rubber from approximately 3,300 waste car tyres. Locally supplied from the leading sustainable construction solutions company’s Mountsorrel Quarry near […]
Balfour Beatty joins forces with higher education institutions to develop Carbon Calculator software
Balfour Beatty, working in collaboration with Innovate UK, Leeds Beckett University,Hertfordshire University and White Frog Publishing, has created a carbon calculation tool for the construction and infrastructure industry – offering a consistent, practical solution for the measurement of embodied carbon. Currently in its beta testing phase, the AutoBIM Carbon Calculator automatically links BIM data to […]
Oxford City Council receives further funding for air quality projects
Oxford City Council has received over £200,000 of funding from the Government’s Air Quality Grant to support two new projects to further improve Oxford’s air quality. The funding will enable the Council to create an air quality website in partnership with the district councils in Oxfordshire, and to run a citywide behaviour change campaign that […]
Welsh Government wants to provide ‘a transport system fit for future generations’ with new vision
The Welsh Government has made a bold pledge to increase the number of people using public transport, walking and cycling as part of its new transport strategy. The new strategy – the result of a major consultation over the last year – aims to encourage people out of their cars, with a new target for […]
Skanska wins A428 dualling contract
Skanska has been awarded the A428 dualling project that will see it build a 16km dual carriageway between the Black Cat roundabout at St Neots and Caxton Gibbet. Several junction improvements will be made, including a new three-tier junction at the Black Cat roundabout allowing free flowing traffic onto the A1 and the new carriageway. […]
ADEPT focuses on the ‘digital’ with new White Paper
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Places and Transport (ADEPT) SMART Places Live Labs Programme has published its second White Paper, focused on the rollout of the digital-;ed aspects of the initiative. Developed through a series of one-to-one discussions with the local authority Live Lab project leads, ‘Digital’ forms part of quarterly papers that […]
ASI Solutions signs exclusive new supplier agreement with Jobling Purser for production of its market leading asphalt preservation product, Rhinophalt
Local authorities and road operators will now benefit from an improved continuity of supply of the market leading BBA HAPAS certified asphalt preservation product Rhinophalt, as a result of ASI Solutions signing a new exclusive agreement with Jobling Purser to supply it globally. The move comes as ASI looks to expand its supply base due […]