O’Dowd welcomes construction beginning on Narrow Water Bridge
Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has welcomed the move to construction of the Narrow Water Bridge project. The project will produce a 195m cable-stayed bridge connecting Omeath with Narrow Water near Warrenpoint, designed for vehicular, cycle and pedestrian traffic. The Department for Infrastructure has worked closely with the Irish Government and Louth County Council […]
Stagecoach East invites customers to have their say on local bus services
Stagecoach East is surveying the views of its customers on four key routes, as it aims to best fit its services to customers’ travel needs. Customer opinions are being asked on the Babraham Park & Ride in Cambridge, the Citi 4 between Cambourne and Cambridge, Citi 8 between Cottenham and Cambridge and 8A between Orchard […]
Twelve Tier 1 contractors launch A Blueprint for Growth: Boosting the UK’s growth and productivity through the construction and infrastructure industry
Twelve Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have published their Blueprint for Growth, sharing 12 recommendations that the future government should implement to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity. Collectively directly employing nearly 100,000 people across the UK and representing £25 billion of UK revenue – which can be factored by […]
Groundworks Specialist C P Dynes Deploys Podfather System for Highways Works
Groundwork and drainage specialist C P Dynes has implemented Podfather fleet logistics software to help manage the movement of hundreds of cubic tonnes of excavated waste a month. Working for Morgan Sindall on a £65 million upgrade of the A12, C P Dynes has increased productivity, improved visibility and streamlined its reporting using Podfather’s logistics […]
Progress on ‘iconic’ regeneration scheme in Aberystwyth
Ceredigion County Council has reported on good progress on its Aberystwyth regenerations scheme which includes improvements to streets and active travel provision. In late 2021, UK Government confirmed that Ceredigion County Council was successful in the £10.8 million bid for Levelling Up Fund (Round 1) funding to revitalise a key part of Aberystwyth to boost […]
Hull City Council unveils new visuals ahead of public engagement on plans for Preston Road Cycle Scheme
Three new visuals have been released by Hull City Council to showcase how a new cycle scheme planned for Preston Road could look ahead of a six-week public engagement exercise, which starts on Monday 3 June. The council appointed Pell Frischmann Consulting Engineers Limited to design the scheme, following a successful bid to Active Travel […]
Additional multi-million-pound investment into West Northamptonshire’s roads
West Northamptonshire Council is set to invest up to £10 million additional investment into schemes aimed at improving roads across West Northamptonshire, subject to Cabinet approval next month. The investment will enable West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) and its highways partner Kier to carry out works such as an extension to the surface dressing programme, the […]
Coventry University celebrates 50 years of world-famous transport course where chiefs of Tesla, Maserati and JLR fuelled their dreams
Coventry University is celebrating 50 years of its internationally renowned Automotive and Transport Design course which helped big names in the industry on the road to success. The course is one of the longest-running Bachelor’s programmes in the university, having started in 1974, and has now seen nearly 3,000 students pass through the undergraduate programme […]
Conversation on Mental Wellbeing in the Construction Industry: Insights from Andrew Pain and Andy Bishop
Mental health expert Andrew Pain and Lighthouse representative Andy Bishop recently joined Re-flow for an on-camera discussion about the mental wellbeing challenges faced by workers in the construction industry and the support available to them. The discussion highlights the critical need to address mental health issues in construction. Andrew Pain delves into the various factors […]
Vip Gandhi to become chair of Stamp it Out
T\he industry-led campaign to erradicate road-worker abuse, Stamp It Out, has announced Vip Gandhi Director as the new Chair of the programme. Prior to joining Sir Robert McAlpine as Managing Director of Transport, Vip was the Managing Director (Highways) at Keltbray and is a Member of the Board of Trustees at Safer Highways. He previously […]
